Direct entry to any undergraduate course in an Australian university requires a student to have 3 Sri Lanka GCE - A/L passes or 2 London GCE A/L passes and grades to meet the entry score. However for those who do not possess direct entry scores, there are a number of pathways to a degree.
- The one year University Foundation programme is primarily for smart students with excellent GCE O/L or London GCE AS levels results, to obtain a degree in an accelerated manner. However those who do not have the GCE A/L direct entry score, can use this pathway to enter an undergraduate programme in certain selected disciplines.
- There are a number of one year Diploma programmes with good articulation to undergraduate programmes which can be the pathway to those who have sat the A/L and have 2 passes only. Some of these diploma courses provide entry to year 2 of a corresponding undergraduate programme.
- Those who have passed 3 subjects at GCE A/L but on grades "just" falling short of the entry score can follow special pathway programmes like the Degree Transfer/ UniLink . These allow students to join the degree course with only a semester of additional studies.
The 13 Australian universities Edlocate represent in Sri Lanka include 6 of the prestigious Go8 universities. All of them offer undergraduate courses as first degrees, Graduate Entry Professional conversion courses which requires a student to hold an undergraduate qualification, Honours courses with direct entry to a 4 year Bachelor Honours degrees, Honours courses involving an additional full-time year of study following completion of a Bachelor programme, Post Graduate courses - Graduate Certificates/ Diplomas and Master's degrees completed by coursework and Research higher degrees, Doctorate or Master's degrees awarded primarily on the basis of a research thesis.
The latest representation of Edlocate is the Kaplan Business School (KBS) in Adelaide set up by the famous Kaplan Inc of USA which also manages the Kaplan University. Kaplan Business School is a leader in providing full and part time higher education courses in accounting, entrepreneurship, marketing and management. The KBS in Adelaide has a great pathway programme -Diploma of Commerce with excellent articulation to University of Adelaide's highly credentialed Bachelor's degree (accredited by bodies such as CPA Australia and ICAA) and an excellent Master of Professional Accounting programme.
Edlocate also offers specialty courses through Australian institutions for those aspiring to be commercial airline pilots, professionals in the hospitality industry, hair dressers and designers and for registered nurses in Sri Lanka to obtain Australian registration and join the nursing profession in Australia..
Edlocate with 10 years of experience in professionally handling student placements for tertiary studies in Australian educational institutions and handling all the visa procedures which have become complex over the years is gearing itself to assist students for the July 2010 intake. The professional, mature, educated and kind counselling team welcomes prospective students with or without parents, to meet them for complimentary counselling sessions. |