IMMI 10/053

Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Regulations 1994

INSTITUTIONS AND DISCIPLINES FOR SUBCLASS 476

(SKILLED RECOGNISED GRADUATE) VISAS
(CLAUSE 476.212)

I, KRUNO KUKOC, First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division,
Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under clause
476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (the Regulations):

1. REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 08/059 signed on 5 August 2008, specifying

institutions and disciplines for the purposes of clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the
Regulations; AND

2. SPECIFY each educational institution referred to in the Schedule to this

Instrument as an institution for the purposes of paragraph 476.212(b) of
Schedule 2 to the Regulations; AND

3. SPECIFY Engineering as a discipline for the purposes of clause 476.212 of

Schedule 2 to the Regulations.

This Instrument, number IMMI 10/053, commences on 30 October 2010.

Dated 17 September 2010

KRUNO KUKOC
First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division

[NOTE: Clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that the applicant must have (a)
completed a course in the period of 24 months ending immediately before the day on which the
application is made; and (b) at an institution specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for
the paragraph, for the award of a degree or higher qualification in a discipline specified in an
instrument in writing for the clause.]

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Schedule

Europe
HUT, Helsinki (Finland)
RWTH, Aachen (Germany)
Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
Technical University of Clausthal (Germany)
Technology University Aachen (Germany)
TU Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany)
TU Berlin (Germany)
University of Hannover (Germany)
University of Miskolc (Hungary)
Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)
Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland)
Moscow State University (Russia)
St Petersburg State University (Russia)
TU Kosice (Slovakia)
Lulea University of Technology (Sweden)
Camborne School of Mines (department of the University of Exeter) (UK)
Imperial College London (UK)
University of Birmingham (UK)
University of Bristol (UK)
University of Leeds (UK)
University of Liverpool (UK)
University of Manchester (UK)
University of Nottingham (UK)
University of Portsmouth (UK)
University of Southampton (UK)

North America
Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada)
Laurentian University (Canada)
McGill University (Canada)
Queen's University (Canada)
University of Alberta (Canada)
University of British Columbia (Canada)
University of Laval (Canada)

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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Waterloo (Canada)
Universidad Autonoma San Luis Potosi (Mexico)
Arizona State University - Tempe (USA)
Colorado School of Mines (USA)
Michigan Technological University (USA)
Missouri University of Science and Technology, formally University of Missouri
Rolla (USA)
Montana College of Minerals Science & Technology (USA)
Pennsylvania State University - University Park (USA)
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (USA)
University of Alaska (USA)
University of Arizona (USA)
University of California Berkeley (USA)
University of Idaho Moscow (USA)
University of Nevada Reno (USA)
University of Utah (USA)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (USA)
West Virginia University (USA)

South America
Catholic University of Argentina (Argentina)
Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil)
Ponitifica Universidad Catolica de Chile (Chile)
Universidad Catolica del Norte Catholic University of Chile Antofagasta (Chile)
University of Chile (Chile)
University of Concepcion (Chile)

Middle East / Asia

Beijing Normal University (China)
Beijing Petroleum University (China)
Beijing University of Chemical Technology (China)
Beijing University of Technology (formerly Beijing Polytechnic University) (China)
China University of Mining & Technology Beijing (China)
Chongqing University (China)
Guangzhou University (China)
Shanghai University of Engineering Science (China)
Shanghai Jiaotong University (China)
Tongji University (China)

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Tsinghua University (China)

University of Science and Technology Beijing (China)
University of Technology, Sydney (in partnership with Hong Kong Management
Association (Hong Kong))
Anna University - Chennai, India
Baranas Hindu University - Varanasi, India.
Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore (India)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Indian School of Mines - Dhanbad, India
Bandung Institute of Technology (Indonesia)
University of Indonesia (Indonesia)
Amir Kabir University of Technology (Iran)
University of Tehran (Iran)
Tohoku University (Japan)
American University of Beirut (Lebanon)
Curtin University of Technology Sarawak Campus (Malaysia)
Deakin University in partnership with Kolej Damansara Utame, (KDU) Kuala
Lumpur (Malaysia)
Deakin University in partnership with Kolej Damansara Utame, (KDU) Penang
(Malaysia)
Monash University, Sunway (Malaysia)
Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak (Malaysia)
University of Malaya (Malaysia)
University of Nottingham (Malaysia Campus (Malaysia))
Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia)
University of the Philippines (the Philippines)
Edith Cowan University in partnership with SMa School of Management (Singapore)
James Cook University, Singapore campus (Singapore)
National University of Singapore (Singapore)
RMIT University in partnership with Singapore Institute of Commerce (Singapore)
RMIT University in partnership with Auston International (Singapore)
RMIT University in partnership with IMC Technologies (Singapore)
The University of Newcastle in partnership with PSB Corporation Pte Ltd Academy
(Singapore)
University of South Australia in partnership with Asia Pacific Management Centre
(APMC) (Singapore)
Dokuz Eylul University (Turkey)
Haceteppe University (Turkey)

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Istanbul Technical University (Turkey)

Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
American University of Sharjah (UAE)

Africa
Technikon South Africa (South Africa)
University of Cape Town (South Africa)
University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
University of Pretoria (South Africa)
University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa)

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EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Migration Regulations 1994

INSTITUTIONS AND DISCIPLINES FOR

SUBCLASS 476 (SKILLED RECOGNISED GRADUATE) VISAS
(CLAUSE 476.212)

1. This Instrument is made under clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations
1994 (the Regulations).
2. Clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that the applicant must have
(a) completed a course in the period of 24 months ending immediately before the day on which the
application is made; and (b) at an institution specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing
for the paragraph, for the award of a degree or higher qualification in a discipline specified in an
instrument in writing for the clause.
3. The purpose of this Instrument is to specify the educational institutions in alphabetical order
by country and, in particular, to specify four additional educational institutions where that course of
study must have been undertaken and completed for an applicant to be eligible for the grant of a
Skilled Recognised Graduate, subclass 476 visa.
4. This instrument adds the following additional educational institutions so that graduates from
their Engineering faculties can be eligible to apply for the grant of a Skilled Recognised Graduate,
subclass 476 visa:
Ecole de Technologie Superieure (Canada);
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (Chile);
University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (Malaysia)
University of Liverpool (UK).
5. Consultation was undertaken before the instrument was made with key industry bodies
including the Association of Consulting Engineers Australia (ACEA), the Chamber of Minerals and
Energy Western Australia, the Minerals Council of Australia, the Australian Mines and Metals
Association and the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association.

6. The Office of Best Practice Regulation has advised that there is no compliance cost to
business or impact on competition in relation to this instrument.

7. The Instrument number IMMI 10/053 commences on 30 October 2010.