Choosing the university that best meets your needs can be exciting but can also be challenging. Whether you are an Australian or international student, here are some important things to remember about Go8 member universities.

Go8 universities:

	have nurtured every Nobel Prize winner educated at an Australian university;
	are consistently the first choice of the majority of highest qualified Australian school leavers;
	offer much better than average staff student ratios;
	receive an above-average share of national teaching awards;
	produce graduates who find full-time employment sooner, begin on higher salaries, and are more likely to move on to postgraduate studies than graduates from other Australian universities;
	are members of several respected international university consortia such as APRU, Universitas 21, the International Alliance of Research Universities and the Worldwide Universities Network.
	count among their alumni 83 per cent of all current Australian Government Ministers including the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Research and Innovation.
	demonstrate mutual recognition of high standards of research and teaching within the group through the Go8 Credit Transfer Agreement.

Go8 Credit Transfer Agreement

In recognition of the excellence of teaching and research that exists in Group of Eight universities, members agree to enhance the mobility of students between them by facilitating the transfer of credit earned at their institutions.

The Agreement is based on an acceptance that the assessment regimes at all Group of Eight universities are comparable and transferable.

The Australian Higher Education System

The Australian higher education system consists of independent, self-governing public and private universities and higher education institutions that award higher education qualifications.

Useful Links

Here are some important useful links for domestic students and international students.