The Victorian International Education Awards are an initiative of the Victorian Government to support the international education sector, promote best practice in the sector and raise awareness of its benefits to the broader community.
Award winners and finalists
International Student of the Year – English Language Training
Winner Ms Natalia Eugenia Palacio Vásquez from Colombia Finalist Ms Warin Chiyarach from Thailand Finalist Ms Jing-Wen Kuo from Taiwan
International Student of the Year – VET
Winner Mr Samuel Shedrack Chukwuweonu from Nigeria Finalist Mr Panhavuth Kret from Cambodia Finalist Ms Andrea Mayorga from Colombia
International Student of the Year – Higher Education
Winner Ms Su Htet Zaw from Myanmar Finalist Ms Samantha Yun Suen Lim from Malaysia Finalist Mr Pratik Ambani from India Finalist Ms Varsha Devi Balakrishnan from Singapore
International Student of the Year – Research
Winner Ms Wing Yan Chan from China Finalist Mr Sina Khatami Mashhadi from Iran Finalist Ms Momeneh Foroutan from Iran
Meet Wing Yan Chan, International Student of the Year – Research. See video interviews with more VIEA winners on the Study Melbourne YouTube channel.
Winner Ms Chi Le from Vietnam Finalist Mr Nima Haghdadi from Iran Finalist Mr Junyi Zhao from China
International Alumnus of the Year
Winner Mr Bartlomiej Kolodziejczyk from Poland Finalist Ms Michele Joan Valbuena from Philippines Finalist Ms Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen from Vietnam
Victorian Student of the Year – Internationalisation
Winner Ms Courtney Webster from Australia Finalist Ms Candy Hiu Ching Tong from Australia Finalist Mr Sahil Kumar from Australia
International Student of the Year – Premier’s Award
Ms Chi Le from Vietnam
Meet Chi Le, Premier's Award for International Student of the Year 2017. See video interviews with more VIEA winners on the Study Melbourne YouTube channel.
