Guide to Studying in Australia
What is there to know specifically before studying in Australia? I'll give you a detailed introduction below, welcome to read the reference!
Guide to studying in Australia
A plane ticket;
When you apply for a good school, handle all the formalities, after the visa down, the first thing is of course to book a plane ticket, the domestic outbound flight to Sydney (straight line) time of about 10 hours. (of course, not including the time of the domestic toss), so it is the same day departure, the next day to arrive at the rhythm.
? The best time to book a ticket: 30~15 days before departure, this time period of sufficient tickets, reasonable fares. The general airfare from China to Sydney ranges from 5,000~7,000 dollars (off-season), and if around Christmas or the peak of tourism (peak season) fares will be close to 10,000 dollars. (I booked online 28 days in advance and the total **** came down to $4,500) It is recommended that you arrive in Sydney 3-5 days before the start of the school year/reporting (you'll need a few days to get settled)."
? Choice of airlines: domestic airlines (China Eastern, China Southern, Hainan Airlines?...) : more frequent flights and higher baggage allowance (2 pieces of 23 kg). Hong Kong Airlines (Cathay Pacific, Dragonair): only Cantonese and English services, baggage allowance of 20 kg, purchase of international student tickets or provide scanned copies of visas can increase the free extra baggage allowance of 10 kg, *** counting 30 kg, stopover in Hong Kong, there is a small TV behind each seat on the plane, which can be on demand, and you can also plug in your own USB flash drive, so you won't be bored along the way. Korea Airlines (Korean, Asiana): stopover in Seoul, sometimes there are specials (I've seen 3,000 dollar tickets when I booked, probably because of that 2013 Asiana accident).
? Choice of departure: no matter which airline you choose, no matter where you depart. International flights will definitely go through Chinese border security before leaving the country (Shanghai, Nanjing? There may be others), so in order to travel conveniently, it is recommended that you buy <Shanghai? Sydney>, as this will minimize your connecting flights at least once.
Two baggage
This is again the most concerned, but also the most tangled problem, what to bring? What not to bring? How much do you carry?
? Checked baggage weight: domestic flights are basically about the same standard 2 pieces of 23 kilograms, Hong Kong and foreign airlines standard is about 30 kilograms of ordinary passengers, international students can apply for 10 kilograms of free baggage allowance (you need to apply for the purchase of air tickets, it seems that you need to choose the international student ticket, or submit a visa / letter of authorization). For check-in luggage if overweight also do not care too much, over a 1-2 kilograms is okay, but you want to exceed too much, it is not acceptable (the airport has a relationship with someone's friends, ignore this sentence). In fact, if you are not going to bring something for your Sydney friends, a 40+ kilogram allowance for one person is enough. In addition to checked baggage, you can carry a lot of baggage on the plane (I just got 3 backpacks, no way my checked baggage are letting my friend's stuff take over), as long as the size of the individual baggage is not too big, as long as you can hold it, on the plane are tacitly permitted. (OK, the weight finished, next to say the content, I will say the key items)
? Clothing: Sydney this side of the climate is generally very comfortable, the temperature difference between morning and evening (more than ten degrees of temperature difference), sunny, even if the heat will blow a cool breeze, as long as in the shade of the trees, the building shade, or very refreshing and cool (very much like the climate of Urumqi in Xinjiang, like it!) . The seasons here are the opposite of those in China, with average summer temperatures in the mid-20s (of course there are times when it's in the upper 30s), and the warmest month is January; average winter temperatures are around 11 degrees, and the coldest month is July. Sydney gets about the same amount of rainfall in both summer and winter. That means you basically only need to prepare summer and spring/fall clothes; you'll need sweaters and coats for the coldest months if you're afraid of the cold.
? Underwear and socks: These private personal clothing is a must, how much to bring according to your program and the frequency of return to the country it. It's important to bring them, because the Australian side is afraid that they don't have your number? The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the color of the skin and the texture of the skin, and the color of the skin.
