February 2005 recorded 126,635 unique visits to the site. The average time spent per visit was 6 minutes and 2 seconds which was unchanged from the previous month.
The foreign language versions continue to perform well registering the following traffic flows.
|
Language |
Percentage of Traffic |
|
English |
54.56% |
|
Chinese (Simplified) |
9.25% |
|
Japanese |
5.75% |
|
Chinese (Traditional) |
2.81% |
|
Spanish |
5.07% |
|
Arabic |
2.74% |
|
Vietnamese |
2.62% |
|
Portuguese |
3.67% |
|
Korean |
2.72% |
|
Thai |
2.47% |
|
Indonesian |
0.7% |
|
Russian |
0.71% |
Student Response Facility
The Student Response Facility (SRF) on the site enables students to receive specific answers to their questions. In February the SRF received 223 enquiries. Since its launch in July 2001 6,346 enquiries have been received.
The origin of enquiries by the top five countries are:
|
Country |
Percentage of Total |
|
China |
19.25% |
| India |
16.79% |
|
Brazil |
5.26% |
|
United Kingdom |
4.62% |
|
Pakistan |
4.51% |
Please note that the figures above are indicative and that an enhanced report will be provided in the future.
Study Wizard
The Study Wizard is an intuitive process that guides students through searching for and selecting courses and institutions, the visa process as well as identifying living and other costs. Since July 2001 51,218 Study Wizard profiles have been created on the website. The top five countries where profiles were created over this period are:
|
Country |
Percentage of Total |
|
India |
16.54% |
|
China |
7.17% |
|
Australia |
6.49% |
|
United Kingdom |
5.06% |
|
Brazil |
3.85% |
Please note that the figures above are indicative and that an enhanced report will be provided in the future.
Scholarships Database
The Scholarships Database allows students to search the most comprehensive, accurate and reliable list of scholarships available to international students. In February there were 15,801 visits to the scholarships database.
AEI promotes the Study in Australia site widely around the world through search engine placement, advertising, and the distribution of specialised promotional materials. Many agents refer students to the site to check the legitimacy of claims sourced elsewhere. Potential students can quickly confirm an institution's CRICOS registration, search for CRICOS registered courses and look for relevant scholarships.
AEI offers CRICOS registered institutions the opportunity to place additional information, including images, about their courses, services and education environment on the Study in Australia website, free-of-charge. If your institution has not already provided additional information, details on the process are available at http://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au/sia/_details/details.htm
The SIA site is at http://studyinaustralia.gov.au/
Further Details:
Further detail on any of these figures is available by contacting webmaster@studyinaustralia.gov.au