What is international education?
International education refers to education that transcends national borders. This can include students travelling from their home country to study in another destination; attending an international branch campus in their home country or another country; learning abroad and student exchange programs; and online study with an overseas provider. International education connects people from different societies and encourage students to be active and engaged participants in an interconnected world.
Australia’s international education community was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, with Australia’s borders closed to inbound international students and outbound learning abroad students for most of 2020 and 2021. International education in Australia is currently experiencing a post-pandemic recovery phase. Due to timing differences in data collection and release across a range of sources, IEAA expects significant increases in some of the statistics reported below over the coming months. This is also why we have included some pre-2020 information.