Methodology & data sources

Where To Apply is built on a structured dataset, not a pile of blog posts. This page explains what is in that dataset, where each figure comes from, how often it is re-checked, and how you can cite it.

What the dataset covers

Every launched country is covered end to end before the next one is added. Australia is live now. As of the last update the dataset holds:

• 50+ universities and higher-education providers that enrol international students, each with tuition, English requirements, intakes, campus location, and whether the campus counts as regional for migration.
• 220+ application deadlines and intake windows, split by intake and degree level, with firm calendar dates where a university publishes them and documented rolling-assessment notes where it does not.
• 25+ scholarships for international students, with value, eligibility, and whether a separate application is needed.
• 12 visa subclasses relevant to studying and staying in Australia, with current charges, financial requirements, and work rights.
• Curated subject pages, cost-of-living figures for the major student cities, and a per-degree cost calculator built on the same numbers.

Where the figures come from

Each fact is sourced from a primary source at the time it is entered or updated:

• Deadlines and intakes: the university’s own admissions, key-dates, or international-applicant pages, and application platforms such as UAC and SATAC.
• Tuition, application fees, and English minimums: the university’s course-fee and entry-requirement pages. English minimums are recorded for both IELTS and PTE Academic.
• Visa charges, financial capacity, and work rights: the Australian Department of Home Affairs and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
• Scholarships: the provider’s official scholarship listing.

The source link and a “last verified” date appear on every page that carries these figures. Nothing that carries a number is published without a person checking it against the original source first. See the editorial policy for the full process.

Selectivity, not acceptance rates

Australian universities do not publish admission rates the way US universities do. Where a figure exists, it is shown as a qualitative band (highly selective, selective, competitive, broadly accessible) rather than a false-precision percentage.

Update cadence

Fee, deadline, and requirement pages are re-verified on a rolling quarterly cycle and immediately whenever a change is announced. Fast-moving figures, especially the student visa charge and the living-cost requirement, are checked as soon as the government updates them. The verification date on each page is the honest record of when it was last confirmed.

Known limits

• Individual program pages are built from a broad course dataset that has not been fully verified line by line. They are marked as indicative and kept out of search until they are rebuilt with sourced content.
• Rolling-assessment universities have no fixed closing date. The guidance shown is the university’s stated approach, not a deadline.
• “Regional” status is a heuristic on the campus city, not a postcode-level check against the official designated-area list.

Citing this data

The data is free to reference with attribution to Where To Apply and a link to the page you took the figure from. For each fact, cite the underlying official source shown on the page as well. This is general information, not admissions or migration advice, and it does not replace a university’s admissions office or a registered migration agent.

Corrections

Found something out of date or wrong? Email admin@wheretoapply.xyz with the page URL, the figure, and a source. Confirmed errors are fixed as soon as they are verified.