Higher Education in Australia:
Australia boasts a top-notch higher education system, and all of its universities offer extensive and dynamic foreign programs. Australia's universities have been accepting overseas students for over a century, and the majority of them now have a student body that is ethnically diverse, representing at least 50 different countries. All Australian universities proudly support and encourage freedom of expression, tolerance for religious observance, and cultural awareness. All Australian universities are part of a single national system that guarantees that, at the undergraduate level, all Australian university degrees are supposedly of similar quality, even though each one is independent and sets its own criteria and course offerings. While some Australian universities are more conventional and heavily focus on research, others aggressively participate in practical education to produce graduates who are skilled and prepared for the workforce.