Torrens University Australia: Fees, Entry and Scholarship Status

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Torrens University Australia is a private university founded in 2013, with campuses in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and the Blue Mountains, known for business, hospitality, design and health. On the Saudi scholarship question the answer is precise: the name "Torrens" does not appear on the Ministry of Education’s approved list for Australia — but one of its colleges does.

What is Torrens University and when was it founded?

Torrens was founded in 2013 by bringing several established Australian education providers in business, health, design and hospitality under a single university, according to Torrens University (as at 14 September 2026). The university says its community numbers more than 19,000 students from over 120 countries.

It has been owned by Strategic Education, Inc. since 2020, per the same about page (as at 14 September 2026). It is registered with the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA) under provider ID PRV12209 as an Australian University, and its CRICOS provider code for international students is 03389E.

The Australian Government lists Torrens among Australia’s 42 universities — 36 public and 6 private — per Study Australia (as at 14 September 2026).

Where are its campuses?

The campuses page lists five locations: Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Blue Mountains (as at 14 September 2026). The Blue Mountains campus at Leura, New South Wales, is the home of the hotel school and is built as a working simulated hotel for practical training.

What are its best-known colleges?

The university names two colleges by their historic brands: Billy Blue College of Design, and Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School (BMIHMS), per Torrens (as at 14 September 2026). It states that the hotel school ranks 1st in Australia and 21st globally for Hospitality and Leisure Management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, per the course page (as at 14 September 2026).

What does the university say about itself?

Torrens describes itself as a university built around employability: academics drawn from industry, placements built into programmes, and smaller class sizes for a closer learning experience, per the campuses page (as at 14 September 2026). Its about page states it is Australia’s only Certified B Corporation university. That is the university’s own description — judge it against the programmes and their outcomes.

Is Torrens University approved for the Saudi scholarship?

This is the detail that matters. The Ministry of Education lists 20 approved institutions in Australia (page last updated 14 January 2024), and "Torrens University Australia" is not among them. The same list, however, includes Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School at Leura, New South Wales — the Torrens hotel school. The university’s own course page states the degree is "delivered by Torrens University Australia Ltd… T/A Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School".

In practice, the scholarship door at Torrens opens through hospitality and hotel management rather than across every field. Before building a decision on this, check the institution name exactly as written on the Ministry list for the academic year you intend to start, and confirm your field sits inside the required discipline in the guide to university lists by field 2026-2027.

Our guide to all Saudi scholarship tracks helps you find which track fits your field, and the Arruaad track’s conditions and universities covers the most competitive route.

What does it teach, and what does it cost?

Torrens publishes an annual international fee schedule. These examples come from the (published August 2026; figures in AUD, inclusive of GST):

Course	Duration	Indicative annual fee	Indicative total tuition
Bachelor of Business	3 years	31,600	94,800
Bachelor of Communication Design	3 years	37,500	112,500
Bachelor of Nursing	3 years	35,000	105,000
Bachelor of Business (International Hotel Management)	3 years	37,485	112,455
Master of Business Administration	1.5 years	36,000	54,000
Master of International Hotel Management (from 2025)	2 years	45,600	68,400

The same schedule states that the university reserves the right to increase fees by up to 10% each calendar year, and that figures are estimates that vary with the subjects taken. It also requires an AUD 3,200 deposit from international undergraduate students in hotel school programmes, of which AUD 2,000 is a one-off non-refundable pre-payment, per the (August 2026).

What are the entry requirements and intake dates?

A clear example: the Bachelor of Business (International Hotel Management), CRICOS 119193J, runs 3 years full time. Entry requires Australian Year 12 or equivalent, being 18 by the start of the first trimester, and Academic IELTS 6.0 with no band below 5.5, per Torrens (as at 14 September 2026). The degree includes 720 hours of paid industry placement and opens with a 12-week immersive trimester at the Leura campus before continuing at Surry Hills in Sydney.

Torrens runs trimesters rather than two semesters. These are the main 2027 intakes, per the key dates page (as at 14 September 2026):

1. Main intake 1: starts 15 February 2027, finishes 9 May 2027.
2. Main intake 2: starts 31 May 2027, finishes 22 August 2027.
3. Main intake 3: starts 13 September 2027, finishes 5 December 2027.
4. Main intake 4: starts 1 November 2027, for selected courses only.

The university notes that Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School dates differ from these, that Orientation is held one week before the intake start date, and that there are no application fees for applications submitted directly to it.

After the offer: visa and other costs

Tuition is not the whole budget. Once you hold an offer and a Confirmation of Enrolment (CoE) is issued, the Student visa (subclass 500) follows, with its own conditions:

• The visa application charge is from AUD 2,500 from 1 July 2026, per Study Australia (article published 3 July 2026).
• Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) must be held for the whole stay, and a CoE is required for the application to be valid, per Study Australia (as at 14 September 2026).
• Work is capped at 48 hours per fortnight while your course is in session, per the same source (as at 14 September 2026).

For hotel school programmes specifically, the (August 2026) shows a separate AUD 6,000 room and board line for the Leura campus — budget it in, not out.

In short

Torrens makes sense for hospitality, design or business study with practical, placement-heavy programmes, and its multiple intakes mean more than one starting point a year. For scholarship purposes, the name on the Ministry of Education’s list is Blue Mountains International Hotel Management School, not Torrens as a whole — build your decision on that distinction.

Your practical step: write down the exact course you want, then match it against the Ministry list and the discipline guide for your target academic year. If you would like that matching reviewed and your admission file prepared, submit an application or contact us. KD International hosted a Torrens University representative at a forum for bachelor’s students considering a master’s, in an event dated 12 May 2024.

Frequently asked questions

Official sources

• About us — Torrens University Australia — Torrens University Australia
• Campuses — Torrens University Australia
• Bachelor of Business (International Hotel Management) — Torrens University Australia
• Application key dates — Torrens University Australia
• قائمة الجامعات المعتمدة في أستراليا — وزارة التعليم
• List of Australian universities — Study Australia
• Student visa (subclass 500) — Study Australia
• Student Visa Application Charge increase — Study Australia
• الدليل الاسترشادي لقوائم الجامعات حسب المجالات 2026-2027 — وزارة التعليم

Last updated: 14 September 2026. Fees and requirements change; always confirm with the official source before deciding.