Are Australian universities planning to enrol more international students?

Australia is booming with international students. It’s a growth that has become more controversial in recent years. While stakeholders hail the benefits they receive from a more diverse student body, other segments of society have condemned it for letting foreign forces interfere with academic freedom and for the disproportionate number of students from a select few countries

ANU’s decision presents another downside: Schmidt’s comments appear to suggest that a large international student population will impair university qualityThe University of Queensland and the University of Melbourne have no plans to cap their international enrolments at current levels. UQ Deputy Vice-Chancellor for External Engagement, Rongyu Li, said in a statement: “There is no plan to cap international student numbers at current levels, but we are striving for greater diversification of source countries, discipline offerings and associated new academic offerings.

A spokesperson for the University of Melbourne said “demand from international students for the University of Melbourne’s world-class degrees remains high, as it has been in recent years”.“The University anticipates that the present strong demand from international students will continue in the future”.

This survey follows a report last week which found that Australia has most likely surpassed the UK as the second favourite study destination for international students. International higher education student commencements grew from 187,000 in 2013 to 319,000 in 2018.

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