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Australia The top destination to study for Indian students is Australia. The Australian education system has earned good reputation globally and a number of Australian Universities feature in the top 100 in global university rankings. The country has more than 12,000 higher educational institutions that offer vocational training courses, English Language Training to University courses like business, finance and sports management at undergraduate and graduate levels. What is Australia best known for is the group of 8 universities, which are research intensive universities along the lines of the famous Ivy leagues in the USA. New Zealand Another major emerging study abroad destination, New Zealand has witnessed 400 per cent increase in the number of Indian students in its universities and institutes in the last five years. Around eight universities from New Zealand are listed in the top 500 universities in the world by QS making it one of the top destinations to study abroad.

Both IELTS (International English Language Testing System) and OET (Occupational English Test) are used to test the English language of healthcare professionals in different parts of the world. They are chosen by regulatory bodies to ensure doctors, nurses and other professions have sufficient language skills to communicate at a high level with patients and colleagues, and so ensure safe and effective care. IELTS     Similarities There are a number of similarities between the two tests.  Each one consists of four sub-tests, one for each skill: reading, listening, writing and speaking. A test takes place on one day. There is no pass/fail, but a graded score – different institutions need test takers to achieve different scores. In practice, the required scores in the two tests for professions such as nurses are for similar levels of language skill when measured on the Common European Framework of Reference. Both tests were developed in the late 1980s and are part-owne