International students willing to study in University of Wollongong are required to spend 60,000-150,000 AUD depending on the course.

Students applying to the University of Wollongong have the choice of living on or off campus. One of the benefits of living on campus is having a room about 5 minutes from the beach. Students can stay in fully equipped rooms for as little as AUD 195 per week. Residences are separated into undergraduate applicants, postgraduate applicants, and adult residences. Single rooms in shared 4-5 bedroom complexes, twin sharing bedrooms, fully catered and self-catered rooms, premium studios, family flats, and more options are available. Fees vary accordingly. Fully Catered single room is $315 a week for 45 weeks. If you want to live off campus, you can contact the Housing Services Coordinator, a service provided by the university to assist students in finding off-campus housing. The typical monthly rent for off-campus living is 500 to 600 AUD.

The total number of students enrolled at the university are 35969. About 16% of the total student population at the university is international comprising students from different corners of the world. The acceptance rate is 30%.

Apart from Wollongong, the University of Wollongong has a campus in Sydney and regional campuses in Batemans Bay, Bega, and other locations. It has approximately ten campuses in all. The Wollongong campus is one of the most beautiful in Australia. The innovation campus is less than 2 kilometres away from this campus. According to student reports of the University of Wollongong, the campus features a diverse range of cafes, food halls, gyms, and student apartments. Some of its scientific facilities include a SMART Infrastructure Facility and Molecular Horizons. UOW has foreign campuses in the UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Malaysia.

The University of Wollongong (UOW) has received accreditation from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International, a globally recognised accreditation that has been awarded to only the top five per cent of the world's business schools.

The job prospects at the University of Wollongong are excellent. The 2019 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Graduate Employability Rankings named the university one of the top 200 for graduate employment rates (GER). The University of Wollongong hosts a Jobs on Campus programme to assist students in gaining an advantage during campus interviews. This ensures that students improve their job applications to their full potential and, as a result, increase their general employability. Before labelling students as 'college ready,' the JOC programme takes them through a series of procedures. The highest paying degree at the University of Wollongong is Executive Masters, which has an annual average salary of 107,682 AUD, and the lowest paying degree is Bachelor of Arts, which has an annual average salary of 74,291 AUD. In terms of employment, financial services has an annual average salary of 151,072 AUD, and compliance, KYC, and monitoring has an annual average salary of 91,912 AUD.