Colleges cover all types from language to hospitality, beauty to counselling, IT to drama, university preparation, more. Many cater for international students. We have not included TAFE Colleges. They are found on the State & Territory Departments of Education Page. Some colleges are national while others are only found in one state or area.

This page looks at colleges that are national, as well as those in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.

The Second Page looks at colleges found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

This is only a small selection. This site is not able to provide a complete listing.

As with any situation involving payment for services, be sure to assess the institution’s quality, the course[s] it offers and the value you gain for payments you make. This is particularly important.

Check accreditation, course validity, staff quality and college stability and reputation. This is even more important at present.

We have tried to make sure those included are of the highest quality.

We continually add to the information available and are willing to consider suggested colleges.

National

• AFTA Travel College
  All aspects from sales techniques to international destinations.
• Australian College^QED
  ‘Quality correspondence courses, with personal tutors, you can do in the comfort of your own home through our Colleges. Take an Obligation-Free home trial and see for yourself’.
• Australian College of Applied Psychology
  ‘We offer a fresh approach to learning, bringing theory and practice together to create a focused and exciting educational environment’.
• Australian College of Theology
  ‘Offers a wide range of accredited higher education awards catering not only for the specialised needs of ministerial and missionary candidates but also for the needs of lay people’.
• Australian Correspondence Schools
  Courses from agriculture to photography.
• Australian Film, Television & Radio School
  Cinematography, design, direction, scriptwriting and sound.
• Australian Human Resources Institute
• Australian Institute of Community Services
  ‘A leading national provider of Community Services qualifications. Working in Community Services is extremely rewarding. You are helping some of the most disadvantaged individuals and groups’.
• Australian Institute of Management
  ‘Offers a range of carefully designed Management and Leadership Development programs’.
• Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors
  Diploma courses in counsellor education.
• Australian Open Days
  A living calendar of dates and information for open days run by universities, colleges and more.
• Carrick Institute of Education
  From High School Preparation and General English to Accounting, Tourism Management and Commercial Cookery. In major eastern states.
• CompareCourses
  Compare courses ‘from 1 516 institutions & 59 859 Courses in Australia’. There are also articles, course ratings, institution reviews, student news and more.
• Courses.com.au
  Australia’s Largest Directory of Short Courses. Courses at Community Colleges, TAFEs and University. More than 11 000 courses are listed in areas from business to IT and Yoga. Detail provided for each course listed.
• Design & Photography Courses, Certificates & Diplomas
  Do these as online courses Australia-wide.
  Previously listed as Cengage Art and Design.
• Holmes Institute
  ‘A multi-sector provider of education with faculties of Vocational Education, Training, Higher Education, Schools of Secondary Education & an English Language Centre’.
• HotCourses.com.au
  ‘Search the database of 86 446 courses from 1 372 colleges and universities in Australia’. Covers short courses to postgraduate as well as covering scholarships.
• ICS Learning
• Kaplan Professional
  ‘Kaplan is a leader in education and professional development to the financial services, accounting and real estate sectors in Australia’.
• Life Coaching Institute
  ‘People from all walks of life are finding Life Coaching to be an incredibly rewarding profession’.
• Napoleon Perdis Makeup Academy
  ‘The world’s first Global Makeup Academy’.
• Navitas
  English, tertiary studies and work-related courses. Courses can be found via their search engine. Select Australia in the Location box.
• PS146 Training Australia
  ‘PS146 Training Australia provides the entry level qualifications you need to be eligible for a lucrative career in the financial services industry’.
• SAE Institute
  Audio, Film Making, Digital Journalism, Animation, Web Design, Games Design, Online Courses.
• School of Audio Engineering
  Training in media areas from Audio Engineering via Filmmaking to Games Programming. Also has international sites.
• StartnextWeek
  ‘For the first time ever in Australia, businesses and consumers can compare, book and buy last minute training courses from hundreds of training providers, at genuine last minute prices, 24 hours a day, seven days a week’. Not a college, but information about courses, long and short, being run in many areas by a variety of providers.
  Note : all are Fee-based.
• The College of Law
  ‘The College of Law is the largest provider of practical legal training in Australasia and one of the oldest and most respected in the common law world’. Various streams, offering in 4 states and both practical legal training and Postgraduate programs.

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States & Territories

Australian Capital Territory

• Australian International Hotel School
  Every aspect of the hotel industry. Provides links to trialling of skills learned.
• Canberra Institute of Technology
  Vocational training and education courses at several campuses.
• School of Art National Institute of the Arts
  Covers nine different areas of the arts including ceramics, glass, sculpture and goldsmithing.

New South Wales

• Actors Centre Australia
  Mutliple programs from full-time to drop-in classes.
• APA International Film School
  Film and digital technology courses.
• APM Training Institute
  Marketing, public relations, event management and sport & entertainment marketing.
• Australian Academy of Dramatic Art
  ‘Study at the Australian Academy of Dramatic Art prepares the graduate for life as a performer, a creator, and a producer of fresh and engaging independent work’.
• Australian College of Journalism
  Journalism and sub-colleges covering travel, tourism, media and other areas. Access the Australian College of Business and Marketing and Australian College of Travel and Tourism through these links. Courses, tutors, e-courses and more through the main site.
• Australian College of Natural Therapies
  Both natural and beauty therapies.
• Australian College of Physical Education
  Degrees in both Physical Education and Sport.
• Australian Institute of Music
  ‘AIM offers undergraduate and graduate courses in Music, Audio Engineering, Music Composition, Musical theatre and Entertainment Management’.
• Australian International Conservatorium of Music
  Degrees in performance and other aspects of music.
• Australasian College of Natural Therapies
  Natural therapies, remedial massage and other bodywork therapies.
• Avondale College
  Courses in science, teaching, nursing, business and theology.
• Billy Blue School of Graphics
  Publishing, graphics, advertising, design, etc..
• Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School
  Based at Leura, it caters for Australian and Swiss qualifications.
• Campion College
  ‘Campion College is the first Liberal Arts College in Australia. It offers a broad program in liberal arts, covering various subjects in the humanities and sciences that prepares students for life as well as the workplace. It is an authentically Catholic institution’.
• Centre for Continuing Education, University of Sydney
  Courses in a multitude of areas. For interest, or as a lead in to university study.
• Christian Education National
  It works through some of the following affiliated groups :

