Australian universities have an international reputation for excellence in many disciplines. Institutions deliver practical and career-orientated training so graduates can be confident they have the skills demanded by employers. Australia's reputation as an innovative and research-intensive culture is attracting many international students. Academic staff in Australian education institutions is recruited from around the world and often are leading industry experts in their field. Each year student and staff exchange programs are forged from Australia's international links with esteemed education institutions in the USA, UK, Canada, Europe and Asia.

Australia has a reputation for adopting new technologies at a faster rate than in most other countries and enters the new millennium with one of the highest rates of the Internet access in the world. Facilities for teaching, training and research are world class in terms of state-of-the-art laboratories and classrooms, outstanding libraries and modern technology.