Which Australian Universities Added the Most New CRICOS Courses in August 2026?

Posted by CRICOS Guides Editorial Team Aug. 12, 2026

Australian universities adding the most new CRICOS courses in August 2026, based on a comparison of the July and August CRICOS databases. Monash University led the update with 32 new courses, followed by Flinders University with 13 and Torrens University Australia with 7.

Australia’s CRICOS course register expanded again in August 2026, but the growth was far from evenly distributed across universities.

A comparison of the July and August 2026 CRICOS datasets shows that 250 new course registrations appeared in August, while 116 courses disappeared from the register. The total number of registered courses increased from 26,606 in July to 26,740 in August, a net gain of 134 courses.

Among Australian universities, Monash University recorded by far the largest number of new CRICOS courses, with 32 new registrations. Flinders University was second with 13, followed by Torrens University Australia with seven.

In total, 21 Australian universities added 91 new CRICOS courses between the two database snapshots.

Australian universities with the most new CRICOS courses in August 2026

Rank University CRICOS Provider Code New Courses
1 Monash University 00008C 32
2 Flinders University 00114A 13
3 Torrens University Australia 03389E 7
4 Deakin University 00113B 5
5 James Cook University 00117J 4
5 RMIT University 00122A 4
5 Swinburne University of Technology 00111D 4
5 Murdoch University 00125J 4
9 The University of Queensland 00025B 3
9 La Trobe University 00115M 3
11 The University of Western Australia 00126G 2

Another ten universities added one new CRICOS course each: the University of Sydney, University of Technology Sydney, Federation University Australia, Macquarie University, University of Canberra, Central Queensland University, University of Southern Queensland, University of Tasmania, Western Sydney University and Victoria University.

1. Monash University added 32 new CRICOS courses

Monash University was responsible for 32 of the 91 new university courses identified in the August update — approximately 35% of all university additions.

The Monash additions are particularly significant because they are not concentrated in a single discipline. They include artificial intelligence, software engineering, cybersecurity, education and a large number of combined degrees.

Several examples illustrate the scale of the update.

New artificial intelligence courses at Monash

Monash registered multiple new degrees built explicitly around artificial intelligence:

  • 121111J — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of Biomedical ScienceDuration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290
  • 121112H — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of DesignDuration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290
  • 121113G — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of Health SciencesDuration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290
  • 121114F — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of ArtsDuration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290
  • 121115E — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of ScienceDuration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290
  • 121144M — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of Media CommunicationDuration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290
  • 121159D — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence and Bachelor of CommerceDuration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290
  • 121160M — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence Advanced (Honours)Duration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290

These registrations alone make Monash one of the clearest examples of how artificial intelligence is moving from a specialised postgraduate subject into mainstream undergraduate degree structures.

Agentic software engineering also appears on CRICOS

Two particularly notable Monash additions are:

  • 121145K — Bachelor of Agentic Software EngineeringDuration: 156 weeksTuition fee: A$189,424
  • 121161K — Bachelor of Agentic Software Engineering (Honours)Duration: 208 weeksTuition fee: A$260,290

The use of the term “Agentic Software Engineering” in formally registered degree titles is notable because agentic AI has only recently become a mainstream concept within the software industry.

Monash also registered:

  • 121158E — Bachelor of CybersecurityDuration: 156 weeksTuition fee: A$189,424

Major expansion in teacher education

A substantial share of Monash’s August registrations concerns education.

Examples include:

  • 121127A — Master of Teaching in Early Childhood Education
  • 121128M — Master of Teaching in Early Childhood and Primary Education
  • 121162J — Master of Teaching in Primary Education
  • 121163H — Master of Teaching in Primary and Secondary Education
  • 121164G — Master of Teaching in Secondary Education

Each of these master’s programs has a registered duration of 104 weeks and a tuition fee of A$92,700.

Monash also added numerous four-year Bachelor of Education (Honours) combinations covering arts, science, music, business, fine art, health and physical education, primary education and secondary education.

2. Flinders University added 13 new courses

Flinders University ranked second with 13 new CRICOS registrations.

Its additions show a distinctly different pattern from Monash: health sciences and professional degrees account for a large proportion of the new programs.

