Learning
Tasmania’s education system offers academic, personal development and social instruction for all ages.
The State has more than 200 public schools and colleges, offering primary and secondary education and schooling for students with disabilities. A college system for students in their fifth and sixth years of secondary education provides a bridge between high school and tertiary studies. The public system is complemented by an excellent, long-standing private school system.
The Tasmanian Open Learning Service caters for students who live in rural and remote areas of the State or are educated at home for other reasons.
The University of Tasmania has campuses in Hobart, Launceston and Burnie in the State's north-west. Its student population of more than 13,000 has the option of studying traditional courses or those matched to Tasmania’s characteristics, such as Antarctic and Southern Ocean studies, agriculture, aquaculture, fisheries, mining, forestry and environment and wilderness studies.
The Australian Maritime College, in Launceston, is the nation’s leading specialist in study relating to the shipping and fisheries industries. The college is a national centre for research and development and attracts students from throughout the Asia Pacific region.
TAFE Tasmania is part of a national system that provides technical and further education and training. The institute has campuses in the north, south and north-west.