Illawarra Institute
TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute employs over 1,500 dedicated staff and offers an extensive range of courses to over 40,000 local students with work experience placement for long term studies.
The Illawarra Institute has 14 colleges spanning a geographic area of 1,400 kilometres with the Wollongong campus being the largest. Campuses are also located in Bega, Cooma, Dapto, Goulburn, Moruya, Moss Vale, Nowra, Queanbeyan, Shellharbour, Ulladulla, Wollongong West, Yallah and Yass.
This provides a diverse and unique range of locations and settings including a city, coastal towns, country areas, snow fi elds and rural surroundings. This enables the Institute to specialise in a variety of courses including Nursing, Veterinary Nursing, Cookery and Hospitality, Rural Studies, Engineering and Civic Construction, to name a few.
The main campus is centrally-located in an education precinct surrounded by two high schools and the University of Wollongong.
TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute is a member of the Country Institute Group.
Living in Illawarra
Illawarra Institute offers world-class education and training in a pleasant, safe and affordable living and learning environment. The Illawarra area is located on a spectacular stretch of the New South Wales coastline about one hour’s drive or train journey south of Sydney.
Wollongong, the largest city in the Illawarra area, is home to 300,000 people from over 90 different nationalities. Wollongong residents enjoy a variety of dining, entertainment, sporting, leisure and cultural activities.
Specialist Courses
- English language courses at the TAFE ELICOS Centre in Wollongong
- Business Studies at Wollongong
- Vet Nursing and Animal Companion Courses at Dapto
- Hospitality Management and Commercial Cookery at Wollongong, Nowra and Cooma
- Information Technology Network Engineering at West Wollongong
- Digital Media at Wollongong
- Tourism and Events Management at Dapto
- Joint-delivery degree courses with the University of Wollongong in Hospitality Management, Events Management and Tourism Management
- New for 2009: Snow and Surf Internship for Hospitality Management students
Specialist Facilities
- Training restaurants
- Art gallery
- Commercial kitchens
- Student support services
- Gymnasium, sports fields and sporting clubs
- Child care centres
- Independent learning centres
- Accommodation assistance and home stay placement
- Airport pick-up arranged
- Pastoral care services
- International Student Coordinator
- Student Association
- Inter–library borrowing services
- Video, DVD and CDs, viewing rooms, and independent internet research booths
- Student internet hub
New Snow to Surf Internship Program
TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute is offering international students an opportunity to undertake a two year Diploma of Hospitality Management (includes Certificate 3 in Commercial Cookery) as a customised program delivered at our Snowy Mountains Cooma Campus and our coastal based Nowra Campus.
A key feature of the program will be guaranteed paid seasonal employment placements in two locations: Australia’s spectacular Snowy Mountains region for the Australian winter ski seasons (June to October) and on the pristine New South Wales South Coast for the peak summer holiday period (December to January).
The Snow to Surf program will be delivered at our modern, purpose-built hospitality training facilities which are considered among the best professional training environments in Australia.
For further enquires contact the Institute directly:
International Students Unit
TAFE NSW – Illawarra Institute
PO Box 1223 (Foleys Road)
Wollongong
NSW 2500
Australia
Tel: +61 2 4229 0585
Fax: +61 2 4229 0164
Email: inter.illawarra@det.nsw.edu.au
Web: www.illawarra.tafensw.edu.au
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