University of Sydney and University of Melbourne’s 2025 caps both reduced by 7%, to 11,900 and 9,300 international students respectively.
Australian National University will have its international student allocation slashed by more than 14%, according to new data, one of 15 institutions set to lose a slice of the cohort as the government is criticised for the “random” and “arbitrary” caps.
Department of Education figures, made public on Friday evening, show 23 universities will be able to enroll more international students than they had in 2023 while 15 will have their numbers slashed. The increases, though, are modest, not exceeding more than a few hundred additional foreign students.
Federation University Australia has been the hardest hit by the cap: regional Victoria’s largest educational institution will only be permitted to take 1,100 overseas students from 2025, compared with 2023’s intake of 2,306.
Charles Sturt University has received the most generous cap increase to 1,000 students, the data shows, representing a 517% increase in their capacity to enroll students in 2025 compared with their 2023 figures (less than 200).
But it’s a -66% decrease on the university’s 2019 intake, which were significantly higher at 2,994, prior to the introduction of ministerial direction 107 – a regulation enacted in December 2023 that gave priority to students applying to low-risk institutions and caused disproportionate delays and visa rejections across regional campuses.
Murdoch University in Perth had its international student cohort slashed by 34% to 3,500, down from 5,272 in 2023. The University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, both composed of more than 40% international students, have received -7% decreases on their 2023 intake, making their 2025 cap 11,900 and 9,300 respectively.
Australian National University will have its international student allocation slashed by more than 14%, according to new data, one of 15 institutions set to lose a slice of the cohort as the government is criticised for the “random” and “arbitrary” caps.
Department of Education figures, made public on Friday evening, show 23 universities will be able to enroll more international students than they had in 2023 while 15 will have their numbers slashed. The increases, though, are modest, not exceeding more than a few hundred additional foreign students.
Federation University Australia has been the hardest hit by the cap: regional Victoria’s largest educational institution will only be permitted to take 1,100 overseas students from 2025, compared with 2023’s intake of 2,306.
Charles Sturt University has received the most generous cap increase to 1,000 students, the data shows, representing a 517% increase in their capacity to enroll students in 2025 compared with their 2023 figures (less than 200).
But it’s a -66% decrease on the university’s 2019 intake, which were significantly higher at 2,994, prior to the introduction of ministerial direction 107 – a regulation enacted in December 2023 that gave priority to students applying to low-risk institutions and caused disproportionate delays and visa rejections across regional campuses.
Murdoch University in Perth had its international student cohort slashed by 34% to 3,500, down from 5,272 in 2023. The University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne, both composed of more than 40% international students, have received -7% decreases on their 2023 intake, making their 2025 cap 11,900 and 9,300 respectively.