Examples include:

  • 121083H — Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours)208 weeksA$217,557
  • 121087D — Bachelor of Physiotherapy182 weeksA$215,594
  • 121091H — Bachelor of Speech Pathology (Honours)208 weeksA$217,557
  • 121092G — Bachelor of Speech Pathology 3.5 years182 weeksA$215,594
  • 121093F — Bachelor of Occupational Therapy 3.5 Years182 weeksA$215,594
  • 121094E — Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours)208 weeksA$217,557
  • 121095D — Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics 3.5 years181 weeksA$212,514
  • 121096C — Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours)208 weeksA$214,449

Flinders also added technology and business programs.

One is:

121084G — Bachelor of Cybersecurity

  • Duration: 156 weeks
  • Tuition fee: A$140,170

Another is particularly relevant to the current expansion of AI-related university education:

121143A — Master of Business Administration (Artificial Intelligence)

  • Duration: 104 weeks
  • Tuition fee: A$96,048

The university also added new combined law degrees, including:

  • 121086E — Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Medical Science
  • 121179M — Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Science

3. Torrens University Australia added seven new courses

Torrens University recorded seven new CRICOS registrations, with a strong concentration in creative industries and media.

The additions were:

  • 121035E — Advanced Diploma of Photography and Content Creation
  • 121036D — Diploma of Photography and Content Creation
  • 121037C — Diploma of Media Production
  • 121038B — Bachelor of Media Production and Communication
  • 121039A — Undergraduate Certificate of Photography
  • 121150B — Advanced Diploma of Animation
  • 121151A — Bachelor of Animation

The new programs span photography, content creation, media production and animation.

For example:

121038B — Bachelor of Media Production and Communication

  • Duration: 156 weeks
  • Tuition fee: A$112,500

while the new:

121151A — Bachelor of Animation

has a registered duration of 156 weeks and tuition fee of A$75,000.

4. Deakin University added five courses

Deakin University added five new CRICOS registrations in August.

Four are concentrated around fine arts:

  • 121009G — Bachelor of Fine Arts
  • 121187M — Graduate Certificate of Fine Arts
  • 121188K — Graduate Diploma of Fine Arts
  • 121189J — Master of Fine Arts

The fifth is:

121190E — Master of Humanitarian, Development and Disaster Studies

  • Duration: 104 weeks
  • Tuition fee: A$80,660

The new Master of Fine Arts, CRICOS code 121189J, is also registered for 104 weeks and carries a tuition fee of A$83,232.

5. Four universities added four courses each

James Cook University, RMIT University, Swinburne University of Technology and Murdoch University each registered four new courses.

James Cook University

James Cook University added:

  • 121154J — Bachelor of Biomedical/Bachelor of Laboratory Medicine
  • 121155H — Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours) [135cp]
  • 121156G — Juris Doctor
  • 121157F — Master of Business Administration [36cp]

The Bachelor of Veterinary Science (Honours) is one of the most expensive new university registrations in this group, with an estimated tuition fee of A$449,928 over 260 weeks.

RMIT University

RMIT added:

  • 121133C — Bachelor of Journalism
  • 121138J — Bachelor of Science (Food Technology and Nutrition) (Honours)
  • 121139H — Bachelor of Science (Space Science) (Honours)
  • 121140D — Bachelor of Science (Geospatial Science) (Honours)

The three science honours courses are each registered for 52 weeks with tuition fees of A$43,200.

Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne’s four additions were:

  • 121173F — Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Criminology and Criminal Justice
  • 121174E — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence
  • 121175D — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence (Professional)
  • 121176C — Global Master of Business Administration

The standard Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence is registered for 156 weeks at A$132,900, while the professional version runs for 208 weeks at A$177,200.

Murdoch University

Murdoch added:

  • 121017G — Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science / Bachelor of Business
  • 121018F — Bachelor of Applied Social Care
  • 121019E — Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science / Master of High Performance Sport
  • 121020A — Master of High Performance Sport

The standalone Master of High Performance Sport is registered for 52 weeks with tuition of A$60,030.

University of Queensland and La Trobe added three courses each

The University of Queensland registered three new courses:

  • 121167D — Bachelor of Medical Science / Doctor of Medicine
  • 121168C — Bachelor of Medical Science (Exit award)
  • 121169B — Bachelor of Pharmaceutics and Therapeutic Science / Doctor of Pharmacy

The Bachelor of Medical Science / Doctor of Medicine is particularly notable. Its CRICOS record lists:

  • Duration: 312 weeks
  • Tuition fee: A$681,917

That makes it considerably more expensive than most of the other new university courses identified in the August dataset.

