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There has never been a better time to enjoy all that Australia has to offer by studying to be a Mining Engineer through Australia’s newest mining school Mining Education Australia. MEA is flexible so you can study and travel but most importantly with a current skill shortage in Australia for professionally qualified workers, opportunities have recently opened up for international students who have completed their degree in Australia to stay here and work.

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Info specific to international students available at the links below.

Curtin University of Technology

The University of New South Wales

The University of Queensland

Every MEA student must complete four courses each semester three core subjects and one elective. These courses can be taken at any of the three MEA universities as part of a semester exchange. So if you want to see Australia while studying, this could be your chance.

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• Staff and contact details
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• Scholarships

There is a diverse commodity mix in Australia including gold, ironore and diamonds which treats any international mining student to a wide range of processes and mining technology.

Leading the world in mining best practise, Australia hosts tow of the world’s mining giants with over half of their operations here. Australia is known for its leadership and innovation along with social and environmental responsibility focus and there is investment from the mining big players to secure supply for growing Asian markets. China and Japan are currently investing in industry to secure supply 58% of seaborn traded coal that comes from Australia.

Australia’s superior mining technology research accounts for over 60% of the mining software used around the world for mine planning and mine scheduling, being designed in Australia.  Technology is a large component of MEA studies.