For the month of January 2004 there were 102,034 unique visits to the Study in Australia website. This is a vast improvement on the previous two months figures and is also a new record. December saw 86,755 unique visits and November saw 77,668 unique visits. The previous record was set in September 2003 with 99,445 unique visits.
The Arabic version is in the final stages of testing and is due to be launched during the month of February. More news will be sent out closer to the launch date, alternately – keep an eye on the site!
The Russian translation is going very well. The actual translation of the text is almost finalised and integration into the website will be commencing shortly.
Work on the local page development is progressing very well also and we expect to have the first 3 countries – China, Taiwan and Hong Kong – published by the end of February/early March – again, keep an eye on the site!
The foreign language versions continue to perform well registering the following traffic flows.
| Language |
Percentage of Traffic |
| English |
60.98% |
| Chinese (Simplified) |
11.64% |
| Japanese |
7.53% |
| Chinese (Traditional) |
3.44% |
| Spanish |
3.46% |
| Korean |
2.12% |
| Portuguese |
3.07% |
| Vietnamese |
1.05% |
| Thai |
2.24% |
| Arabic |
1.96% |
| Indonesian |
0.77% |
Student Response Facility
The Student Response Facility (SRF) on the site enables students to receive specific answers to their questions. In January the SRF received 222 enquiries. Since its launch in July 2001 3,815 enquiries have been received.
The origin of enquiries by the top 5 countries are:
| Country |
Percentage of Total |
| India |
20.27% |
| China |
16.31% |
| Pakistan |
4.92% |
| United Kingdom |
4.79% |
| Brazil |
4.60% |
Study Wizard
The Study Wizard is an intuitive process that guides students through searching for and selecting courses and institutions, the visa process as well as identifying living and other costs. Since July 2001 over 32,596 Study Wizard profiles have been created on the website. The top 5 countries where profiles were created over this period are:
| Country |
Percentage of Total |
| India |
17.78% |
| Australia |
9.07% |
| China |
6.76% |
| United Kingdom |
4.46% |
| Pakistan |
3.92% |
Scholarships Database
The Scholarships Database allows students to search the most comprehensive, accurate and reliable list of scholarships available to international students. In January there were 12,250 visits to the scholarships database.
Promote Your Institution on the SIA Site:
AEI promotes the Study in Australia site widely around the world through search engine placement, advertising, and the distribution of specialised promotional materials. Many agents refer students to the site to check the legitimacy of claims sourced elsewhere. Potential students can quickly confirm an institution's CRICOS registration, search for CRICOS registered courses and look for relevant scholarships.
AEI offers CRICOS registered institutions the opportunity to place additional information, including images, about their courses, services and education environment on the Study in Australia website, free-of-charge. If your institution has not already provided additional information, details on the process are available at http://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/sia/_details/details.htm
The SIA site is at http://studyinaustralia.gov.au/
Further Details:
Further detail on any of these figures is available by contacting webmaster@studyinaustralia.gov.au