The highlight of my Griffith experience so far has been the study abroad opportunities that Griffith has. The university has networks in so many countries that you're practically spoilt for choice as to where you want to temporarily study. It's such a good experience, and Griffith has really nailed all aspects of getting students to have a broad network of opportunities.

Griffith offers many support services that have helped me adjust to university life. The provided orientation activities helped me learn my way around the university, and student admin were very helpful with fixing any enrolment issues that I had.

The support systems have always been like a guiding path especially during the first trimester of the university. They helped in almost everything that concerned the mental, physical or educational areas.

"Queensland has the right mix of great weather, nature at your doorstep and city life without having the hustle and bustle of Sydney or Melbourne. Where I am located in the Scenic Rim it is just a short drive to the Glasshouse Mountains, Noosa and the Sunshine Coast. A quick trip in the other direction offers white sand beaches of the Gold Coast and the mountains in the Gold Coast Hinterland."

"Being an international student, I've always wanted to study abroad for my personal and professional growth. After visiting a lot of universities in Queensland, I felt that Griffith had opportunities that could bring me closer to achieving my personal goals."

"I've always known that I wanted to be a pilot since I was a toddler. I was fortunate enough to get into the Griffith University Bachelor of Aviation program for my tertiary study to help achieve my goal of becoming an airline pilot."

"Australia is a progressive and multicultural country, which is one of the reasons why I chose to study here."

"I like to be involved with things as well and at Griffith there are millions of opportunities. I’m in a tennis club for example - we play tennis a few times a week and stuff like that. If you’re interested, it’s there."

"I very much enjoyed my time at Griffith University because Griffith was a vibrant and young university with excellent loving staff and programs such as mates which enhanced my university experience and skills to help the others."

"I’m so glad that I decided to study at Griffith! I’ve had so many life-enriching experiences on top of receiving a great education; joining the Griffith Mates and making friends from all around the world, meeting the Dalai Lama, going on a cultural exchange to Peking University and networking with international delegations, allowing me to develop much further than the degree alone could have."

"I was really happy to move onto the campus. Griffith Mates, an organisation of Griffith International, helped me a lot in my initial transition - with enrollment in my courses, they took me on campus tours and tours to the city and kind of made me feel welcome and showed me the Australian culture."

"The diversity I experienced at Griffith really helped me in every way – personally and professionally. It put life in perspective." Bring your learning to life working on real projects.

"Griffith staff and tutors were really helpful to me, to help me realise where I want to go… and they never pushed me in a certain direction, they were just sort of always behind me to just help me realise what I wanted to do and to help me go down that path." The Bachelor of Information Technology program provides students with a core of IT technical knowledge.

"Griffith provides a very unbiased and equal opportunities for students like me as an international student to progress in careers in science."

"My first day at Griffith University was the first day of the famous Orientation week commonly known as O’Week. It was the greatest experience of my life. There were very many new students from different countries around the world. Some of the country names, I had never even heard of. For this, I give credit to Griffith University because in one move my view attained global perception." Read more about Hartinder's experiences.

"I discovered Engineers Without Borders in my first year at Griffith. By the end of my third year in 2013 I felt that I had developed a strong understanding of development work and was ready to see if my perceptions about the challenges and complexities of working with developing communities were close to accurate."

Harrison says you can’t find a better university to immerse yourself in other cultures while studying - he thinks Griffith has given him a global experience and perspective.

"This is something close to my heart to combine sport with engineering as it’s just what I love to do. When you arrive at GOLDOC, you read the motto ‘share the dream’ and for me I’m really living a dream now – it’s amazing."

"My fellow graduates, what we have all achieved today is by no mean a small feat. I’m sure that each of you can recall many occasions where you had to take a step outside your comfort zone and found you were capable of more than you knew."

"I’m very proud to be a Griffith student and Griffith Honours College has inspired me to be more involved which is why I’ve become a mentor for international students." He is now studying for a Graduate Diploma of Flight Management.