September 2011 Onshore International Students at Public VET Institutions, 2010 International Other International State Public VET institution students students Total proportion NSW Sydney Institute 3,360 56,375 59,735 5.6% Northern Sydney Institute 1,499 33,461 34,960 4.3% South Western Sydney Institute 1,448 54,645 56,093 2.6% Western Sydney Institute 463 40,969 41,432 1.1% Hunter Institute 449 47,665 48,114 0.9% North Coast Institute 198 35,691 35,889 0.6% Illawarra Institute 140 27,064 27,204 0.5% Riverina Institute 74 27,148 27,222 0.3% Open Training and Education Network 35 53,799 53,834 0.1% Western Institute 26 29,877 29,903 0.1% New England Institute 21 17,317 17,338 0.1% National Art School 8 352 360 2.2% Vic. Holmesglen Institute of TAFE 6,356 33,106 39,462 16.1% Swinburne University of Technology 2,933 32,504 35,437 8.3% Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE 1,400 25,265 26,665 5.3% William Angliss Institute of TAFE 1,373 17,263 18,636 7.4% University 1,328 23,711 25,039 5.3% of TAFE 1,105 20,462 21,567 5.1% 1,100 37,272 38,372 2.9% RMIT University 1,093 16,410 17,503 6.2% 820 26,059 26,879 3.1% Gordon Institute of TAFE 248 18,830 19,078 1.3% South West Institute of TAFE 181 11,492 11,673 1.6% Sunraysia Institute of TAFE 96 5,846 5,942 1.6% Bendigo Regional Institute of TAFE 63 10,667 10,730 0.6% University of Ballarat 20 12,573 12,593 0.2% Wodonga Institute of TAFE 8 13,752 13,760 0.1% Qld Southbank Institute of Technology 3,755 21,877 25,632 14.6% Brisbane North Institute of TAFE 1,614 35,078 36,692 4.4% Gold Coast Institute of TAFE 1,614 14,378 15,992 10.1% SkillsTech 780 22,968 23,748 3.3% Metropolitan South Institute of TAFE 751 19,989 20,740 3.6% Central Queensland Institute of TAFE 695 21,323 22,018 3.2% Tropical North Queensland Institute of TAFE 367 15,356 15,723 2.3% Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE 274 11,432 11,706 2.3% Sunshine Coast Institute of TAFE 236 15,474 15,710 1.5% Southern Queensland Institute of TAFE 230 22,411 22,641 1.0% Wide Bay Institute of TAFE 117 11,547 11,664 1.0% The Bremer Institute of TAFE 78 13,451 13,529 0.6% SA TAFE SA Adelaide North Institute 1,527 32,628 34,155 4.5% TAFE SA Adelaide South Institute 778 27,887 28,665 2.7% TAFE SA Regional 96 28,242 28,338 0.3% WA CY O'Connor College of TAFE c 4,372 c – Kimberley TAFE c 3,833 c – Vocational Training and Education Centre WA c 3,150 c – WA Academy of Performing Arts c 495 c – Central Institute of Technology 1,865 27,654 29,519 6.3% Polytechnic West 1,346 30,206 31,552 4.3% Challenger Institute of Technology 788 18,564 19,352 4.1% West Coast Institute of Training 563 8,583 9,146 6.2% South West Institute of Technology 98 7,042 7,140 1.4% Great Southern Institute of Technology 19 5,614 5,633 0.3% Durack Institute of Technology 12 5,754 5,766 0.2% Pilbara TAFE 11 6,823 6,834 0.2% Tas. Tasmanian Polytechnic 335 13,831 14,166 2.4% NT Charles Darwin University 296 13,548 13,844 2.1% ACT Canberra Institute of Technology 1,257 21,303 22,560 5.6% All Public VET institutions with international students 45,356 1,214,036 1,259,392 3.6% All Public VET institutions (Total) 45,356 1,792,146 1,837,514 2.5% c - cells with values of 5 or less have been confidentialised therefore, a total student count and international student proportion for the institution cannot be calculated. Note: NCVER data for international students studying at public VET institutions include those studying VET, higher education, ELICOS and foundation courses. However, student numbers at dual sector institutions only include students in VET courses. Source: NCVER, VET Provider Collection

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