Migration (Institutions and Disciplines for Subclass 476) (LIN24/015) Specification 2024
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Migration (Institutions and Disciplines for Subclass 476) (LIN 24/015) Specification 2024
I, Alison Garrod, delegate of the Minister, make the following instrument.
Dated 6 March 2024
Alison Garrod
Acting Senior Executive Service Band 2 (First Assistant Secretary)
Immigration Programs Division
Department of Home Affairs
Contents
1  Name
2  Commencement
3  Authority
4  Definitions
5  Repeals
6  Institutions for Subclass 476 visa
7  Disciplines for Subclass 476 visa
Schedule 1—Institutions
1  Name
  This instrument is the Migration (Institutions and Disciplines for Subclass 476) (LIN24/015) Specification 2024.
2  Commencement
  This instrument commences on the day after the instrument is registered.
3  Authority
  This instrument is made under clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Migration Regulations 1994.
4  Definitions
  In this instrument:
accrediting body means an institution or organisation that is responsible for accrediting engineering degree programs.
Regulations means the Migration Regulations 1994.
signatory means an accrediting body that has achieved full signatory status under the Washington Accord.
Subclass 476 visa means Subclass 476 (Skilled – Recognised Graduate) visa.
Washington Accord means the multilateral agreement, first signed in 1989, that enables the cross-border recognition of engineering qualifications.
5  Repeals
  Migration Regulations 1994 – Institutions and Disciplines for Subclass 476 (Skilled – Recognised Graduate) Visas – IMMI 14/010 is repealed.
6  Institutions for Subclass 476 visa
 (1) For the purposes of paragraph 476.212(b) of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, an institution is specified if:
 (a) the institution is mentioned in column 2 of an item in the table in Schedule 1 to this instrument; or
 (b) the institution:
 (i) conducts a course that is accredited by an accrediting body that is a signatory to the Washington Accord; and
 (ii) is an institution whose name is published on the website of that accrediting body.
7  Disciplines for Subclass 476 visa
  For the purposes of clause 476.212 of Schedule 2 to the Regulations, Engineering is specified as a discipline.

Schedule 1—Institutions
  (section 6)
	Item
	Column 1
Country
	Column 2
Institution

	1
	Argentina
	Catholic University of Argentina.

	2
	Brazil
	Federal University of Minas Gerais.

	3
	Chile
	Universidad Catolica del Norte, Catholic University of Chile - Antofagasta

	University of Chile

	University of Concepcion

	4
	Finland
	HUT, Helsinki.

	5
	Germany
	RWTH, Aachen

	Technical University of Berlin

	Technical University of Clausthal

	TU Bergakademie Freiberg

	University of Hannover

	6
	Hungary
	University of Miskolc

	7
	India
	Anna University, Chennai

	Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

	Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

	Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad

	8
	Iran
	Amir Kabir University of Technology

	University of Tehran

	9
	People’s Republic of China
	Beijing Normal University

	Beijing Petroleum University

	Beijing University of Chemical Technology

	Beijing University of Technology

	China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing

	Guangzhou University

	Shanghai Jiaotong University

	Shanghai University of Engineering Science

	Tongji University

	Tsinghua University

	University of Science and Technology, Beijing

	10
	Philippines
	University of the Philippines

	11
	Poland
	Wroclaw University of Technology

	12
	Slovakia
	TU Kosice

	13
	Sweden
	Lulea University of Technology

	14
	Tanzania
	University of Dar es Salaam