The Minister for Education, Minister for Home Affairs and
Immigration, and Acting Minister for Skills and Training, announced
that the government is setting a National Planning Level (NPL) for
new international students at 270,000 slots for the 2025 calendar
year (where previously, there was no cap),which will
decrease the number of foreign students allowed to enter Australia
to pre-pandemic levels. The NPL will be divided between higher
education and vocational education and training (VET) sectors.
Under the higher education category, publicly-funded universities
will have 145,000 slots, while other universities and
non-university higher education providers will have 30,000. As part
of this growth, the government will encourage universities to
increase new student housing to benefit both domestic and
international students. The government will allot a total of 95,000
slots for the VET sectors, ensuring that these sectors can grow
sustainably by providing more training
