The two Australian university students injured in a shooting in New Orleans last week have recovered enough to be moved out of intensive care in hospital.

Jake Rovacsek and Toben Clements, aged 23 and 21 respectively, were shot in the early hours of April 6 after driving from the Bourbon St tourist strip to the Algiers neighbourhood.

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The Kalgoorlie goldfields-based WA School of Mines pair had been in the US for the International Collegiate Mining Competition.

Curtin University Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry said in a statement while both students are still hospitalised, she was very pleased to advise their condition continued to improve.

Parents of both students were with them in New Orleans.