La Trobe University also added three courses:

  • 121170J — Graduate Certificate in Law
  • 121171H — Graduate Diploma in Law
  • 121172G — Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science/Bachelor of Food and Nutrition

UWA added two new CRICOS programs

The University of Western Australia registered two new pre-master’s pathways:

  • 121056M — Pre-Masters Program - Standard52 weeksA$43,000
  • 121057K — Pre-Masters Program - Accelerated36 weeksA$21,500

Both are classified as Non AQF Awards in the CRICOS dataset.

Ten more universities added one course each

The August comparison also identified one new CRICOS registration at each of the following universities:

  • The University of Sydney
  • University of Technology Sydney
  • Federation University Australia
  • Macquarie University
  • University of Canberra
  • Central Queensland University
  • University of Southern Queensland
  • University of Tasmania
  • Western Sydney University
  • Victoria University

This means that the growth was not limited to a few institutions. However, the distribution was highly concentrated at the top.

Monash and Flinders accounted for almost half of all new university courses

The concentration becomes particularly clear when the numbers are combined.

Of the 91 new courses registered by the 21 universities identified in the comparison:

  • Monash accounted for 32
  • Flinders accounted for 13
  • combined, the two universities accounted for 45

That is approximately 49.5% of all new university CRICOS registrations found between the July and August datasets.

Monash alone represented approximately 35.2%.

The top ten universities in the ranking accounted for 79 of the 91 additions, or almost 87%.

What kinds of courses are Australian universities adding?

The August data does not point to a single dominant field, but several themes stand out.

Artificial intelligence

AI appears repeatedly among new registrations from major universities.

Examples include:

  • Monash University — multiple Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence double degrees
  • Monash University — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence Advanced (Honours)
  • Swinburne University — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence
  • Swinburne University — Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence (Professional)
  • Flinders University — MBA (Artificial Intelligence)

The appearance of Agentic Software Engineering at Monash is an additional sign that universities are beginning to formalise newer AI-related disciplines in degree nomenclature.

Health and allied health

Flinders added new degrees in:

  • physiotherapy
  • speech pathology
  • occupational therapy
  • nutrition and dietetics

The University of Queensland added medicine and pharmacy pathways, while James Cook University added biomedical, laboratory medicine and veterinary programs.

Education

Monash made one of the largest education-related expansions in the August update, with new teaching master’s degrees and numerous Bachelor of Education (Honours) combinations.

Creative industries

Torrens and Deakin expanded in:

  • animation
  • photography
  • media production
  • content creation
  • fine arts

Cybersecurity and technology

New cybersecurity programs appeared at both Monash and Flinders, while RMIT added new science honours programs in space science and geospatial science.

What changed in the CRICOS database between July and August 2026?

The underlying comparison used CRICOS course codes as the identifier for determining whether a registration existed in one monthly database snapshot but not the other.

The results were:

Metric July 2026 → August 2026
Courses in July dataset 26,606
Courses in August dataset 26,740
New CRICOS course codes 250
Course codes removed 116
Net change +134
New courses at universities 91
Universities adding courses 21

The remaining new registrations came from other CRICOS providers, including vocational education providers, colleges, English-language providers and other education institutions.

Which university added the most new CRICOS courses in August 2026?

Monash University added the most new CRICOS courses in the August 2026 update, with 32 new course registrations.

Flinders University ranked second with 13, Torrens University Australia third with seven, and Deakin University fourth with five.

The scale of Monash’s expansion is notable: it added more than twice as many new courses as the second-ranked university and accounted for roughly one-third of all new university registrations identified in the monthly comparison.

Methodology

This analysis compares two CRICOS course database snapshots supplied for July 2026 and August 2026.

A course was counted as “new” when its CRICOS Course Code appeared in the August dataset but did not appear in the July dataset.

This methodology measures newly appearing CRICOS registrations between the two snapshots. It does not necessarily mean that every course began teaching in August 2026; CRICOS registration and the actual student intake date are separate concepts.

Course names, CRICOS provider codes, duration and tuition figures in this article are taken directly from the August 2026 dataset.

Data comparison: CRICOS July 2026 database vs CRICOS August 2026 database.

Analysis date: August 2026.