How a student advisor can guide you

No matter your end goal, a student advisor’s assistance can go a long way. They’ll help you every step of the way—from exploring the endless possibilities of study, to narrowing down your own unique path and arriving at your career destination.

Here every step of the way

With years of experience helping students tailor their study needs, our student advisors are confident they can take you from where you are today to where you'd like to be tomorrow.

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Choosing a course that best suits you

With knowledge across leading Australian universities and thousands of courses, our friendly student advisors can help you compare the cost, content and outcome of courses from different unis.

Enrolling and planning your studies

By listening to you discuss your current lifestyle and commitments, our student advisors will help you decide on a number of factors, such as your study load. When you’re ready to enrol, they’ll assist with compiling your documentation and uploading it too.

Understanding your funding options

Our student advisors will help you understand course fees, student loans and study allowances so that you can get financial assistance if you’re eligible. We’re in your corner.

Get tailored advice when it suits you

A student advisor will call you at your preferred time to answer your questions.

Peter – OUA Student Advisor — Peter, Senior Team Leader, Student Advisory

How to reach our friendly team

It's our goal to ensure you're comfortable with taking the leap into study before you make your course choice, during your journey, and beyond.

If you're looking for clarity, there's nothing more reassuring than hearing from our team.

Any time of day, reach out via:

A few friendly faces

It helps to put a face to a name, so let us introduce a few advisors from our expert team.

Humans of Open Universities Australia: Meet Nabila

Nabila first experienced the transformative power of education watching her mother study to better the life she could provide. Today, Nabila works as a student advisor—helping students feel empowered in changing their lives, too.

Meet the student advisor so passionate about education she studied teaching

Thinking about booking a consultation with a student advisor, but unsure who’ll greet you on the other end of the line? Meet Lucy.

A student advisor tells us: How they get you enrolled

Student advisor Tandy talks us through the inner workings of getting you enrolled over the phone. As you’ll soon see, the process can be a smooth, seamless experience with the right people in your corner.

How student advisor Ricky helped an author work towards getting published

Ricky is one of our student advisors here at Open Universities Australia. While the kinds of students he helps are varied, there’s one he’s particularly proud of. He tells us more.