Commonwealth of Australia Migration Regulations 1994 INSTITUTIONS AND DISCIPLINES FOR SUBCLASS 476 (SKILLED RECOGNISED GRADUATE) VISAS (CLAUSE 476.212) I, KRUNO KUKOC, First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 ( the Regulations ): 1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 08/059 signed on 5 August 2008, specifying institutions and disciplines for the purposes of clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations; AND 2. SPECIFY each educational institution referred to in the Schedule to this Instrument as an institution for the purposes of paragraph 476.212(b) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations; AND 3. SPECIFY Engineering as a discipline for the purposes of clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations. This Instrument, number IMMI 10/053, commences on 30 October 2010. Dated 17 September 2010 KRUNO KUKOC First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division [NOTE: Clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that the applicant must have (a) completed a course in the period of 24 months ending immediately before the day on which the application is made; and (b) at an institution specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for the paragraph, for the award of a degree or higher qualification in a discipline specified in an instrument in writing for the clause.] Page 1 of 5
Schedule Europe HUT, Helsinki (Finland) RWTH, Aachen (Germany) Technical University of Berlin (Germany) Technical University of Clausthal (Germany) Technology University Aachen (Germany) TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany) TU Berlin (Germany) University of Hannover (Germany) University of Miskolc (Hungary) Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland) Moscow State University (Russia) St Petersburg State University (Russia) TU Kosice (Slovakia) Lulea University of Technology (Sweden) Camborne School of Mines (department of the University of Exeter) (UK) Imperial College London (UK) University of Birmingham (UK) University of Bristol (UK) University of Leeds (UK) University of Liverpool (UK) University of Manchester (UK) University of Nottingham (UK) University of Portsmouth (UK) University of Southampton (UK) North America Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada) Laurentian University (Canada) McGill University (Canada) Queen's University (Canada) University of Alberta (Canada) University of British Columbia (Canada) University of Laval (Canada) Page 2 of 5
University of Toronto (Canada) University of Waterloo (Canada) Universidad Autonoma San Luis Potosi (Mexico) Arizona State University - Tempe (USA) Colorado School of Mines (USA) Michigan Technological University (USA) Missouri University of Science and Technology, formally University of Missouri Rolla (USA) Montana College of Minerals Science & Technology (USA) Pennsylvania State University - University Park (USA) South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (USA) University of Alaska (USA) University of Arizona (USA) University of California Berkeley (USA) University of Idaho Moscow (USA) University of Nevada Reno (USA) University of Utah (USA) Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (USA) West Virginia University (USA) South America Catholic University of Argentina (Argentina) Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil) Ponitifica Universidad Catolica de Chile (Chile) Universidad Catolica del Norte Catholic University of Chile Antofagasta (Chile) University of Chile (Chile) University of Concepcion (Chile) Middle East / Asia Beijing Normal University (China) Beijing Petroleum University (China) Beijing University of Chemical Technology (China) Beijing University of Technology (formerly Beijing Polytechnic University) (China) China University of Mining & Technology Beijing (China) Chongqing University (China) Guangzhou University (China) Shanghai University of Engineering Science (China) Shanghai Jiaotong University (China) Tongji University (China) Page 3 of 5
Tsinghua University (China) University of Science and Technology Beijing (China) University of Technology, Sydney (in partnership with Hong Kong Management Association (Hong Kong)) Anna University - Chennai, India Baranas Hindu University - Varanasi, India. Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore (India) Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Indian School of Mines - Dhanbad, India Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia) University of Indonesia (Indonesia) Amir Kabir University of Technology (Iran) University of Tehran (Iran) Tohoku University (Japan) American University of Beirut (Lebanon) Curtin University of Technology Sarawak Campus (Malaysia) Deakin University in partnership with Kolej Damansara Utame, (KDU) Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Deakin University in partnership with Kolej Damansara Utame, (KDU) Penang (Malaysia) Monash University, Sunway (Malaysia) Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak (Malaysia) University of Malaya (Malaysia) University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus (Malaysia)) Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia) University of the Philippines (the Philippines) Edith Cowan University in partnership with SMa School of Management (Singapore) James Cook University, Singapore campus (Singapore) National University of Singapore (Singapore) RMIT University in partnership with Singapore Institute of Commerce (Singapore) RMIT University in partnership with Auston International (Singapore) RMIT University in partnership with IMC Technologies (Singapore) The University of Newcastle in partnership with PSB Corporation Pte Ltd Academy (Singapore) University of South Australia in partnership with Asia Pacific Management Centre (APMC) (Singapore) Dokuz Eylul University (Turkey) Haceteppe University (Turkey) Page 4 of 5
Istanbul Technical University (Turkey) Middle East Technical University (Turkey) American University of Sharjah (UAE) Africa Technikon South Africa (South Africa) University of Cape Town (South Africa) University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) University of Pretoria (South Africa) University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) Page 5 of 5
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Migration Regulations 1994 INSTITUTIONS AND DISCIPLINES FOR SUBCLASS 476 (SKILLED RECOGNISED GRADUATE) VISAS (CLAUSE 476.212) 1. This Instrument is made under clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 ( the Regulations ). 2. Clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that the applicant must have (a) completed a course in the period of 24 months ending immediately before the day on which the application is made; and (b) at an institution specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for the paragraph, for the award of a degree or higher qualification in a discipline specified in an instrument in writing for the clause. 3. The purpose of this Instrument is to specify the educational institutions in alphabetical order by country and, in particular, to specify four additional educational institutions where that course of study must have been undertaken and completed for an applicant to be eligible for the grant of a Skilled Recognised Graduate, subclass 476 visa. 4. This instrument adds the following additional educational institutions so that graduates from their Engineering faculties can be eligible to apply for the grant of a Skilled Recognised Graduate, subclass 476 visa: Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada); Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Chile); University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (Malaysia) University of Liverpool (UK). 5. Consultation was undertaken before the instrument was made with key industry bodies including the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA), the Chamber of Minerals and Energy Western Australia, the Minerals Council of Australia, the Australian Mines and Metals Association and the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association. 6. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that there is no compliance cost to business or impact on competition in relation to this instrument. 7. The Instrument number IMMI 10/053 commences on 30 October 2010.