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International Students
St Augustine’s College welcomes international students to our Saints community.
The College and boarding residences are located in the inner city of Cairns, close to all amenities. Saints provides a wide variety of academic, sporting and cultural experiences for students.
We invite applications for full fee-paying International students from Years 7 to 12. Cultural diversity is celebrated and we appreciate each student’s uniqueness, while striving to tailor an individual educational path for all our students.
CURRICULUM AND CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Our international students enjoy studying and living at St Augustine’s College. Boys must be age appropriate by Australian education standards for the year level in which they are applying. Saints offers a wide variety of subjects and co-curricular activities.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
St Augustine’s College requires evidence of sufficient proficiency in English to successfully meet the curriculum demands of the enrolled course. This may be evidence of previous study in English, or as results of an acceptable English language proficiency test.
Students who speak English as a second language (ESL) may require pre-testing and additional ESL support. This can be provided at additional cost.
St Augustine’s College prefers to interview and test our international students before issuing the necessary papers for them to apply for a student visa.
CRICOS REQUIRMENTS
Only CRICOS courses can be offered to international students studying in Australia on student visas. All international students must reside at St Augustine’s as full-time boarders. The Roman Catholic Trust Corporation for the Diocese of Cairns T/A St Augustine’s College, Cairns (CRICOS No: 00509D) is a registered CRICOS (Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students) College, able to offer the following CRICOS courses:
- 082949A – Secondary Education Years 7 – 10
- 004918K – Secondary Education Years 11 – 12
NATIONAL CODE OF PRACTICE
The College is bound by the National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students. The National Code is a set of nationally consistent standards that governs the protection of overseas students and delivery of courses to those students by providers registered on CRICOS. For further information about the National Code, please see the Australian Government - Department of Home Affairs.
AGENTS
St Augustine’s College does not have any commercial agreements with or formally engages any agent/s or persons to actively recruit students.
The College responds to all enrolment requirements and to applications for enrolment according to established procedures. Individuals or agents making enrolment enquiries or assisting in any way with enrolment applications are not remunerated for doing so.
MAKE AN ENQUIRY
For International student enquiries: to obtain an international application for enrolment form or schedule of fees and charges, please contact our Enrolments Officer.
Enrolments Officer
St Augustine’s College
251 Draper Street
Cairns, Queensland 4870
Australia
Please see our boarding pages for detailed information about the College’s boarding residences.
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