? Plug-in board and chopsticks: two-plug/three-plug Combination of the kind, be sure to bring, because the Australian side of the plug-in board is not two-hole. You bring your own small appliances, small devices, to use two empty plug.
? Routine drugs: colds, fevers, diarrhea, anti-inflammatory drugs, etc., Australia, this side of the medicine is actually quite good, and free (when you pay tuition fees, you must pay the overseas student health insurance), but some people may be accustomed to the domestic conventional medicine, this side of the medicine of the medicine of the stronger, for fear that you suddenly can not adapt. So it's best to have some, but not too much.
? Toiletries, toiletries: body wash, shampoo, face wash, etc., (there is no need to bring the kind of family packs, with a small bottle of the beginning of the use of enough to use up can be bought over here, face wash if you use other brands will be allergic to skin, you bring enough), toothbrush according to their own usual use of soft and hard (for example, I grew up with the soft bristles, other hardness will be brushed with the blood, this side of the toothbrush is not divided into soft and hard bristles, and most of them are motorized);; toothbrush according to their own usually use soft and hard (such as I grew up using soft bristles, with other hardness will brush bleeding, the toothbrush does not divide soft and hard bristles, and most of the The toothbrushes here do not distinguish between soft and hard bristles, and most of them are motorized);
? Other: skin care products, cosmetics, sunscreen, bring enough, my friends over here let me bring them all these things, is it not enough? Well, I don't really understand. But I asked a few female friends, they said they are used to the domestic brand, a few brands sold in Australia tried, a little allergic. Actually, it's still a matter of habit and adaptation? Sunglasses, (sunglasses men and women have to bring) neutral pen and core (in the country to buy their favorite look, bring a box of core on the line, this side of the pen less variety, look a single) Notebook (the same reason).
The above mentioned are essential, that is to say, spend more money here in Sydney may not be able to buy, or very difficult to buy. All kinds of spices for cooking, tea? I'm sure you'll find all kinds of Chinese goods here in Sydney. There are a lot of Chinese people in Sydney, and there are a lot of Chinese restaurants and supermarkets. So? Don't worry.
Here are a few random things about the price, we judge for ourselves according to their own economic situation: house goddess Lao Ganma black bean oil chili sauce (3 knives), Coca-Cola 1.25 liters (3.95 knives), fresh milk 1.5 liters (2 knives), frying pan 28cm (20 knives), dumplings (3 packages of 11 knives), hot pot restaurant 50-80 knives / person (if you buy their own hot pot base and all kinds of ingredients home to shabu, you will not have to worry about the price of the food. I'd like to say that if you eat out, a simple meal will cost you about 15 dollars, and you can have Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, and Italian meals, while if you cook by yourself, the cost of materials will be 3 to 4 dollars. Therefore, most international students choose to cook for themselves.
? Important items
1. Domestic UnionPay card or Australian bank card:
Program ① Parents' . The credit card for a secondary card, in advance of the exchange of good Australian dollars in the card, you can withdraw or swipe the card in foreign countries.
Program ② for their own debit card (the banks basically have international cards, Everbright Bank has an Australian card), the exchange of good Australian dollars in the card, in foreign countries can withdraw or swipe.
Program ③ in the domestic application of Australia's bank card, in the form of wire transfer their own domestic card on the Australian dollar to the foreign card (wire transfer fees, Everbright Bank cheaper).
Option 4 is not to run a card, bring some Australian dollars in cash, after arriving in Australia, go to Australia's bank card, as long as the account is open, you can immediately let domestic friends and relatives wire transfer in.
2. AUD cash: It is recommended to carry 4-5 thousand AUD cash. (And buy a wallet with a coin holder, Australia coin use is very common)
3. Proof of their identity and achievements of all kinds of materials and copies: IELTS scores, passport, visa, all kinds of notarized documents, Offer, COE, etc.. At the same time, you can scan all the documents into a USB flash drive.
4. laptop, mobile hard disk, mouse: depends on the personal situation, you can buy at home, you can also come to this side to buy, according to the exchange rate and personal needs to decide it, Australia's electronic products can be slightly cheaper (of course, the cheapest or Hong Kong). If you are planning to buy a computer here, bring a good mouse with you.
