Third-Party Agreement Programs at TAFE NSW

TAFE NSW is committed to fostering global educational exchanges. We do this through our partnerships with other international education organisations. These exchanges offer your organisation the benefit of TAFE NSW specialised training and industry knowledge.

With our Third-Party Agreement Program, your organisation delivers part or all of a nationally recognised TAFE NSW qualification in your country. This means that students can gain a TAFE NSW education without the added expense of travelling overseas. Many of these programs include English language training before students embark on their courses of study.

Under our Third-Party Agreement Program, TAFE NSW has partnered with a number of different organisations around the world.

Our Third-Party Agreement Programs include:

Fiji National University, Fiji

TAFE NSW has partnered with Fiji National University since 1998.

This program has allowed Fiji National University to provide cost-effective access to Australian qualifications to more than 7,000 students, contributing to a highly skilled workforce for Fiji.

Through the Third-Party Agreement Program, the university delivers TAFE NSW qualifications in many subject areas including:

• business

• hospitality management

• commercial cookery

• information technology

• travel and tourism management

• leadership and management, and

• human resource management.

Groworx, Philippines

TAFE NSW partners with Groworx in the Philippines.

Groworx is an organisation that trains aged-care, disability and healthcare workers, to help address the critical shortage of workers in this sector.

Our Third-Party Agreement Program with Groworx focuses on training students in the Philippines to upskill them and prepare them for work in Regional NSW.

Groworx students benefit from:

• an accredited Australian qualification

• no upfront costs, and

• course fees delayed until they begin working in Australia.

Shijiazhuang Vocational College of Technology and Information, China

In 2024, TAFE NSW established a partnership with Shijiazhuang Vocational College of Technology and Information in China, to jointly deliver the Diploma of Accounting.

This Third-Party Agreement Program combines the strengths of both institutions to deliver accounting education and training. This program provides students with qualifications that are recognised in both China and Australia.

Another type of Third-Party Agreement Program is recognition of prior learning.

This means where we provide students with credit for equivalent skills and knowledge attained at your institution and a pathway to a TAFE NSW qualification.

Recognition of prior learning is best suited to industry sectors that can be benchmarked to the Australian standards. It may be used to identify any training gaps between the qualifications for in-country gap training.

One example is with our partner in Nepal.

The Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education (GATE), Nepal

Students studying at the Global Academy of Tourism and Hospitality Education may receive recognition of prior learning for their studies towards a TAFE NSW Certificate III in Commercial Cookery course.

Since the start of this program, over 70 students have graduated from this course with an Australian qualification without leaving their home country.

To learn more, email us at globalengagement@tafensw.edu.au or download our Global Engagement Brochure.