Metro Institute Sydney

To get your eligibility for a particular certificate/diploma/advanced Diploma at Metro Institute Australia, visit the official page of the course in which you are interested. Scroll down and you will be able to see the eligibility requirements. Check if you are eligible for the particular course. Majorly, you need to be above 18 years, have scored at least 5.5 bands in IELTS test, and completed secondary schooling level of a High School Certificate. Your work experience will also count, if related and you have the proof to justify the same. Besides this, you also need to meet the visa requirements (subclass 500 Vocational Education & Training) to be able to commence your course at Metro Institute.

If you are interested in applying to Metro Institute, you can get all the information on the official website of the university, including the list of the authorized agents. Visit their homepage and click on Metro Courses. The following page will give you a basic idea of the diplomas, certificates and other courses. On the right side, you will see semester dates, agents and international students. Click on 'Find an agent' option under 'Agents' and a list will appear. You will be able to see the business name of the agent, the contact's name, business phone and email address. There are around 20-25 names in the list and you can start approaching them to get started with your process of studying at Metro Institute.

After making the necessary payments to Metro Institute, if a situation comes that you want refund then you can make the request using the Request Refund Form, which is available with Metro Institute Reception or on the official website of the institute. It has to be duly filled and signed by you and the refund will be processed as per the described circumstances. In case your visa is refused then you are entitled to 100% refund. If you are cancelling the course 28 days before the date of commencement then you will get 80% of the paid tuition fees and 50% if you are cancelling within 28 days. Your application or enrolment fees will be non-refundable. No refund is given after the course has commenced.

The Metro Institute in Australia offers Diploma of business, leadership and management and community service. The Diploma of Business will prepare you to manage business resources, meetings, budget and financial plans. You will be able to lead communications and build business relations. It will also prepare you to develop workplace policies and increase productivity within the teams. The units within Diploma of Leadership and Management are also similar with some focusing more in leading difficult conversations, becoming emotionally intelligent and managing people's performance. Pursuing the Diploma of Community Service will enable you to deliver, manage and co-ordinate people-centric services to individuals or bigger groups while also supervising other workers and volunteers.

Generally speaking, all the Diploma and certificates that are focused on business, leadership and management run for a year (12 months or 52 weeks). In this duration, you get 40 weeks of training and 12 weeks of break. The training for 40 weeks is equally distributed as four 10-week training schedule. The Diploma of Community Services is the longest course that spans two years. You get 80 weeks of terms here and 24 weeks of break. Besides, the Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing and Disability) is an 18-month long programme with 60 weeks of learning and 18 weeks break. The General English course spans around 70 weeks, which includes breaks of 10 weeks.