Higher Education Act 2001

If an Australian university operates outside Australia, and issues higher education qualifications under its own name while so operating, the governing body of the university must ensure that the courses of study it provides while so operating are of a standard no lower than that of comparable courses provided by Australian universities within Australia.

If a course of study is being delivered outside Australia on behalf of, or in the name of, an Australian university, and the organisation delivering the course issues higher education qualifications under the name of the university, the governing body of the university must ensure that:

the quality and standards of the course are comparable with those of the course, as delivered by the university, and

the staff delivering the course have qualifications equivalent to those held by persons delivering the course in Australia, and

the organisation has appropriate financial and other arrangements in place to ensure successful delivery of the course.