Australia is nowadays one of the best alternatives for a Colombian student for multiple reasons. One of the most important reasons is the acceptance that a Colombian has in this country. We can corroborate this with the increasing number of positive testimonies that we frequently receive from our students, who advance their studies in different areas in this nation. Another advantage about choosing this country is the level of evaluation granted by Immigration for the applicants for student visas from Colombia.
Australia has an excellent academic level, with programs of great international reputation for a LOW COSTS. It´s also one of the safest countries in the planet, it´s characterized by the amiability of its people, it has a pleasant climate with 4 seasons, beggining with summer in December, cheap accomodation and the legal possibility for students to work 20 hours per week.
Although every city offers a great variety of courses, there are tendencies that mark pauses. Sydney, for example, is very attractive for financial studies, it´s a very modern city and there are good possibilities for employment; Melbourne is home of Australian tennis, and therefore ideal for students who love the sport. It also offers many alternatives in Engineering and Technology; Brisbane has the best of the climates and is found close to the great coral barrier, one of natures wonders in the world; Perth, is incomparable because of its tranquility, free air and cheap accomodations.
Australia is perhaps the only region in the world that offers so many opportunities to achieve your educational goals.
Australia is the only country that occupies an entire continent and its the sixth country because of its size. It´s surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the East, the Arafura sea to the North, the Indian Ocean to West, and the Austral Ocean to the South. The great corral barrier, with 2,000 kilometers long and between 100 and 300 kilometers wide, it constitutes the biggest coral barrier in the world and creates many small islands to the North. Australia occupies one of the most ancient continental masses that barely has risin. Its highest point, Mount Kosciuszko, only 2,283 meters, is located in the Australian Alps between New South Gales and Victory. The fertile coasts wrap a dry and inhospitable interior, what is known to the Australian as the Outback, full of salty lakes, mountains like the McDonnell close to Alice Springs, Flinders in Southern Australia and the mysterious rocky formations of Ayers Rock / Uluru, M Olga / Kata Tjuta and M Augustus, monoliths that the associate as sacred.
Its cities are very extensive; 60 % of the population lives in the metropolitan areas of the six state capitals, as well as in Canberra. The population of the most important cities (according to estimations of 1999) is: Sydney, the first city of Australia (4.041.400 inhabitants); Melbourne (3.417.200 inhabitants); Brisbane (1.601.400 inhabitants); Perth (1.364.200 inhabitants); and Adelaide (1.092.900 inhabitants). Canberra (308.100 inhabitants) it was made to serve as a capital state.
Although the climate of Australia changes from tropical (monzonic) in the north, to cold and moderated in Tasmania, most of the country presents a very warm and dry climate; the sea barely allows you to feel the moderating effects beyond the coast. More than two thirds of the continent, in the center and the west, receive less than 500 mm of rains a year. Only 10 % of the land, to the north and in Tasmania, registers more than 1.000 mm of annual precipitations. In the central, western and north regions of Australia, the summer temperatures range between 26,7 °C and 29,4 °C average, although they can surpass 38 °C. The warm and moderate coastal regions are characterized because of its cold winters and warm summers. The flatness of the oriental coast receives precipitations throughout the whole year, although principally in the summer. On the contrary, the warm and moderate coasts of the west and south receive precipitations more often in winter, generally tied to the constant winds of the West. Tasmania, which is found in the cold area, receives strong precipitations caused also by the winds from West in the summer, and due to the thunderstorms associated with the cyclones in winter. Almost every year, the drought affects some areas of Australia, but the local floods and tropical cyclones are also common.
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