6 Easy Steps
Our online application is personalised and easy to use. Once you submit your information one of our staff will contact you.
You (or an authorised education agent acting on your behalf) can complete your application form and provide a completed printed form to one of our representatives. Download Application Form
> Fill out the student application form provide the following documentary evidence to support your application information.
> Scanned or printed copy of your passport
> Academic Qualifications
> Certificate containing your English proficiency
> OSHC Overseas Student Health Cover
> Copies of any previously issued enrolments. Where applicable cancelled ecoe/s and/or release letter/s.
*Please note that you must have an unique student identifier (USI) before an offer letter can be issued. You can create your USI (If you do not yet have one) by visiting www.usi.gov.au
Once your documentation has been received; ACOT will issue you with a formal “Letter of Offer” and an International Student Enrolment Acceptance Agreement
Sign and date the International Student Enrolment Acceptance Agreement – and then return to ACOT.
You will be asked to pay for 1 semester in advance and send a copy of your receipt to your contact at ACOT.
Australian College of Trade will provide evidence of your enrolment by creating CoE/s (Electronic Confirmation of Enrolment). This evidence is required prior to issuing of a student visa by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP).
Student Visa Issued and applicant will commence their studies at Australian College of Trade. *All International students must be 18 years of age, or older, and have satisfactorily completed year 11 or an equivalent level. A proficiency in English language level or its equivalent is required for all international students. IELTS score (Academic version) of 5.5 overall band- or equivalent, with no individual band lower than 5, or equivalent.
If one of the following applies, you do not need to provide evidence of an English Test score:
you are enrolled in full-time school studies as a principal course including in a secondary exchange program, a postgraduate research course, a standalone English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS), and Foreign Affairs or Defence sponsored students.
you have completed at least five years’ study in one or more of the following countries: Australia, UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, or the Republic of Ireland
you are a citizen and hold a passport from UK, USA, Canada, NZ or Republic of Ireland.
In the two years before applying for the student visa, you completed, in Australia and in the English language, either the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education or a substantial component of a course leading to a qualification from the Australian Qualifications Framework at the Certificate IV or higher level, while you held a student visa.
To view the Student Application Form which has details about enrolment and the Student Acceptance Form which is required for enrolment, please click on the appropriate text below
Downloads
International Student Handbook
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Click here to view Enrolment Flow chart
Release of information to third parties and privacy
The information provided to the College by students will be treated with the strictest of confidence, and will only be released to third parties where there is a legal and/or regulatory requirement to do so. The College is obligated, in such circumstances, to provide student information to government agencies, either under a legal requirement, or for such purposes as the collection of statistical and survey data. Students are made aware of this in the Acceptance Agreement which they are required to sign.
The Australian ESOS Act:
All international students need to be aware of the ESOS framework, which is available electronically at https://internationaleducation.gov.au/Pages/default.aspx
For more specific details please see the following link:
https://internationaleducation.gov.au/Regulatory-Information/Pages/National-Code-2018-Factsheets-.aspx
Admission Requirements for International Students
18 years or older at the commencement of the course
IELTS 5.5 or equivalent (test results must be no more than 2 years old)
Completed secondary studies in the student’s home country equivalent to an Australian Year 11 qualification or higher
We are a registered training organisation, providing training and assessment in nationally accredited qualifications and short courses. The college has been educating people since opening in 2007 and is currently accepting students from all over the world.