What type of health cover is required whilst students are in Australia?
Australia has a special system of health cover for international students studying in Australia. This is called Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) and, with the exception of students from Sweden and Norway, all students are required to have this for the duration of their student visa in Australia. Altara Training will assist all students apply for OSHC as required. This entails the student completing the required application form and paying the applicable premium to the chosen provider. There are currently 4 providers of OSHC in Australia: • Medibank Private. • Lysaght sub contracting to OSHC Worldcare. • BUPA Australia. • OSHC, sub-contracting to Australian Health Management Group. If the student comes to Australia on a visa other than a student visa and undertakes a short course of study of three months duration or less you will not be eligible for OSHC. In this instance Altara Training recommends students purchase travel or private medical insurance for the duration of their stay
