Australian Education International (AEI)

[From the AEI website]

Australian Education International (AEI) is the international arm of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations.

With around 370 000 students from 190 countries studying in Australia – and another 120 000 enrolments in Australian courses offshore – we have plenty to do to support the industry.

AEI works with industry and governments to support the international education industry, which is Australia’s third-largest export earner, bringing in around $12.5 billion in 2007.

But maybe even more importantly, what we do helps people and institutions around the world create long-term personal, cultural and intellectual relationships whose benefits reach well beyond bottom lines, business meetings and technology-based transactions.

As part of the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, AEI has a unique advantage. No other country integrates three critical components – government to government relations, national quality systems and export marketing support for industry – as Australia does for international education through AEI.