UOW学院的学术研究导论（IAS）课程为国际学生的学术生活和在澳大利亚的生活做好了准备。它旨在发展和完善各种在大学学习中取得成功所必需的学术技能。在国外开始新生活的社会方面也是课堂和游览活动的重点。通过IAS，学生可以通过口头报告，讨论和研究技巧来发展论文写作，阅读学术期刊文章，在学术环境中进行交流和互动的技能。参加IAS课程的学生已经满足大学入学要求，并获得了本科或研究生学位课程的录取。IAS完成后，学生将进入大学。
UOW College's Introduction to Academic Studies (IAS) course prepares international students for academic life and for living in Australia. It is designed to develop and refine a wide range of academic skills necessary for success in university study. The social aspects of beginning a new life in a foreign country are also a focus of classroom and excursion activities. IAS allows students to develop skills in essay writing, reading academic journal articles, communication and interaction in the academic environment through oral presentations and discussions and research techniques. Students who take the IAS course have already met university entry requirements and have been offered a place in either an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course. On completion of IAS, students will proceed to university. This course involves 20 hours of tuition per week for 6 weeks.