Overseas Applicants
We welcome your inquiry about study at Morling College as an Overseas Student. If you are a citizen of New Zealand, please note that you will not require a Student Visa to study in Australia, and technically you would not be an Overseas Student.
Please note that Morling College, typical of any southern-hemisphere institution, has two academic semesters per year; the first runs from February to June, and the second from July to November. The southern-hemisphere summer occurs from November to February.
Approximate costs of study:
Please note that the tuition cost for an Overseas Student is approximately $12,000AUD per semester. Also, if you require accommodation on the Morling College campus, the cost of this will add a further $12,000AUD per semester.
Please understand that Morling College is unable to offer scholarships or financial assistance to overseas students.
Timing of Applications:
If you are applying from outside Australia, apply before September 30 in any given year if you wish to begin studies in Semester 1 of the following year, or before March 31 of any given year if you wish to begin studies in Semester 2 of the same year.
If you are applying from within Australia, it may be possible to receive your application later than September 30 or March 31.
On the Morling College website, the College Prospectus may be read by clicking the link "Our Prospectus" on the Home page.
Morling College can accept Overseas Students in its capacity as a Teaching Agent of the Australian College of Theology, which is the official “Higher Education Provider” for Overseas Students at Morling College.
More information about the overseas requirements of the Australian College of Theology can be found at http://www.actheology.edu.au/internationalstudents.php?PHPSESSID=sklsdd2ut6himv6btlgcum0c3uvgahm7
Please consult the Australian Government Immigration website at: www.immi.gov.au for further information; note especially the regulations concerning Student Visas.
To study at Morling College you will need to get a Student Visa Subclass 573 (“Higher Education”).
You will not be able to apply for this Visa until Morling College has accepted you as a student and supplied you with an electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCoE).
Enquirers should note that enrolling an Overseas Student is controlled by the Australian Department of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC) not Morling College.
PROCEDURE for MAKING an APPLICATION as an Overseas Student
The Procedure for making an application has two steps:
Step 1 – pre-application process
If you are presently living in Australia, and are likely to apply for the Student Visa while you are in Australia, please:
- Download this document Requirements for Overseas Students and read it carefully.
- Also, download this document PRELIMINARY INFORMATION if in Australia — fill it in and return it to Morling College.
- In addition to submitting to Morling College the document PRELIMINARY INFORMATION if in Australia, you must also send these items:
- A Certified Copy of the Certificate of an IELTS Test, not more than two years old, showing satisfactory scores for the level of study you wish to undertake (Click here for required IELTS scores; click here for information about alternatives to IELTS testing).
- PLEASE NOTE – an IELTS test is not required if you have already gained a tertiary credential in an English-speaking country, within the last five (5) years.
The ACT deems the level of English language used in education in the following countries to be acceptable for consideration for admission to an ACT course:
- American Samoa
- Australia
- Canada
- Fiji
- Ireland
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland)
- United States of America
- Zambia
- A Certified Copy of any Degree which you have already gained, in any country, in any discipline.
If you are presently living outside Australia, and are likely to apply for the Student Visa while you are in a country other than Australia, please:
- Download this document Requirements for Overseas Students and read it carefully.
- Also, download this document OVERSEAS STUDENTS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION— fill it in and return it to Morling College.
- In addition to submitting to Morling College the document OVERSEAS STUDENTS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, you must also send these items:
- A Certified Copy of the Certificate of an IELTS Test, not more than two years old, showing satisfactory scores for the level of study you wish to undertake (Click here for required IELTS scores; click here for information about alternatives to IELTS testing).
- PLEASE NOTE – an IELTS test is not required if you have already gained a tertiary credential in an English-speaking country, within the last five (5) years.
The ACT deems the level of English language used in education in the following countries to be acceptable for consideration for admission to an ACT course:
- American Samoa
- Australia
- Canada
- Fiji
- Ireland
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- United Kingdom (including Northern Ireland)
- United States of America
- Zambia
- A Certified Copy of any Degree which you have already gained, in any country, in any discipline.
Step 2 – Application process
If the pre-application process proves to Morling College that it can legally invite you to apply as a an Overseas Student, then you will be sent an Application form for full-time, on-campus study.
You wil have to fill in and submit this form to Morling College, along with any other documents it requests which you have not already sent.
After this document and its attachment s have been received, Morling College will arrange an interview with you. This interview will be done by telephone if you are making the application from a country outside Australia, or in person at Morling College if you are presently in Australia.
After your interview, the Academic Registrar will create an “electronic Confirmation of Enrolment” for you (“eCoE”). You will use the eCoE to apply for your Student Visa.
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