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 found in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

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

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.

States & Territories

Northern Territory

• Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education
  Visit to find available courses.
• Centralian College
• Northern Territory Rural College

Queensland

• Australian Institute of Professional Counsellors [AIPC]
  ‘AIPC specialises in providing high quality counsellor education, with a particular focus on external and distance education’.
• Australian Institute of Psychology
  ‘A specialist non-University provider of Psychology’.
• Australian International College of Art
  Primarily Art subjects and English. Diplomas, certificates, hobby courses and more. Study Ikebana.
• Australian Security Academy
  Investigation, security, fraud control, risk management.
• Aviation Australia
  ‘Aviation Australia is the leading aviation maintenance training centre and the only common user cabin crew training facility in the Asia Pacific’.
• Christian Heritage College
  Christian teacher training college.
• Endeavour College of Natural Health
  Acupuncture, naturopathy and homeopathy. Said to be the biggest in the southern hemisphere.
  Previously listed as Australian College of Natural Medicine.
• Gestalt Therapy Brisbane
  ‘Gestalt Therapy is a growth oriented and relational approach to assist people to enhance their development of self-awareness and to explore and experience new options for living a fulfilling and meaningful life’.
• Gold Coast Language Schools
  ‘At Gold Coast Language Schools, every students is important, from the day they arrive until the day they leave’.
• Great Barrier Reef International Marine College
  ‘Marine training providers, including TAFE, will deliver more than 30 training programs and qualifications with courses ranging from deckhand, marine radio, forklift and dogman’s ticket to advanced skipper and engineering’.
• Jazz Music Institute
  ‘Queensland’s specialist jazz school and has been delivering courses in jazz since 1997. JMI enjoys a reputation throughout Australia as one of the best jazz institutes in the country’.
• JSchool : Journalism Education & Training
  Diploma of Journalism. Information for International students.
• Martin College [Qld]
  Business and technology courses.
• QIBT
  ‘Alternative pathway into Griffith University undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. QIBT Diploma courses are equivalent to the first year of the Griffith University bachelor degree’.
• Shafston International College
  ‘Australia’s leading private education college with two campuses based in the heart of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Offering courses in General English, Cambridge [PET,FCE,CAE,CPE], Cambridge BEC [Vantage and Higher], IETLS, TOEFL, TOEIC as well as student accommodation and first class facilities’.
• Southbank Institute
  ‘Gain unprecedented entry and credit towards university programs and degree programs right across Queensland and Australia’.
• Whitsundays College of English
  Based at Airlie Beach.

South Australia

• Adelaide Central School of Art
  Visual arts courses based on the ‘atelier’ model.
• Adelaide College of Divinity
  ‘A registered Higher Education Provider offering accredited diploma, associate and bachelor degrees, graduate diplomas, master and doctoral degrees in Ministry’. Also works in the VET sector.
• Australian Fisheries Academy
  ‘Courses run by AFA cover all aspects of marine learning, from filleting a fish to skippering a large commercial vessel. AFA also facilitates industry-based traineeships’.
• Australian Institute of Business
  Business administration and management courses.
  Previously Gibaran Learning Group.
• Australian Institute of Management - South Australia
  ‘As South Australia’s largest private provider of management education and training, we offer a wide range of courses and qualifications essential to the development of individual and organisational capability’.
• Australian Lutheran College
  ‘Prepares people theologically and vocationally for service in the Church and the world’.
• Bradford College
  ‘Bradford College is a pre-university pathways College’.
• Community Arts Network
  Graduate diploma in community cultural development.
• Eynesbury Senior College
  ‘Pathways to senior secondary and tertiary education’.
• HG Coffee School
  ‘Providing high quality nationally recognised barista training in Adelaide’.
• Higher Education Providers
  Lists these for SA, with title, contact details and a listing of qualifications and courses.
• International College of Hotel Management
  All aspects of hotel management.
• Kaplan Business School
  Business Diplomas and pre-university training and preparation.
• Le Cordon Bleu in Australia
  ‘Global leader in culinary and management education’. Hotel management - Bachelor and Masters.
• SA Institute of Business & Technology
  ‘Programs in the areas of business and commerce, computing and information technology, and media and communication’.
• Site [Global]
  ‘Innovative hospitality training providers’.
• Tabor Adelaide
  ‘A multidenominational Christian Education Centre offering government-accredited courses at tertiary level’. Counselling, education, humanities, theology, youth work.
• Tauondi College
  ‘An independent organisation managed by Aboriginal people, we offer a range of National Training package qualifications, accredited courses and Adult Community Education activities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders’.

