This is a special visa for professionals having qualification from recognized institutes from all over the world. This allows graduates to live , wok and stay in Australia for the period of 18 months. Hereunder is the list of recognized
qualifications and institutes which are acceptable for this visa category. Other factors like age limitation, application fee and place to submit application are also discussed for your ease.
Age
While submitting application as recognized graduate, you must be under 31 at that day.
English Language Competency
Applicant must have English language proficiency at least at competency level. This can be demonstrated in any of the two following ways;
IELTS (A band score of 6.0 in each speaking, reading, writing and listening);OR
You hold passport of any of the following countries;
- Canada
- New Zealand
- Republic of Ireland
- United Kingdom (UK)
- United States of America (USA)
Acceptable Qualifications
To apply under this category, you must have a post graduate diploma, doctorate degree, master degree or professional graduate degree in an engineering discipline. Engineering disciplines which are acceptable are civil, chemical, mechanical, structural, production and plant engineering, but it’s not limited to only these engineering disciplines.
Note: You engineering qualification must be gained from one of the recognized engineering institutes given below;
Africa
- University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)
- University of Cape Town (South Africa)
- University of Pretoria (South Africa)
- Technikon South Africa (South Africa)
- University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
- American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
- American University of Sharjah (UAE)
- Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
- Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)
- Hacettepe University (Turkey)
- Dokuz Eylul University (Turkey)
- Amir Kabir University of Technology (Iran)
- University of Tehran (Iran)
- Tohoku University (Japan)
- China University of Mining & Technology (China)
- Chongqing University (China)
- Tongji University (China)
- Tsinghua University (China)
- Shanghai University of Engineering Science (China)
- Shanghai Jiaotong University (China)
- Guangzhou University (China)
- Beijing Normal University (China)
- Beijing Petroleum University (China)
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology (China)
- University of Science and Technology (China)
- Beijing University of Technology (China)
- Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia)
- University of Indonesia (Indonesia)
- National University of Singapore (Singapore)
- University of Malaya (Malaysia)
- Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia)
- University of the Philippines (Philippines)
- Indian Institute of Science – Bangalore (India)
- Curtin University of Technology Sarawak Campus (Malaysia)
- Deakin University Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
- Deakin University Penang (Malaysia)
- Edith Cowan University (Singapore)
- James Cook University (Singapore)
- Monash University, Sunway (Malaysia)
- RMIT University in partnership with Singapore Institute of Commerce (Singapore)
- RMIT University in partnership with Auston International (Singapore)
- RMIT University in partnership with IMC Technologies (Singapore)
- Swinburne University of Technology (Malaysia)
- University of Newcastle in partnership with PSB (Singapore)
- University of South Australia in partnership with APMC (Singapore)
- University of Technology, Sydney in partnership with HKMA (Hong Kong)
- Anna University – Chennai, India
- Indian School of Mines – Dhanbad, India
- Banaras Hindu University – Varanasi, India
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
South America
- University of Chile (Chile)
- University of Chile – Antofagasta (Chile)
- University of Concepcion (Chile)
- Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
- Catholic University of Argentina (Argentina)
North America
- University of Toronto (Canada)
- McGill University (Canada)
- University of Alberta (Canada)
- Queen’s University (Canada)
- University of Laval (Canada)
- University of Waterloo (Canada)
- Laurentian University (Canada)
- University of British Columbia (Canada)
- Arizona State University – Tempe (USA)
- Pennsylvania State University – University Park (USA)
- University of California – Berkeley (USA)
- University of Nevada – Reno (USA)
- Michigan Technological University (USA)
- West Virginia University (USA)
- Colorado School of Mines (USA)
- Missouri University of Science and Technology – Rolla (USA)
- University of Idaho – Moscow (USA)
- Montana College of Minerals Science & Technology (USA)
- South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (USA)
- University of Alaska (USA)
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (USA)
- University of Arizona (USA)
- University of Utah (USA)
- Universidad Autonoma San Luis Potosi (Mexico)
Europe
- Imperial College London (UK)
- University of Leeds (UK)
- University of Nottingham (UK)
- University of Birmingham (UK)
- University of Portsmouth (UK)
- University of Southampton (UK)
- University of Manchester (UK)
- Camborne School of Mines (University of Exeter) (UK)
- University of Bristol (UK)
- Moscow State University (Russia)
- St Petersburg State University (Russia)
- Lulea University of Technology (Sweden)
- Technology University Aachen (Germany)
- University of Hannover (Germany)
- Technical University of Clausthal (Germany)
- Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
- RWTH, Aachen (Germany)
- TU Berlin (Germany)
- TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany)
- Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)
- HUT, Helsinki (Finland)
- TU Kosice (Slovakia)
- University of Miskolc (Hungary)
- Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland)
Application Fee
Currently fee for tis visa category is AUD 235/ payable in form of demand draft or credit card.
Where to Submit Application?
Irish universities have good world ranking. Ireland spends a large proportion of its budget at study and research. Instructors are selected from industry who provide a real world coaching to graduates to prepare them well for upcoming career. List of colleges is given at separate page which can be found in top menu bar. You may click on each link to visit direct official website of the university;Irish universities provide scholarships to qualified students from almost all countries.
