The quality of Australia’s education system is globally recognised
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Australia has the highest literacy (rank 1) and one of the highest economic literacy rates (rank 4) in the world according to the World Competitiveness Yearbook in 2007.
Melbourne is well serviced by excellent private and public schools as well as nine public and one private university that provide students with high quality education that encourages creativity and independent thought.
For students wishing to become internationally mobile, the International Baccalaureate is offered by 12 schools within the State.
In 2004, Melbourne had the equal highest number of international students enrolled in its higher educational institutions in Australia and in 2005, The Times ranked The University of Melbourne:
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- Top 50 in the world in engineering;
- 22nd in the world in Information Technology, and
- 30th in the world in Science.
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Alongside the more traditional educational structures, TAFE (Technical and Further Education) offers vocational education and training at tertiary level. TAFE courses are directly related to the needs of business and industry and are designed with assistance from employers to ensure content taught is up-to-date and directly related to specific jobs.
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