Appendix 1: Proposed list of English Speaking Countries
Category A - Countries where English is the only
official language listed on the Australian
Government Department of Foreign Affairs and
Trade (DFAT) website1
Category B - Countries where English is not the
only official language listed on the DFAT
website, and English is the language of
instruction for all universities in that country, as
listed in the International Handbook of
Universities2.
Antigua + Barbuda
Australia
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Botswana
Cook Islands
Dominica
Fiji
The Gambia
Ghana
Great Britain (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Federal States of Micronesia
Namibia
New Zealand
Nigeria
St Kitts and Nevis
St Lucia
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United States of America
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Canada (excluding Quebec)
Kenya
Lesotho
Malawi
Papua New Guinea
Singapore
Swaziland
Tanzania
Tonga
Note: South Africa has a number of official languages listed on the DFAT website. However it has not
listed in Category B at this stage, as English is not the only language of instruction for all South
African universities (as listed in the International Handbook of Universities). Further analysis will be
undertaken by International Recruitment Services to determine whether South Africa should be
included in the above list.
1
www.dfat.gov.au
International Association of Universities 2008, International Handbook of Universities 2009 Volume 1 & 2, 20th
edition, Palgrave Macmillan, New York.
2