Three Australia's residence
First of all, there are several major universities in Sydney are: the University of Sydney USYD, the University of New South Wales UNSW, the University of Technology University of Sydney UTS, the University of Western Sydney UWS and so on. The real meaning of the university in the center of Sydney is the University of Sydney USYD and the University of Technology Sydney UTS, these two universities can be said to be neighbors, not far away, are in the center of Sydney near.
Secondly, you need to be clear about whether you are coming to the university in Sydney to study language first, or to study directly. If you want to study language, it is recommended that you first live near the school, within walking distance, because reading language Monday through Friday are classes, live far away, every day running back and forth, is exhausting. If you finish your language course, you can live farther away from the city center, where there are more cost-effective houses. When you are in the regular course, you can choose to transfer the course in the concentrated days of the week, for example, choose all the week's classes to Monday to Wednesday (the regular course usually three days a week to finish the class), so that the week is only used for three days, the remaining two days behind plus Saturday and Sunday, you can arrange freely.
? Location: In the City neighborhood, within 20 minutes walk to the main areas of USYD and UTS are Chippendale, Ultimo , Glebe, Newtown, Pyrmont, etc. Addresses containing these characters are all within walking distance. (However, please note that try to avoid renting a house in Redfern district, which is near the train station, it is an Aboriginal district, an area inhabited by Aboriginal Australians. In order to protect the Aboriginal people, Redfern district adopts an independent legal system, which is weakly binding on robberies and other behaviors, and therefore, it is one of the least safe districts in Sydney, which is very dangerous. Safety is hard to guarantee, even if you want to rent there, please do not go out after dark).
? House type: Sydney's house is generally divided into three kinds, House (independent house), Unit (unit building), Apartment (apartment building), Apartment is similar to the domestic general housing, the floor is in the fifth floor or above, with elevator, clean and tidy building, security facilities, superior conditions, the better also has a gym, swimming pool, etc., but the rent is more expensive. Unit is also called flat building, usually in about three floors, no elevator, the conditions are not as good as the apartment building, but for ordinary students, it has been relatively superior. The rent is medium, while the house is in general condition and is a boarding house with one or two floors. Here again, a special house Terrace, which is a two-story composite house with a small backyard, the room inside is not big, and the lighting is not very good.
? Room type and price: generally room is divided into master bedroom (master room with independent bathroom, mainly for couples or girlfriends, a double bed, 380 ~ 400 knives per week), double room (Double room, for two same-sex roommates share, two single beds, the price of 330 ~ 370 per week, two people share the room fee), single room (single room, divided into windowed and single room), single room (single room, divided into windowed and single room), single room (single room, divided into windowed and single room), single room (single room, divided into windowed and single room).
About the landlord: generally you can search for rental information on the domestic network, basically Chinese (student) landlords (some students from the landlord to rent a whole set of houses, also known as Take a suite, and then their own when the second landlord, living in a room of their own and other rooms to the outside of the subletting), a room is a student, so do not worry.
For renting a room in Sydney City, we can summarize the rule: the price and the quality of the room (configuration, old and new, and the convenience of the surrounding life) are inversely proportional to the distance from the school. The closer you are to the school, the lower the price of the room; the closer you are to the school, the higher the price; and if you are close to the school and the room is in good condition, then the price will be higher.
If you're coming directly to the university, or if you've finished your language course and are about to start, it's a good idea to stay in the suburbs. There's no city train station near the University of Sydney, so some of the quieter, far-flung suburbs require a train ride and a walk or car transfer, which isn't as convenient (it's a 20-minute walk from Central Station to the University of Sydney). In the suburbs, you can rent an apartment, a villa or a townhouse. Generally speaking, the rent in the suburbs is cheaper and more cost-effective, but the transportation cost in Sydney is quite expensive, so you have to weigh it up.
