Australia appears to be struggling in the all-important perception stakes, with a new survey of Indian students showing the UK and US are considered to have higher quality institutions and a better quality of life.
And in a worrying sign, when asked what word came to mind when thinking of Australia, "kangaroo" rated the highest with "racism" the third most cited word. Interestingly, the second most common word was "good".
The survey of 3000 senior Indian high school students was conducted earlier this year by Canadian company Higher Education Strategy Association.
It hopes to provide insights into Indian students' attitudes about post-secondary education, potential destinations, expectations, plans and academic interests.
In findings released exclusively to the HES, the study found that while 56 per cent of respondents considered Australian universities to be of high or very high quality, 10 per cent though they were of poor or very poor quality, and 27 per cent of moderate quality.
This is in comparison to the US and UK were 84 per cent and 80 per cent of respondents respectively thought institutions were of a high or very high quality.
When asked about quality of life, Australia ranked considerably lower than either the US or the UK and also came in behind Singapore, United Emirates and Canada. Indeed, only 49 per cents of student ranked Australia's quality of life as very high or high, compared to 85 per cent for the US and 81 per cent for the UK.
In all about one third of respondents said they were very likely or certain to study at a foreign university.
Joseph Berger, business development manager at HESA said the Global Student Survey undertakes to look at the decision making processes of students. It conducts similar students in key international student markets around the globe including Mexico and Korea.
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