23rd Australian Education Exhibition Opens in Dhaka

23rd Australian Education Exhibition Opens in Dhaka

The 23rd Australian Education Exhibition, organised by Austrade and IDP Education, is being held at the Dhaka Sheraton Hotel from 19 to 20 August 2010.

Australia’s High Commissioner, Dr Justin Lee, opened the exhibition on 19 August, welcoming representatives from 18 participating Australian educational institutions.

The High Commissioner encouraged Bangladeshis to join the almost 500,000 international students now studying in Australia. He said, “Australian universities and educational institutions provide the highest standards of teaching and research, and are also very cost competitive.”

Minhaz Chowdhury, Country Manager and Mostafizur Rahman, Business Development Manager of Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) along with Sharif Rahman, Country Director of IDP Education were also present. They said Bangladeshi students can take advantage of some of the 25,000 courses delivered by more than 1,100 universities, training colleges, and schools in Australia.

Reflecting growing interest among Bangladeshi students and parents, IDP and Austrade organize education exhibition twice a year so prospective students can meet face-to-face with Australian education staff. Leading Australian institutions are taking part in the Exhibition and their representatives will meet interested students and process admissions to qualifying students.

Australian institutions taking part in the exhibition include:

Australian Institute of Commerce & Language
La Trobe University
Curtin University of Technology
Deakin University : MIBT
Education Access Australia Pty Ltd
Chisholm Institute
Flinders University
Macquarie University
Melbourne Institute Of Technology
Monash University
University Of Wollongong
Swinburne University of Technology
The University of Western Australia
University of New England
Sydney Institute of Business & Technology
University of Southern Queensland
University of Technology Sydney : Insearch
University of Western Sydney

The Exhibition will remain open to all visitors from 10.00 AM to 5.00 PM on 19 and 20 August 2010.

19 August 2010

For further information contact:
Mostafizur Rahman
Business Development Manager
Australian Trade Commission (Austrade)
Australian High Commission, Dhaka
Tel: 8813105, Ext- 460, E-mail: [email protected]