Here are some key areas in Sydney's suburbs for students who want to come to Sydney for their regular classes, and are not nervous about their courses (they can come to school for 2 or 3 days a week):
①Ashfield and Campsie: The former is known as Sydney's Little Shanghai, and there are a lot of Chinese restaurants, making life easy for Chinese. The rent is cheaper than the city center, the train express to the city center only takes 10 minutes, the slow train takes 20 minutes, the bus to the city half an hour, so it is the favorite of Chinese students from various universities in the city center. The distance from the latter to the city center is the same as Ashfield. Rent is medium-low and shopping is convenient. The train station is also a big one, but because of the many Arabs and Vietnamese, the safety factor is low.
② Croydon: The next area of Ashfield, very quiet, beautiful scenery, high security, mostly Australian locals. However, because the train station in Croydon is small, there is no express train, and there is no large shopping center, so students living in this area have to walk to the next door Ashfield to take the bus or shopping, or choose to take the bus.
③Burwood: The next area of Croydon, more prosperous, Chinese and Australian locals like this area. The area is also safer. Convenient transportation: In Sydney's Chinese district, these two stations are considered to be the most convenient transportation, a **** there are 4 train lines passing through, no matter in the MQ, SYDU, UNSW, UTS or in the City of CITY class work friends live here are very convenient. Convenient shopping: Burwood's Chinese stores are very cheap, especially TONGLI MARKET.
④Hurstiville: there are a lot of Chinese supermarkets, you can buy domestic goods, and the price is relatively cheap. Convenient to eat, there are many Chinese restaurants, flavor dishes are quite good. Convenient transportation facilities, first of all, it is a big station, slow train 28 minutes to CITY, fast train 20 minutes or so, sometimes there is a super-fast train during rush hour, ten minutes to CITY. The environment is good and safe, most of the people living in HURSTVILLE are Chinese, so the environment is safer, and there are few robberies.
⑤ Strathfield: Korean neighborhood. Strathfield: Korean neighborhood. Rent is a bit expensive, but the house is in good condition. There are many Korean restaurants and convenient shopping. The train station is a big station with convenient transportation. The safety factor is low.
⑥ Sydenham: a factory district, cheap rent, general environment. The train station is a big station, close to the city center, but the safety factor is low, and close to the airport, the noise is high.
1. Domestic can be logged on the Australian Chinese comprehensive information site, there are many information about the rental of rooms, but be careful of phishing posts (steal QQ number, must pay attention to the general approach is to publish false rental housing information, and then leave QQ, add friends did not chat a few sentences, you will be given a link to a picture of the room, said that the room is on the above, you go to look at it, you click on the link, it will be jumped to a similar QQ space phishing site, pop-ups, and so on, and so forth. QQ space phishing site, pop-up window, let you enter the QQ account number and password, if you enter the nerdy, oh, that brother can not help you, in short, remember to link to the pop-up window to lose the account is a liar, remember, remember), however, in the many liars in the information, there are still a lot of practical information about renting a room, a week before the departure of every day to brush up on it. Generally, are Chinese students landlord release, will stay QQ, some also only stay phone, you have no way to contact the Australian phone in the country (or their own domestic cell phone open international long-distance, do not recommend), but even if you and the landlord in the QQ contact good, discuss good, you have no way to 100% settled, because you can not give the landlord deposit, there is no way to know the real situation of the room (the landlord is the king's mother ~ sell melon you know), so read on.
2. Get a friend in Sydney to look at rooms for you, or help you arrange a place to stay in advance. This is the safest and best way.
3. Some immigration agencies also provide pickup and temporary accommodation services. Of course, the purpose of providing services is to make money, and some of the expenses are surely. But this service is generally not a big problem.
4. Find your own hotel. I'm not sure if you're going to be able to do this, but I'm sure you're going to be able to do it. You can make a phone call to ask about the price of the room and book it. Personally, I think Motel is more suitable for Chinese students' affordability. And it is recommended to go to the motels in the south of Sydney, such as Kogarah, Rockdale, Hurstville, etc. Those areas are closer to the airport. Those areas are closer to the airport (cab is about 10-20 AUD), and at the same time, the public transportation is more convenient.