• National Institute for Christian Education
  ‘The National Institute for Christian Education is a distance ed tertiary education provider. We teach the accredited postgraduate courses for teachers offered by CCHE’.
• Navitas
  English language and teacher training programs.
  Previously listed as Australian College of English.
• Southland College
  ‘Southland College is a distance education tertiary education provider. We teach the accredited postgraduate courses for teachers offered by CCHE as well as short courses and professional development seminars’.

• College of Fine Arts
  Degree courses through the University of New South Wales.
• College of Law
  ‘Offering premier Continuing Legal Education through collaboration with professional associations’.

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• Dragon College of Business
  ‘Dragon College of Business is Australia’s premier provider of management diplomas, business diplomas, and business administration diplomas’.
• East Coast Gestalt
  ‘Accredited for the delivery of Higher Education programs in Gestalt Therapy. Training is delivered across NSW through several campuses’.
• Enmore Design Centre [TAFE NSW]
  Especially for people wanting to be jewellers. Diploma Courses.
• Greenwich College
  ‘Provides high quality English Language and Vocational Training courses’.
• GCA Group Colleges Australia
  ‘Member colleges host close to 5 000 students, both Australian and international’.
• Institute of Counselling
  ‘A registered higher education provider offering post graduate qualifications specialising in counselling education’.
  Now a separate entity within the Australiam Catholic University.
• International Child Care College
  ‘Based in the coastal city of Newcastle in the Hunter Region of NSW’.
• International College of Hotel Management
  ‘The International College of Hotel Management provides both management and vocational training for the Tourism Industry with students enrolled from countries around the globe’.
• International College of Management, Sydney
  ‘A leading business school, educating future leaders in event management, hospitality management, international tourism, strategic property management, retail services management and sport management’.
• International School of Colour and Design
  ‘Our courses are crafted to cater for all levels of skills and requirements’.
• ITiC
  ‘ITiC provides a wide range of training courses for people who wish to obtain IT certifications or secure jobs in the IT industry. In particular, we have training for the popular CCIE, CCNA and Microsoft courses’.
• Jansen Newman
  Courses in counselling and psychotherapy.
• JMC Academy
  Audio, film & television production, management and performance skills. Certificate, diploma, degrees.
• Kaplan Aspect
  English language teaching to adults.
• Kaplan Professional
  Financial Services, Real Estate, Tax & Accounting courses.
• Kent Institute
  Business and Technology courses.
• Le Cordon Bleu in Australia
  ‘Global leader in culinary and management education’.
• Macleay College
  PR, marketing, travel, hospitality, journalism and more.
• Martin College [NSW]
  Business and technology courses.
• METRO SCREEN Australia
  Online courses for media studies.
• Moore Theological College
• Morling College
  ‘The baptist Bible and Theological College of NSW and ACT’.
• National Art School
• National Institute of Dramatic Art
  Australia’s premier dramatic art school with a world wide reputation.
• Nature Care College
  ‘The only private college in NSW to offer on-campus bachelor degrees in naturopathy, homeopathy & herbal medicine’.
• Qantm College
  Graphic design, graphics and animation, interactive multimedia and web design course.
• Raffles
  Design courses, screen art, multimedia, communication.
• Shillington College
  Graphic Design short courses.
• Sydney Institute of Business and Technology
  ‘Whether you require an alternative pathway to Macquarie University or are seeking a supportive learning environment on the university campus, SIBT can help’.
• Staging Connections
  Trainee places for people wishing to develop skills in staging events.
• Sydney Coffee Academy
  ‘A modern, custom-designed coffee and café training centre’.
• Sydney College of the Arts
  ‘Educational programs are studio-based and facilities include computer and multimedia laboratories, print, clay, glass, wood and metal workshops, film/video & sound production and editing facilities’. Faculty of Sydney University.
• Sydney Film School
  ‘A premier creative institute for emerging filmmakers, using 16mm film and digital technologies’.
• Sydney Graphics College
  All aspects of graphic arts.
• Sydney Writers’ Centre
  Writing courses from media releases to publishing your own books.
• The Hotel School
  All aspects of hotel work from PR to management skills.
• Tranby Aboriginal College
  ‘Tranby Aboriginal College is an alternative and independent learning environment for adult Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’.
• Wesley Institute
  Degrees and post graduate studies in both the ministry and the arts.
• Whitehouse Institute of Design
  Interior, fashion design style teaching.
• William Blue International Hotel Management School
  Sales & marketing, human resources, management skills and more.
• Williams Business College
  Courses in areas from management to advertising.
• Wollongong College
  ‘Helping students achieve entry to uni and their study goals for over 20 years’.
• Yaama Dhiyaan
  ‘Yaama Dhiyaan provides quality hospitality training in a commercial environment, to ensure students gain industry experience. Yaama Dhiyaan is an employment and training initiative of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority’.

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