The university receives payment from new students and purchases cover on behalf of the student for the first year of enrolment. A student visa will not be issued until OSHC has been paid for. The listing service has notices of vacancies for shared housing, full board, room and facilities and some rental flats in the suburbs surrounding the University.
Residential colleges provide accommodation for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
This means that students are not permitted to work. Students need to apply for the right to work in Australia by lodging an application form with the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. If permission is then granted, they may work up to 20 hours per week during semester, and full time during university vacation times. This form can only be lodged after students have commenced their studies. All international students must obtain a valid student visa from the Australian Government for the duration of their degree program.