Our story began in 1994 when Navitas founders, Rod Jones and Peter Larsen, pioneered an innovative university pathway concept. Their vision was to help students from around the world realise their higher education ambitions by providing supportive pathways to university study in Australia.
Edith Cowan University became our first university partner, with the opening of the Perth Institute of Business and Technology (PIBT).
Within a decade of opening our first pathway college we’d established six colleges offering university pathway programs across Australia. In 2000 we took the pathway model to the UK.
We now have partnerships with 39 universities in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, and more. The program has been so successful with international students that many of our colleges have extended their pathway offering to domestic students.
In 2008 we partnered with Curtin University to open and operate their Curtin Singapore campus. This partnership allowed students from Singapore and neighbouring countries to experience an Australian Curtin University degree.
Now, we’re the world leader in managing campuses, bringing high-quality international opportunity to more universities.
Alongside the growth of university partnerships, we have built an impressive portfolio of stand-alone colleges offering higher education. We’re now Australia’s largest independent education provider.
In 2005, we welcomed the ACL Group, now Navitas English. Today we are the largest provider of English language training in Australia. We saw the acquisition of ACAP – the Australian College of Applied Professions in 2006, followed by SAE Creative Media Institute in 2011, and the Australian School of Applied Management, or ASAM, now Women & Leadership Australia, in 2017.
