By making contacts at an overseas university, students may investigate future opportunities for employment or postgraduate study. On a personal level, by taking the challenge to study abroad, students will develop more self-confidence, independence, adaptability, and an enhanced perception of the world and Australia's place in it. These qualities, and knowledge of another culture, are often attractive to future employers, especially in the increasing globalisation of government and business dealings. Students who are enrolled full-time in an Adelaide University course at the time of the exchange are eligible to participate. Students must have completed at least one year of an Adelaide University course before participation.
International students are also eligible.
An international student remains enrolled at Adelaide University as full-fee paying student. International students are not eligible to return to their home country as an exchange student. Some exchange programs are open to postgraduate and undergraduate students from all Faculties, while others are limited to specific discipline or Faculty areas. The exchange programs operate on the principle of reciprocity. Adelaide University may send a specified number of students per year to a particular overseas university, and will receive a similar number of students from that university each year.