Information for International Cross Institutional

Before you leave home

Check out videos for how to prepare: Videos for International Students

Visitor Visa

Summer/Winter School students only need a Visitor Visa not a Student Visa. A Visitor Visa enables you to come to Australia for three months. Please allow plenty of time for it to be processed.

For students from the US, this can be obtained from the Australian Embassy in Washington.

Weather

For information about weather in Australia: Bureau of Meteorology

Airport Arrival and Airport Transfer

Note the Airport Arrival Desk for University students only operates from January 12 onwards.

The best way to get from the airport to the university is by Taxi (costs approx AU$25) or train (10 minutes to the centre of Sydney). Get off at Central Station and catch a bus via City road to the University. The taxi fare from Central to the university area is approximately $10.You can also arrange a car hire firm to pick you up.

More information about transportation to and from the Sydney Airport can be found at Sydney Airport Website.

Campus Map

The Summer/Winter School is located at Room N228, The Institute Building H03, City Road (next to the Darlington Centre). A campus map can be found at Campus Map.

Accommodation – Temporary

Base Sydney has an exclusive offer for University of Sydney Study Abroad and Summer School students. Open 24 hours with a cosmopolitan buzz, the city location (477 Kent St)! is only a few minutes walking distance to all that Sydney has to offer: Darling Harbour; The Sydney Opera House; The Harbour Bridge and Bondi Beach bus stop!!!

For $139 Australian dollars you’ll get all the following:

MEET & GREET – Base Sydney will meet you at Sydney Airport when you arrive, look out for our guide with a sign saying "University of Sydney".

AIRPORT TRANSFER -Your guide will take you into the city and to your home for the next 3 nights.

ACCOMMODATION - You get 3 nights accommodation (6 share with other new study abroad/Summer School students) in the most centrally located property in Sydney, within walking distance of all the top attractions. (7 nights for @269)

BOOKING PROCESS
To book this great package, email with your name, arrival date and time, and quote University of Sydney. We'll then send you a confirmation number for your booking.

Accommodation - On Campus

Residential colleges
There is a mix of accommodation types:

1. Full board or part board (Women’s College, Sydney University Village, Mandelbaum House)
2. Room with shared kitchen (Sydney University Village)

These residential colleges give a discount to Summer School students.

Check out the videos for locations: Videos for International Students

Accommodation Off Campus

University Housing Service

Contact the University Student Accommodation Service for a list of nearby hotels and hostels
Email accomm@stuserv.usyd.edu.au
Phone +61 2 9351 3312 Fax +61 2 9351 8262
www.sydney.edu.au/stuserv/accommodation/

Semester in Australia

Semester in Australia is a private company that offers good, affordable student accommodation and an arrivals service, providing pre-arranged, fully furnished housing that international students ordinarily would not be able to secure until their arrival in Australia. Students can go straight from the airport to their new home!

Contact Semester in Australia

Find your own accommodation

For information on rental properties http://www.domain.com.au in NSW

Suburbs near the university: Chippendale, Newtown, Darlington, Glebe, Annandale

Library cards

Are available from the Fisher Library.

Transcripts

Are available from Student Services (Jane Foss Russell Building) after exams.

Checklist of things you should make sure you have before leaving home

• Valid passport
• Photocopies of passport and airline ticket
• Visitors visa
• Travel documents (itinerary tickets, travel insurance)
• Identification (certified copy of birth certificate, drivers licence, international drivers licence (if needed)
• Credit cards, travellers cheques
• Medical immunisation records, health cover
• Any previous reference letters written by landlords etc to assist in accommodation
• Appropriate clothing for different types of weather
• Receipts for goods being brought into Australia eg computer

Health Cover

It is recommended that all students take out travel insurance before leaving their home country. It is possible to get OSHC for 3 months. Peter Michaels is the State Manager for OSHC Worldcare. His contact details are:

Peter Michaels, State Manager - NSW
Tel: +61 2 9662 4393
Mobile: 0420 279 594
pmichaels@worldcare.com.au