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Tasmania

• Australian Maritime College
  Courses in three main areas : fisheries, marine environment and maritime transport & engineering.
• Jenard Training
  ‘Retail, Pharmacy, Management training, Human Resources, Training and Assessment and a range of related consultancy services’.
• Papillon Academy of Beauty Therapy
  Short and postgraduate courses in beauty treatments.
• School of Visual and Performing Arts
  Linked with the University of Tasmania.
  Previously listed as Academy of the Arts.
• Tabor College
  ‘Tabor College is a multidenominational charismatic Christian Education Centre offering government-accredited courses at tertiary level’.
• Tasmanian College of English

Victoria

• Australian Academy of Design
  ‘Educates students to become adaptable and creative thinkers who are capable of becoming highly successful as advertising, fashion design, graphic design, photo media and visual arts professionals’.
• Australian College of Physical Education
  ‘We’re the sports and dance specialists. Our bachelor degrees are designed to launch your career in sports and target your particular of interest - PE Teaching, Coaching & Administration, Business, Fitness, Dance, and Health & Movement [Sport]’.
• Cairnmillar Institute
  ‘Psychology and Psychotherapy Educatio’.
• Carrick
  ‘Business Courses, Accounting Courses, Hospitality, Short Courses’.
• Chifley Business School
  ‘For over two decades, we have provided business management education across Australia and internationally - from short courses through certificate and diploma programs, to the Chifley MBA [Technology Management] and related postgraduate awards’.
• Endeavour College of Natural Health
  Acupuncture, naturopathy and homeopathy.
  Previously listed as Melbourne College of Natural Medicine.
• Fitnation
  ‘Fitnation, specalists in health and fitness education’.
• Grenadi School of Design
  ‘Computer Based Multimedia Graphic Web Design Training’. Courses for groups both here and from overseas.
  Previously listed as The Computer Graphics School.
• Harvest Bible College
  ‘Accomplished through an educational program that is practical and relevant, in a Spirit-empowered environment’.
• Institute of Health & Fitness
  ‘Institute of Health and Fitness is proudly partnered with McKinnon Sports Medicine and delivers Certificate III and Certificate IV courses in Fitness’.
  Previously listed as McKinnon Sports Medicine.
• International Institute of Technology
  ‘IIT is a registered training organisation offering Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma level qualifications in the financial services industry’.
• JMC Academy
  Audio, film & television production, management and performance skills. Certificate, diploma, degree levels.
• Leo Cussen Centre for Law
  ‘Leo Cussen continues to be recognised as a centre of excellence for practical legal training and professional development for lawyers’.
• Marcus Oldham Agricultural College
  Geelong. Courses in agriculture and farm businesses.
• Marjorie Milner College
  ‘The longest operating floristry school in Australia. Providing world-class floral education and training in both Victoria and Tasmania’.
• Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music
  Linked to Victoria University. Piano, other instrumental and vocal work.
• Melbourne College of Divinity
  Postgraduate courses in theology.
• MIBT
  ‘Alternative pathway into Deakin University undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. MIBT Diploma courses are equivalent to Deakin University’s first year bachelor degree’.
• MIECAT
  Melbourne Institute for Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy. ‘MIECAT offers a number of tertiary education courses run on a par-time basis. These are available to candidates from both under-graduate and post-graduate backgrounds’.
• Monash Short Courses Centre
  ‘The Monash Short Courses Centre is a not-for-profit service provided by the Monash Student Association. Our courses are open to all, not just to Monash students and staff. Our Centre includes a variety of specialist facilities such as a dance & fitness studio, computer labs, art facilities, workshop and Ceramic Art Studio’.
• National Institute of Circus Arts
  All aspects of the circus from juggling to being a clown.
• Navitas College of Public Safety
  Courses in criminal justice and public safety.
  Previously listed as Australian Institute of Public Safety.
• Oceania Polytechnic Institute of Education
  ‘Specialises in the fields of Art, Architecture, The Built Environment and Design’.
• Phoenix Institute
  ‘Diplomas in Holistic & Transpersonal Counselling & Art Therapy’.
• Southern School of Natural Therapies
  Naturopathy, massage and natural medicine.
• Stotts’ College
  Courses at various levels.
• Suzan Johnston
  Covers fields of modelling, grooming, reception, travel & tourism, more.
• Tabor College Victoria
  ‘Tabor Victoria is an independent higher education provider and registered training organisation offering courses from certificate through to masters degrees’.
• Victoria College of the Arts School of Music
  Postgraduate degrees in performance.

Western Australia

• Australian Institute of Holistic Medicine
• Curtin College
  ‘Integrated pathway into Curtin University’s undergraduate degrees’.
• Harvest West
  ‘Harvest West is a leading Pentecostal College. We are focused on equipping and empowering you to be a leader and leader of leaders’.
• Martin College
  Provider of a variety of business and technology courses.
• Montessori World Educational Institute [Australia] Inc.
  Gain a Montessori Diploma or learn more about the process - teachers and parents can enrol. External courses.
• National Australian Institute of Science and Technology
  Diploma level courses in business administration and management.
• Paramount College of Natural Medicine
  ‘Delivers nationally endorsed qualifications which are recognised Australia wide’.
• Perth Bible College
  ‘Perth Bible College was established in 1928 as an interdenominational evangelical Bible College’.
• Perth Institute of Business and Technology
• Polytechnic West
  Previously Swan TAFE. Courses for VET, short courses, associate degrees, more.
• WA Academy of Performing Arts
• WA School of Mines
• Worldwide Classroom World English
  English language school in Perth. Contact details only.

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