Gold Coast Universities - Education

The Gold Coast is a wonderful place to study, with thousands of international students enrolling in a Gold Coast university each year. It's also popular among Australian school-leavers and mature-age students from other Queensland areas and even interstate, wishing to move to somewhere exciting to study.

The opportunities for an active social life and being close to beaches and other recreational areas while on time off from study is also very appealing, especially to the younger generation, many from rural areas.

There are two large universities on the Gold Coast and a number of other Colleges from around the country. Contact details appear below. 

Major Gold Coast Universities

Griffith University

The Gold Coast Campus has focused its teaching and research to support the dynamic Gold Coast region and now has over 8,000 students and 450 staff members. More than $100 million has been invested in facilities incorporating leading edge, international standard technologies.

The campus 'exciting range of coursework and research degree programs cover fields including arts, business, education, engineering, environment, health, hospitality, information technology, law, music, science, tourism and hotel management, visual and creative arts. Griffith University now has an exciting Medicine program with a campus located in the centre of Southport. 

For information about Griffith University Gold Coast Campus:
Phone: +61 7 5594 8800
Website: www.griffith.edu.au

Bond University

Australia 's first and largest private university. Bond University operates three, 14-week semesters each year. Most students complete a six-semester Bachelor 's Degree in just two years.

Students can choose between diploma, bachelor, graduate diploma, masters or PhD courses in business, health sciences, humanities and social sciences,information technology and law. Bond University also has an accredited, on-campus English language institute. Recently, Bond University has opened up a Medical School which is now teaching small classes of students to be the best doctors.

For information about Bond University:
Phone: +61 7 5595 1111
Website: www.bond.edu.au

Other Gold Coast Universities

Central Queensland University, Gold Coast

One of Australia's most dynamic, innovative and richly diverse universities with over 35 years of experience in the provision of tertiary education. Small lecture and tutorial classes are a feature at our Gold Coast Campus with the focus on personal attention and on-going support for communications and study skills.

Coupled with leading-edge computer laboratories,an electronic library and interactive system-wide learning, these efforts are aimed at ensuring a successful graduate outcome.

For information about Central Queensland University:
Phone: +61 7 5552 4988 
Website: www.cqu.edu.au

Southern Cross University

Located at Lismore in northern New South Wales,has established a campus on the waterfront at Coolangatta called the Southern Cross Graduate College of Management. The College delivers its highly successful Master of Business Administration program to students from many parts of the world acts as a drawcard for international business managers,and provides local managers with valuable commercial contacts globally.

For information about the Southern Cross Graduate College of Management:
Phone: +61 7 5589 3000
Website: www.scu.edu.au/business-school/