Intakes in Australia
Australia has three intakes in the months of February, July, and September/November intakes. The major intakes are February intake which is also called semester-1 and July intake which is also called semester-2. The academic year or classes starts in these months, so students should start their application process six to seven months before and complete the process in a step-wise procedure. They need to check their requirements like availability of the course in the desired university and tuition fees, and based on that they need to shortlist fee universities to which they want to apply. After that students need to give their English Proficiency test and get the minimum required score for application and send the application to the university. Once a student receives acceptance from the university, they can apply for their education loan and start their application for a student visa, they should also complete their medicals to submit for visa acceptance. After getting visa students can check the availability of their stay and book their flight tickets. The intake deadlines are as follows
| S.No | Intake | Application closing months |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February | October – November |
| 2 | July | April-May |
| 3 | September/November | July- August |
The best intake would be in February all the universities start their course and offers different types of scholarships during this intake. It also has a good acceptance rate and job options after completing the course. If in case of students miss the opportunity, they can apply for July intake which is preferred by most of the students. This intake has openings in fewer universities and the availability of course and application deadlines may vary for each university. If in case students miss both the major intakes they can apply for September or November intake but both the intakes have a limited number of universities available with very few courses offered, in these intakes, most students applying for vocational courses can apply. We can see in a few of the universities march intake is available rarely.
| S. No | Stages | February Intake | July Intake |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University shortlisting | September starting | January |
| 2 | Attending for Exam | From the end of September – October | January to February |
| 3 | Sending the application | November | March |
| 4 | Receiving the Acceptance letter from the university | November to December | March to April |
| 5 | Starting of visa application | December to January | May to June |
| 6 | Acceptance of visa and traveling | February | July |