The University College maintains close links with many colleges and universities within the Seventh-day Adventist education system and international students have an option of spending the semester or year at Avondale. It also has mutual agreements with the University of Newcastle, University of New England and the nearby branch of Charles Sturt University where students have the option to do "cross-credit" courses online. In 2013, the college signed a memorandum of understanding with Charles Sturt in its bid to attain full university status and, in academic year 2015, the first students graduated with degrees jointly awarded by both institutions.