AQF & International Education

Mei Yin : Fit for fashion

Senior Secondary Certificate of Education to Bachelor Degree

Mei Yin’s ambition is to work as an international fashion designer. She is studying for a Bachelor Degree in Fashion Design at an Australian University to give her an international perspective on the industry. When she returns home she will begin work in a fashion company and hopes to start her own label after she has had a few years experience.

Mei Yin began her education in Australia by enrolling in a Senior Secondary Certification of Education at secondary school. Her studies included English, Maths, Materials and Technology and Art and Design. All Australian Universities recognise the Senior Secondary Certificate of Education and students are admitted to Bachelor Degree courses according to their results.

Depending on their chosen career pathway, senior secondary students can also study vocational subjects towards Certificates I - IV and go on to a vocational education and training institution to gain further specific industry skills and knowledge.

Xiao Ming: Marketing his qualifications

Diploma or Advanced Diploma to Bachelor Degree

Xiao Ming's family run an export business with many clients in Australia. Xiao Ming decided to come to Australia to studying marketing to help run the family business and improve international marketing when he returns home.

Xiao Ming completed his secondary studies in his home country and was accepted into a Diploma of Marketing at an Australian vocational education and training institution. The Diploma will give Xiao Ming industry based training so that he can begin a career. Xiao Ming wanted to go on to further study and he had a choice of continuing into an Advanced Diploma to gain further industry-based specialist skills or enrolling into a university to study the academic side of the business.

Many Australian universities recognise Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas as a good foundation for a Bachelor Degree. Some vocational education and training institutions have agreements with universities than give students with Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas credit into Bachelor Degrees. The number of credits you receive will depend on the subjects covered in your course and the agreement between the vocational education and training institution and university. For futher details, you should ask the vocational education and training institution or university in Australia offering your course or contact Australian Education International.

Michelle: High Flyer

Diploma or Advanced Diploma to Bachelor Degree

Michelle loves her job as a media and public relations officer for a successful AFL football club.

It looks a long way from the psychology major she did in her Bachelor of Arts degree, but she uses the analytical, interpersonal and communication skills the degree provided everyday.

She also realises that her success in the very competitive field of sports administration is the result of the hands-on training and practical experience she gained through completing a Certificate II in Sports Administration at a local TAFE and volunteering her services at a lifesaving club.

Michelle is now doing a Diploma of International Business (Sport, Sports Coaching, Administration and Sports Management) and she knows that her AQF qualifications will make it easier for her to move interstate and overseas, gain further promotion and soar to even greater heights.