Top Professional Year Providers in Australia for Overseas Graduates

by Arpita Shah Seo Executive

The ones who have earned their graduate degrees from Australian institutions and are looking to work and seek permanent residency in Australia can apply in the Professional Year in Australia. The Professional Year (PY) is a 44-week program designed to enhance the skills, theoretical and practical, of international graduates in Australia.

Besides enhancing the professional skills, the PY program allows overseas students to acquire the knowledge of the Australian workplace language and ethics. It also polishes practical skills required to work with leading industries and businesses in Australia. The program applies to the engineering, IT and accounting graduates only.

Following are some of the top institutions offering the PY program in Australia:

Accountants Resource Centre (ARC)

ARC collaborates with leading accounting firms and facilitates bookkeeping internships and practical in-house TAX accounting, for accounting graduates. ARC is the only PY provider offering in-house accounting training to their participants.

ARC Professional Year program is aimed at helping accounting graduates to prepare for the needs of today’s accounting firms. The program is tailored with extensive training for candidates who want to see results.

Monash Professional Pathways

Monash Professional Pathways has been assisting graduates in making a successful transition from formal education into a professional career since 2001. It was the first PY program provider in Australia that allowed them to offer an extensive network of internship host companies.

100 percent of the PY participants at Monash Profession Pathways get an internship placement with a leading host company. 84 percent of Monash PY graduates are in full-time work four months after graduation.

Education Centre of Australia (ECA)

ECA is an approved PY provider in consultation with the CPA Australia, Australian Computer Society, and the Institute of Public Accountants. The Education Centre of Australia has been delivering top-quality PYP to ICT and Accounting graduates since 2008.

100 percent of the ECA graduates are working in the industry. More than 3,000 students are successfully placed into top 100 Australian companies. ECA is one of the largest PY providers in Melbourne and Sydney.

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