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Living And Studying In Melbourne - Start At Academia International

Study in Melbourne: start your career in Australia's most vibrant city!

While many cities have what Melbourne has to offer, very few are able to offer all of them at once!

What are we talking about?

  1. Top-tier training institutions that will set you up for a long and successful career
  2. Thriving nightlife, culture, food, and art scenes to dive into while you’re living here

Our courses in Melbourne provide training for a wide range of in-demand industries, helping prepare you for your future.

And the city’s many restaurants, sporting events, art venues and more are the perfect place to unwind on the weekend or between classes.

Which of our courses are available in Melbourne?

English courses Melbourne

A wide range of English courses help you reach your unique goals!

Whether you want to enrol in an Australian university, are required to meet an IELTS score requirement or simply to improve your everyday speaking, reading and writing.

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Hospitality management courses Melbourne

Become a leader in the hospitality industry.

With both operational and behind-the-scenes streams available, our courses can help you prepare for a leadership role. This course can be studied alongside commercial cookery or patisserie.!

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Commercial cookery courses Melbourne

Get your foot in the door of this highly-competitive industry.

Our commercial cookery courses combine both theoretical learning and practical learning, and are capped off by a mandatory placement that lets you put your skills into practice.

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Patisserie courses Melbourne

Learn how to create pastries, different cake-decorating techniques, the proper way to use baking equipment and more - our patisserie courses in Melbourne give you the opportunity to specialise.

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Childcare courses Melbourne

Our holistic approach towards childcare training includes units in childhood development, cognitive theories and early childhood learning as well as practical training, ensuring that you’re able to set children up for the future.

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Aged care courses Melbourne

In addition to training you to provide care, our aged care courses also include units covering specialised fields such as disability care, dementia support and more, preparing you for anything you might face during your career.

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Government funded courses in Melbourne

Eligible Victorian students have the opportunity to apply for government-funded training - some eligible students can even study for FREE!

The Victorian state government’s Skills First funding covers tuition for a wide variety of in-demand courses, including many of the courses offered at our Melbourne campus.

Academia offers a wide range of courses that are covered by government funding. If you meet certain conditions, you can even have your entire tuition fully-subsidised under this scheme.

In order to qualify for a government-funded course, you’ll need to:

  1. Hold Australian or New Zealand citizenship, or Australian permanent residency
  2. Be applying for a higher qualification than your current highest qualification OR;
  3. Be Under 20 years old as of 1/1/2024

Other government-funding schemes include programs for retrenched, automotive and former Hazelwood Power Station workers as well as asylum seekers.

Unsure whether you qualify for any of these schemes? Our friendly course advisors are more than happy to help you out.

Complete an online TAFE/vocational course

Each of our courses in Melbourne is available online!

Unlike a lot of other institutions in Melbourne, we’ve offered online learning as an alternative to in-person attendance for each of our courses for years.

As a result, our online learning system is highly refined, and designed to replicate the classroom experience as much as possible.

A lot of other online courses boil down to a single pre-recorded lecture each week, with worksheets emailed to you.

By contrast, our online courses:

  1. Use virtual whiteboard so you can interact with the material
  2. Are held in real-time, allowing you to interact with other students and question your instructors
  3. Maintain small class sizes so you aren’t drowned out by others
  4. Are fully recorded, so you can go back over anything you might have missed

Whether you can’t commit to travelling into the city on a regular basis or you simply aren’t able to make it in one day, our online courses give you more control over how you study.

Why study in Melbourne?

Why do students like you love studying and living in Australia’s second largest city?

Easy to get around

With a public transport system that’s the most extensive in the country, it’s easy to get from A to B when you’re living in Melbourne.

Better yet, our location in the city centre is close to the beating heart of Melbourne’s public transport system. We’re within close walking distance to train stations, tram stops and bus lines, allowing you to easily go to and from class.

Enjoy life

Melbourne’s thriving restaurants, venues and arts scene ensures that students are able to enjoy themselves while studying and get the most out of their time in the city.

Best of all, some of the biggest and most exciting attractions are all within the city centre, close to our Melbourne campus!

Whether you simply have some time to spare between classes, want a bite to eat, or are planning a weekend out with friends, Melbourne has you covered.

One of the world’s most liveable cities

As the second-most liveable city in the world (as well as the previous first-place), Melbourne has everything that students like you need to enjoy your time down here.

Whether you’re studying part-time or are a full-time student, Melbourne’s atmosphere, infrastructure and lifestyle make it the ideal place to study!