In May Monash VC Margaret Gardner told a Victorian parliament committee, “it is difficult to see international students entering the country before 2021”

Entering Victoria for second semester is certainly looking way less likely this morning. Which makes it way wise of Monash U to  already be working with what it can, where it can. The university has a joint graduate school with Southeast University in Suzhou, in China’s Jiangsu Province and in November will accept 300 students into the first semester of Monash masters of business and masters of banking and finance.

Monash U academics in Melbourne will lecture via ZOOM, with in-person tutes on campus.

After first semester in Suzhou, students will continue studies in Melbourne, “subject to border openings and visa approvals.”