Generally speaking, when you first arrive in Sydney, the place where you live, psychologically speaking, is only a temporary place to stay, but of course, it does not exclude you from the outbreak of the human character, once you come to find a satisfactory and comfortable house to live in. After you find a good place to stay, you will start to look for your own accommodation for a long time.
5. Most of the international students find their apartments by looking at advertisements. You can look for advertisements on campus, and they are often posted on campus. In addition, you can also look for advertisements in newspapers. Australian newspapers usually have a lot of advertisements in the weekend edition. (There are also a few ads in the Sunday edition). The English newspapers that advertise rentals in Sydney are generally expensive and not suitable for Chinese students. Here is a Chinese newspaper, The Australian New Times, which often has a lot of ads for rent in the weekend edition.
Boarding and Arrival
Boarding
? Make sure all liquid items are in your checked baggage. Make a copy of the documents that prove your identity and bring them with you: ID card, passport, visa authorization letter, COE, Offer ? And a pen.
? Tissues, snacks, cookies, carry some in your bag, cold medicine, fever medicine, anti-inflammatory drugs must be carried with a little.
? Magazines, novels, Pad according to their own situation to carry it, more than ten hours of flight.
? Filler travel pillow (not inflatable, uncomfortable), jacket, blanket in a carry-on bag (this is very important!). The air conditioner on the plane blew very cold, non-stop blowing, you shut off the air vents on your own head is useless, especially at night is very cold. Cai on the plane was blown cold, the plane coughing a lot of people, I also wear short-sleeved, the night was issued a thin sheet, midnight fever, the stewardess side of the no medicine, very difficult to spend the night.)
? Entry card filling: After a long flight, there are still a few hours to arrive in Sydney Kingsford? Smith International Airport. At this time the flight attendants will give you an Australian Entry Card, which will ask for your basic information and what you are carrying into the country, and you need to ? You need to fill out the card truthfully. fill it out. Well, the form will ask if you are carrying: weapons, medicines, spices, plants and animals, cash equivalent of more than 10,000 Australian dollars, more than 50 cigarettes? And so on and so forth. Fill in the principle is: ask you whether, if you truthfully fill in the yes, then when entering the security check, customs will certainly ask you to show these things, and explain. If, although you bring, you fill in all the no, entry security will not let you open the box, directly released. Take Xiao Cai as an example: I carry commonly used medicines, some traditional Chinese seasonings, tea leaves, etc. in my luggage. etc. I filled in no for all of them, so it was quick and easy. I filled out all the no, so fast and smooth customs clearance. This is a tacit approval, as long as you don't carry prohibited items. We are just international students, not James Bond. We're just international students, not James Bond.
? Open contact: picked up the checked baggage, successfully passed the inspection, even if successfully stepped on the village of Tai O (regret also too late, hehehe). In the airport hall, see the hall full of international friends, suddenly do not know what to do next. Don't worry, Cai came to tell you: no matter whether there are friends to pick you up or not, the first thing you need to do is to make your cell phone able to contact others.
① Airport free WiFi WeChat / QQ contact. Turn on your phone and you should be able to search for a WiFi called SydneyAirportFree. Unlike in China, you can't get online immediately after connecting, you need a simple registration process. After successfully connecting to that WiFi, wait for a few seconds, your phone should automatically pop up a login page (similar to the domestic CMCC fee-based account login site), choose to register, you need an email to register, enter your email address, and then check the box that you're not an Australian citizen, and click all the way down, you can register successfully. (Although it is all in English, but it is not difficult to understand) Connect to WiFi again, pop up the web page to enter your email, this time you can use the network. Quickly WeChat your little friend.
