From the 2 countries you mentioned, Australia may be the cheapest alternative, due to currency exchange. This means that tuition fees and living expenses are cheaper. On top of tuition fees, you will need to pay for campus fee (vary from each uni) and Overseas Student Health Cover (abt AUD$350/yr) and text books (abt AUD$200). These are the rough estimate of the fees for your study.

Before coming to Australia, you will need to pay the fee for student visa processing and health check-up. You may also be required to take an IELTS test for indication of your English proficiency, depending which country you come from, for application to uni and for visa (www.ielts.org)

FYI… most colleges in Australia are offering only non-degree courses. University will be the one you want to study in for degree course and knowing that you are going to get IB, I assume that you want to study bachelor degree course.

There are only 42 (soon to be 43) universities in Australia, all of them are fully accredited and tightly regulated, therefore the quality and recognition of their graduates are equal from wherever university you are studying from.

Psychology are offered by almost all universities. The Australian uni’s offering criminology besides UNSW and USyd are as follows (no particular orders):

Edith Cowan Uni (www.ecu.edu.au)

Bond Uni (www.bond.edu.au)

Griffith Uni (www.griffith.edu.au)

Deakin Uni (www.deakin.edu.au)

UWS (www.uws.edu.au)

Uni of QLD (www.uq.edu.au)

You might want to look closer at the courses offered at Griffith or Edith Cowan, since they may be closer to the one you intend to study in. Tuition fee & requirements will be available in those websites. Please make sure that the information you accessing are the ones for international students, not for local students, as there are some difference in regards to tuition fees. Once decided on the uni, fill in the application form and send it together with certified copy of your academic qualification (in English and original language). The process will take abt 2-3weeks, depending on the time of the year.

Hope this helps. E-mail me at mikegun(at)studentfirst.com.au if you have any further questions abt study in Australia. Good luck for your study 🙂