Education Resources

Below are links relevant to resources for American Education, as well as alumni associations in Australia.

General US Education resources

educationUSA
www.educationusa.state.gov
A service of the US State Department's Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs. Excellent overall resource site.

The US Consulates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth and the US Embassy in Canberra are advising centres for educationUSA.
http://canberra.usembassy.gov/education has the Advising Centre hours for all US Consulates in Australia, and links to each.

College Consulting International
www.collegeconsultinginternational.com
Provides counselling and assistance to Expatriate and International students seeking higher education in the USA.

ACT Education
http://www.act.org/education/index.html
US-based company which provides testing for students. Includes COMPASS, DISCOVER, GAC, and EPP.

Schools and Universities

CarnegieMellon-Heinz School Australia
www.heinz.cmu.edu.au/
Affiliated with CarnegieMellon Univeristy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. School of Information Technology, Public Policy and Managment.

United States Studies Centre
www.ussc.edu.au
Centre devoted to United States studies, at the University of Sydney.
See also the About Us section of this website.

University of Notre Dame Australia
www.nd.edu.au
3 campuses in Australia. Sister university is the University of Notre Dame in the US.

US Alumni Associations in Australia

Stanford University - Stanford Australia Association
Australian Fulbright Alumni Association (AFAA)
CarnegieMellon-Heinz School Australia
PA_AlumNet - An online professional networking and resource tool for Pennsylvania’s international college and university alumni. Membership is free and open to international students who attended college or university in Pennsylvania or PA residents who attended college or university in-state and are now living overseas.

 Education Foundations & Charities (USA)
The Australian Independent Schools USA Foundation (AISUSA)