② Getting an Australian cell phone card phone contact . In the hall on one side there will be a cell phone operator counter. The following is an introduction to the communication situation in Australia: Australia's mainstream cell phone carriers are Optus and Vodafone and so on several? 80% of international students use Vodafone, its tariffs are relatively cheap, flexible, and free of charge to call each other with the same operator.Vodafone monthly tariffs are 30, 40, 60 (knife), different tariffs correspond to different charges and traffic, such as: monthly tariffs of 30 knives to enjoy 500 knives of charges (not 500 knives, it is 500 knives of charges), 1G traffic. If you don't make many calls to China, it should be enough for you.Vodafone has the advantage of being more popular among international students, but the disadvantage is that the signal is sometimes not good.Optus has a slightly higher tariff, but the signal is stable. Optus is a little bit more expensive, but the signal is stable. However, it is still recommended to use Vodafone, just go with the flow. Just bring your passport to the counter, choose the monthly rate according to your usage, apply for a phone card, and 5 minutes later, your Australian number is ready to use. Get in touch with your buddies.
Here's more about signing up for a cell phone: signing up for a cell phone is a contract phone, Samsung HTC Apple models are available, pay the monthly fee, the monthly fee includes all costs, different models, the monthly fee and signing up for a different length of time (the more expensive the model, the higher the monthly fee). Take Vodafone as an example: the latest Iphone5s, contracted machine, 16G monthly fee of 69 knives, 32G monthly fee of 74 knives, need to sign up for 24 months. (In fact, signing up for a machine is a mortgage, to help you do the math: program ① for a phone card monthly package of 60 knives + purchase of bare iphone5s 16G Australia price of 869 knives, the total cost of 2 years: 24x60 + 869 = 2309 knives; ② signing up for a machine 16G, the total cost of 2 years: 69x24 = 1,656 knives. In the long run signing up for a machine is cost-effective. Of course, if you call to less, choose the cheapest monthly package of 30 knives, 2 years cost 1589, then it is more cost-effective than the contracted. Cai helped you figure out that the balance point of the 2 plans for iPhone 5s is 32 knives, and it's cost-effective to buy the 5s directly if the monthly fee is less than 32 knives, and it's cost-effective to sign a contract if the monthly fee is more than 32 knives. So, according to your own situation. Brother can only help you up to here ;) However, you should be reminded that you can't sign up for a cell phone when you first get off the plane, because you need to provide the account information of the local bank in Australia to sign up for a cell phone, and the monthly fee will be deducted directly from your account. So, if you want to use the phone right away, get a $30 phone card.
V Important things to do when you arrive in Australia
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Once you've arrived at your accommodation and settled in, the next step is to familiarize yourself with your surroundings, visit your school, and most importantly, get a local Sydney bank card.
Here's what we recommend: Commonwealth Bank
Advantages:
① Three months reward rate of about 4.2%, quite high.
② Wide distribution and large number of business outlets and ATMs.
③ There is a student credit card with a $1000 overdraft. The smallest amount of credit card waiver.
④ Most importantly, there are a lot of Chinese commissioners, so you don't have to worry about speaking in English when doing business. (About money, or clear understanding of the most important)
At the same time for a good bank card, if you want to sign a cell phone friends, let the commissioner to give you a bank statement bank statement. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal on a cell phone, and you'll be able to get a good deal on a cell phone.
⑤ Chinese driver's license can be used in Australia after translation.
Study application conditions
1: Study in Australia to verify all the materials are true. But the information is not complete, can not provide a completely complete original. (eg: passport, transcripts, diploma, certificate of repatriation and other materials in the missing.)
2: Get a real foreign final degree, but there are problems or defects in the foreign undergraduate experience. (e.g., the foreign undergraduate is not recognized by the Ministry of Education, or the Ministry of Education did not record the joint program, or the foreign undergraduate did not graduate normally).
3: Get a real foreign final degree, and get the embassy to return to the country. But there are problems with the domestic academic experience. (e.g.: study abroad by the intermediary deceived to provide false application materials; domestic high school has a disability; in the domestic undergraduate or college is a private institution, the army institutions and other non-national education category of the school).
4: Australia's study abroad qualification certification credit transfer, joint schooling and other cases can not be certified. This is to be discussed as a case-by-case basis.
5: Overseas did not graduate normally, want to get a real academic credentials. Charles Sturt University)
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5 University of Melbourne
6 University of Sydney
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