Australia

The February intake of Australia is the primary intake because in this intake all universities in Australia open admissions for almost all courses, except for a few exceptions. Plus, students qualify from their high school and this is the ideal intake when students are able to prepare and apply for higher education in Australia. Hence, this is why February intake of Australia is known as the primary intake. 

Admissions for the February intake of Australia begin in the month of August of the previous year and wrap up by October (previous year only). The admission decisions follow after October, the decisions are released by November or in the first week of December. Hence, students applying for the Feb intake of Australia can easily apply for their student visa in advance and wait for its approval plus fly to Australia well in time before the course begins.

Both test TOEFL and IELTS are okay, but IELTS is more common in Australia. Still, TOEFL iBT is accepted by most universities and also works for visa.

Yes, almost all Australian universities accept TOEFL, for bachelor's, master's, and PhD. Just check each school's official website to be sure.

Most top universities in Australia need a TOEFL iBT score between 79 to 100. Some tough courses like medicine, law or master's may want more.

Australian universities generally requires TOEFL score of 79–100.

Yes, in majority of the cases Indian students who score 70-80% in their Board exams can be exempted from submitting an IELTS score. However, applicant's medium of instruction should be in English throughout the study period. Plus the applicants will have to show that their exam scores in English at all levels of study to satisfy the admission requirements at the Australian university. The admission requirements and conditions may vary per university and course of admission. 

Yes, there are other equivalent ELP tests that can be accepted in place of IELTS exam and they are as follows:

• CPE, Certification of proficiency, or Certificate in Advanced English
• PTE score (Both individual & overall) 
• They must complete their secondary studies in Australia
• TAFE SA course
• CELUSA Language course level-4
• Tertiary studies in Australia at least for 1-year, etc.

These submissions will be based on the proposed IELTS exam scores given for a particular course admission. 

As per the goverment, there are around 932 CRICOS providers that are registered. This data was last updated in June 2023. These are recognised by both AQSA and ESOS.

CRICOS code in Australia varies per university or higher education institution. The codes are only for those institutions who are registered with Austalia government to offer recognised and accredited education. Intenational students have to mandatorily submit the institution code in their student visa applications.