© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.
Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the Federal Register of Legislation for authoritative text.
Commonwealth legislation
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This instrument updates the official list of universities whose engineering graduates qualify for Australia’s Subclass 476 (Skilled – Recognised Graduate) visa, formally specifying Engineering as the sole eligible discipline and replacing the prior list (IMMI 10/053. It affects recent engineering graduates (degree completed within 24 months) from the named institutions—only study at a listed institution meets the visa’s eligibility requirement.
Want the full deep dive?
Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.
Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Institutions and Disciplines for Subclass 476 (Skilled - Recognised Graduate) Visas - IMMI 12/105.
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
Migration Regulations 1994
INSTITUTIONS AND DISCIPLINES FOR SUBCLASS 476
(SKILLED – RECOGNISED GRADUATE) VISAS
(Clause 476.212)
I, KRUNO KUKOC, First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division, Delegate of the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 10/053 signed on 17 September 2010, specifying institutions and disciplines for the purposes of clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations; AND
SPECIFY each educational institution referred to in the Schedule to this Instrument as an institution for the purposes of paragraph 476.212(b) of
Schedule 2 to the Regulations; AND
SPECIFY Engineering as a discipline for the purposes of clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations.
This Instrument, number IMMI 12/105, commences on 1 October 2012.
Dated 21 September 2012
Kruno Kukoc
First Assistant Secretary, Migration and Visa Policy Division
[NOTE: Clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations provides that the applicant must have (a) completed a course in the period of 24 months ending immediately before the day on which the application is made; and (b) at an institution specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for the paragraph, for the award of a degree or higher qualification in a discipline specified in an instrument in writing for the clause.]
Schedule
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:450.75pt; border:0.75pt solid #000000; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:439.2pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">Argentina</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:439.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify"><span>Catholic University of Argentina</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:439.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-weight:bold">Australia</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Australian Information Technology Engineering Centre</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>RMIT University</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.9pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Australian Defence Force Academy</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>RMIT University in partnership with the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (HKIVE)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Australian Maritime College</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>RMIT University in partnership with Stansfield College</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Australian National University</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>RMIT University in partnership with IMC Technologies Singapore</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Central Queensland University, Rockhampton Campus</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>RMIT Univer</span><span>s</span><span>ity in partnership with Auston International</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Charles Darwin University, Darwin (Casuarina) Campus</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Swinburne University of Technology</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Curtin University of Technology</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>The University of Adelaide</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Curtin University of Technology – Western Australian School of Mines</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of Ballarat</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Curtin University of Technology Sarawak Campus, Malaysia Pathway</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of Canberra</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Deakin University</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>The University of Melbourne</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Singapore Pathway to Deakin University via IMC Technologies</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>The University of Newcastle</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Malaysia pathway to Deakin University via Kolej Damansara Utame, (KDU) – Kuala Lumpur (Petaling Jaya)</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>The University of Newcastle in partnership with PSB Corporation Pte Ltd Academy (Singapore)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Malaysia Pathway to Deakin Universtiy Via Kolej Damansara Utame, (KDU) Penang</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Singapore Pathway via PSB Academy Pte Ltd to the University of Newcastle</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Edith Cowan University</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of New England</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Edith Cowan Un</span><span>iversity and SM</span><span>a School of Management, Singapore</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>The University of New South Wales</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Flinders University</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Griffith University Nathan Campus</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane Campus</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Griffith University Gold Coast Campus</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of South Australia</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>James Cook University, Townsville Campus</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of South Australia in partnership with Asia Pacific Management Centre (APMC) (Singapore)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>James Cook University, Singapore Campus</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of South Australia, in partnership with Kaplan Higher Education</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>La Trobe University (Bendigo Campus)</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of South Australia (Whyalla Campus)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>La Trobe Universtiy (Bundoora Campus)</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of Southern Queensland</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Macquarie University</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="text" style="margin-bottom:0pt; text-align:left; line-height:normal"><span>The University of Sydney (next general review 2014)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-right:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>Monash University</span></p></td><td style="width:206.7pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-left:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.03pt; padding-left:5.03pt; vertical-align:top"><p><span>University of Tasmania, Hobart Campus</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:13.85pt"><td style="width:221.7pt; border-top:0.75pt so
This is an opening excerpt, not the complete document.