International House Sydney City

Negative experience: It has been three months since the IH closure (09/12/2024) and my son has no support. We paid the IH Melbourne residential language school fee of 32,260 AUD in September last year. (25/09/2024)，My son hadn't even had a single lesson or even stayed at school for a day before IH closed down. We got help from Avalon College and let my son go to school on 21/02/2025. But please help us handle the fee quickly and hand it over to Avalon College. So angry! Today (31/03/2025)IH collected overseas student fees for high school students' accommodation, but did not give the fees to the cooperative manufacturers. Now TPS refunds only the tuition part8000aud.The accommodation fee and activity fee total 24，260AUD. There is no refund at all, and it is absorbed by our innocent students. This is Australia's attitude towards international students.

Positive experience: I deferred the online course for the CELTA certiicate in the last semester that the campus operated. My tutors were fantastic and were comprehensive in explaining what was required to become an effective English language teacher. Unfortunately, their expertise has had to go elsewhere due to the closure of International House's operations in Australia last December. None of them had any idea about the impending closure, as they were still sending e-mails advertising the courses available in 2025 days before the closure. The website should be closed down as it gives the false impression that the business is still operating. I would also recommend anyone seeking a refund (if you deferred or paid for a 2025 course) to e-mail G. Franklin of PKF Melbourne as his company is dealing with liquidation.

Negative experience: Absolute scam, we paid for the course when they knew they're going to close down, why no one is answering the emails and phones. Did you guys really scammed people? This is an international reputation of IH you're playing with. We'll reach out to the headquarters to see how we get our money back

Positive experience: Si bien es un buen lugar para aprender gramática, para hablar de aprende practicando fuera, creo que es muy caro el curso para lo entregado. NO DAN LIBROS, solo fotocopias

Negative experience: Deeply disgusted by how this situation has been handled. Charging over 70 weeks' worth of homestay fees upfront (for two children), KNOWING that the school was on the brink of closure, is both irresponsible and unethical. What’s even more troubling is that instead of transferring these funds to Homestay Australia as expected, they appear to have been diverted to cover insurmountable debts, leaving the affected students in an even more precarious position. The lack of transparency and basic ethical responsibility in this matter is absolutely shocking!