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General Information

To offer higher education in Western Australia, the provider must be established or recognised by legislation as a university or have the higher education course accredited by the Minister for Education and be authorised by the Minister to operate in Western Australia.  In each case, the process involves an independent review of the institution and its proposed higher education courses to assure the public and the higher education community that they meet the stated criteria of educational quality and are equivalent in standard to the higher education offered by existing providers.

Most higher education in the State is delivered by universities, which are authorised by individual university legislation to be the accrediting authority for the higher education awards that they confer.  A number of non-university institutions are also authorised by the State to offer higher education courses and confer higher education awards in Western Australia.

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