Your next step starts here.

1. Step 1

   Check eligibility

   Review academic entry requirements and ensure you meet eligibility criteria before applying.

2. Step 2

   Prepare documents

   Prepare your signed application form, certified academic transcripts, identification, English proficiency evidence where required, and employer references or licences if applicable. Documents must be certified by an authorised person not related to you.

3. Step 3

   Submit application

   Submit your completed application directly to AHEAD or through an education agent, followed by the Genuine Student Form where required.

   Complete Genuine Student FormLink coming soon
4. Step 4

   Assessment outcome

   You will be notified of the outcome via email or student portal.

5. Step 5

   Accept offer

   Accept your offer to secure your place in the program.

6. Step 6

   Orientation & enrolment

   Attend orientation and complete enrolment before commencement.

• Completed application form with the applicant’s signature;
• Original documents or certified copies of academic qualifications and transcripts and/ or where relevant, character references, employers’ testimonials and certification or licences to practice in health and community services; and health services management or in a related field;
• Proper identification – all applicants must be properly identified, usually through sighting of a birth certificate or passport, and for international applicants only – must include passport main page and visa page;
• English language – where required, certified copies of English language proficiency certificates; and any other documents requested during the admissions process.
• Incomplete applications may result in delays in the admission process.
• Copies of required documentation must be certified, preferably by an Australian citizen and, if not possible, by a citizen of the country the applicant is in. This person must:
• Not be related to the applicant by birth, marriage or de facto relationship; and
• Have an occupation or is a person listed in the Statutory Declarations Regulations 2018 – Schedule 2 Parts 1 and 2, which includes legal and medical practitioners, nurses, pharmacists, Justice of the Peace, and teachers employed on a permanent full time or part time basis at a school or tertiary education institution.
• Guidance on how to certify copies is available on the Department of Education website: Guidelines for the certification of documents – Department of Education, Australian Government
• The veracity of evidence of qualifications received are verified. It is a condition of application that the applicant must provide permission for AHEAD to verify academic qualifications.
• International qualifications are assessed for equivalence to Australian qualifications with reference to the Department of Education’s Qualifications Recognition Policy, or the National Academic Recognition Information Centres (NARIC) database.

Australian Government guidelines for certification of documents

The Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Framework protects the rights of international students studying in Australia.

International document requirements above are provided for information; AHEAD currently accepts domestic students only.