Nova Higher Education: a culinary business degree in central Melbourne

Most Australian institutions Vietnamese families know are multi-faculty. Nova Higher Education goes the other way: a small provider in central Melbourne teaching one specialised degree.

Who the provider is

• Legal entity: Nova Higher Education Pty Ltd
• Address: Level 5, 601 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
• TEQSA ID: PRV14393 — searchable on the TEQSA national register
• CRICOS code: 04401F — required to enrol international students
• Established: 2022

Those two codes are the first thing to check. In Australia any provider taking international students must hold a CRICOS code, and TEQSA is the higher education regulator. You can verify both on the regulator's own site rather than taking anyone's word.

The programme

Bachelor of Culinary Arts Business Management — a degree combining culinary practice with business management, aimed at the food service industry.

That is a narrow choice, and it cuts both ways. If you already know you want the restaurant and food service industry, a provider built around it usually delivers a more practical programme. If you are still weighing several fields, a multi-faculty university leaves room to change direction without changing institutions.

What being new means

Nova has operated since 2022. New providers often run small classes with attention that larger institutions struggle to match; in exchange there is no alumni network yet and little track record to compare against. That is a factor to weigh rather than an automatic mark against — but one to know before you apply, not after.

Exploring it with VNIS

VNIS Education helps you check current entry requirements, tuition and the application timeline for Nova Higher Education. Admission decisions rest with the provider and visa decisions with the Australian authorities.