Gold Coast City supports a vibrant education community with a range of education channels from pre-school to universities and training organisations. It supports a range of private and government education facilities offering a diverse selection of mainstream and specialist curricula.
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A Registered Training Organisation is an organisation that can deliver recognised training and assessment, and issue qualifications and statements of attainment under the Australian Qualifications Framework, There are over 120 Registered Training Organisations in the City that offer a range of courses and practical training to prepare students either for employment or for advanced entry into universities. They also offer alternate delivery options through the internet, distance education and through modules incorporated into high school curriculum.
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With four campuses from Coolangatta to Southport, the Gold Coast Institute of TAFE is the region's largest provider of vocational education & training. It enrols over 15,000 students a year, employs over 600 residents and has won numerous regional and state level accolades.
Named Queensland's Large Training Provider 2001 and trainer of Queensland's Apprentice of the Year for two consecutive years, the Institute continually strives to be an internationally recognised innovator in the design, assessment and delivery of vocational skills, business solutions, and strategies for life-long learning.
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There are four universities in Gold Coast City, one of which is private. The presence of Research Schools, Centres of Excellence, and Cooperative Research Centres at Gold Coast University Campuses strengthens the concept that the Gold Coast is a serious place to study and conduct research.
Griffith University
The Gold Coast Campus has focused its teaching and research to support the dynamic Gold Coast region and now has approximately 12,000 students and 800 staff members. Nearly $150 million has been invested in facilities since 2003, incorporating leading edge, international standard technologies. The campus offers an exciting range of degree programs in health, arts, education, law, business and science and technology.
State-of-the-art facilities include the Griffith Centre for Medicine and Oral Health, the new Clinical Science buildings and the multimedia digital precinct. The Griffith Centre for Medicine and Oral Health - home to the first School of Dentistry to be established in Australia in almost 60 years - opened its doors next to the Gold Coast hospital in 2005. The $36 million Centre is the latest addition to the campus' expanding health portfolio.
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Bond University
Bond University is Australia's first private, non-for-profit University, offering a personalised academic environment that enables graduates to exceed the outer limits of their potential - in their career and in life. Created in the scholarly traditions of preeminent private universities of world standing, Bond University challenges students to be leaders and thinkers; taking them beyond the accepted definition of a university education to develop initiative, enterprise, ambition and a lifelong commitment to making a meaningful contribution to their field.Bond University offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law, Business, Sustainable Development, Information Technology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Health Sciences, and in 2005, Bond opened their state-of-the-art Medical school. By undertaking three semesters per year instead of the usual two, students complete their degree studies twelve months ahead of their colleagues from other universities, thereby gaining a vital advantage in the ultra-competitive careers market.
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Central Queensland University
One of Australia 's most dynamic, innovative and richly diverse universities with over 35 years of experience in the provision of tertiary education. Small lecture and tutorial classes are a feature at our Gold Coast Campus with the focus on personal attention and on-going support for communications and study skills. Coupled with leading-edge computer laboratories, an electronic library and interactive system-wide learning, these efforts are aimed at ensuring a successful graduate outcome.
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Southern Cross University
Southern Cross University: has established its Tweed Gold Coast campus on the waterfront at Coolangatta. The current focus here is on Business programs, but will expand its programs as further needs develop. It is the home of the Southern Cross Graduate College of Management where it delivers its highly successful MBA and DBA program.
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