April 2006 recorded 192,286 unique visits to the site. The average time spent per visit was 7 minutes and 36 seconds.
The foreign language* versions continue to perform well registering the following traffic flows.
|
Language |
Percentage of Traffic |
|
English |
53.35% |
|
Chinese (Simplified) |
8.92% |
|
Japanese |
3.74% |
|
Chinese (Traditional) |
1.98% |
|
Spanish |
8.92% |
|
Arabic |
3.97% |
|
Vietnamese |
2.73% |
|
Portuguese |
5.51% |
|
Korean |
1.93% |
|
Thai |
1.35% |
|
Indonesian |
1.12% |
|
Russian |
0.69% |
* Based on most typical pathway through the site entering via ‘Splash’ page the through to language homepages.
Student Response Facility
The Student Response Facility (SRF) on the site enables students to receive specific answers to their questions. In April the SRF received 185 enquiries. Since August 2001 9,042 enquiries have been received.
The origin of enquiries by the top five countries are:
|
Country |
No. of Enquiries |
|
Brazil |
21 |
|
India |
19 |
|
People’s Republic of China |
14 |
|
Peru |
12 |
|
Vietnam |
9 |
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. In April 2006 there were 2,110 new Study Wizard Profiles created, and since August 2001 76,119 Study Wizard Profiles have been created on the vAEC. The top five countries where profiles were created over this period are:
|
Country |
Profiles Created |
|
India |
296 |
|
Brazil |
175 |
|
Pakistan |
150 |
|
Australia |
99 |
|
Peru |
80 |
Scholarships Database
The Scholarships Database allows students to search the most comprehensive, accurate and reliable list of scholarships available to international students. In April 60,047 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