Victoria is internationally recognized as a leading destination for education, boasting a high standard of primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions.
* **Literacy and Attainment:** Victoria maintains a near 99% adult literacy rate. The vast majority of secondary students complete the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL, transitioning to the VCE Vocational Major). * **Global University Rankings:** Victoria is home to several universities that consistently place highly in global rankings. * **The University of Melbourne:** Frequently ranked as the #1 university in Australia and within the top 15-40 globally (depending on the ranking index, such as QS or Times Higher Education). * **Monash University:** A Group of Eight university consistently ranked in the global top 50. * **RMIT University, Deakin University, Swinburne University of Technology, and La Trobe University:** All rank highly for specific disciplines like design, nursing, and technology. * **International Students:** Prior to recent global shifts, Melbourne was named the world's most student-friendly city, hosting hundreds of thousands of international students drawn by the state's educational prestige.