Highlights
- This course is one of many Commonwealth Supported Places that QUT has secured to make postgraduate study more affordable and accessible.
- The Graduate Certificate in Education is ideal if you are an educator wanting to gain specialist knowledge to support learners.
- Helps you change career direction or advance your career to leadership roles.
- Build a qualification that’s right for you – either a deep specialisation, or a mix of topics.
- Gain specialist knowledge, while being able to work, with our flexible course options.
- The Graduate Certificate in Education does not lead to teacher registration. If you are seeking a teaching qualification, the Bachelor of Education, or Master of Teaching may be suitable for you. Explore course options here.
Why study a Graduate Certificate in Education?
Gain deep professional learning to build upon your existing teaching qualifications. QUT’s approach to learning equips you to design and implement innovative ways to realise better outcomes for learners.
Flexible course options
You may study the course full-time or part-time. You can study on campus, online or select a blended approach to suit you. QUT provides a variety of online learning environments to enable you to participate fully, receive expert guidance and support, and be in regular contact with expert teaching staff.
Highlights
- The Graduate Certificate in Education is ideal if you are an educator wanting to gain specialist knowledge to support learners.
- Helps you change career direction or advance your career to leadership roles.
- International student visa holders may only study full time.
- International student non-visa holders studying online from their home country can complete a major or study a mix of topics.
- The Graduate Certificate in Education does not lead to teacher registration. If you are seeking a teaching qualification, the Bachelor of Education, or Master of Teaching may be suitable for you. Explore course options here.
Why study a Graduate Certificate in Education?
Gain deep professional learning to build upon your existing teaching qualifications. QUT’s approach to learning equips you to design and implement innovative ways to realise better outcomes for learners.
Select from these majors or build your own course with units of your choice.
- Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership)
- Graduate Certificate in Education (Inclusive Education)
- Graduate Certificate in Education (Indigenous Australian Education for Teachers)
- Graduate Certificate in Education (Leading Early Childhood Education)
- Graduate Certificate in Education (STEM in Education)
- Graduate Certificate in Education (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages)
- Graduate Certificate in Education (Trauma-Aware Education)
- Graduate Certificate in Education - Choice of Units
Why QUT
Hands-on learning
Gain skills and confidence for your career with a curriculum that prioritises hands-on learning and real industry projects.
Build your network
Connect with motivated professionals and learn from award-winning lecturers who are experts in their field.
Industry experience
Gain experience with leading organisations through our work-integrated learning program.
Creating better student outcomes
'Studying postgraduate education when working in that field is so engaging because I was able to relate it to what I do on a day-to-day basis. The material I learnt whilst studying, I was applying real time into my work. It changed some of the directions that I was taking as a leader, which ultimately benefited the college in more ways than one, which ultimately created better student outcomes.'
Acting Director (Teaching Enhancement Centre) Kelvin Grove State College
Develop and diversity your leadership skills
Designed for passionate professionals working with young children, this course builds your leadership skills and deepens your expertise in creating meaningful learning experiences, shaping strong futures, and driving change in communities.
Design learning experiences
Expand your knowledge and capabilities in best practice in Indigenous Australian education. Design learning experiences that incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into the curriculum and pedagogical practice, while also exploring the vital role teachers play in supporting Indigenous Australians within our education system.
Knowledge that drives real change
'QUT has significantly enhanced my understanding of inclusive education, providing me with the knowledge to support students as well as being able to contribute with evidence-based information during consultations with stakeholders, and other specialists. I believe that every student deserves an education that respects their unique strengths and challenges and my studies at QUT have reinforced this belief, fuelling my passion for inclusive education.'
Inclusion support teacher
Leading the transformation in STEM education
'For my course, its advocacy for evidence-based whole-school and classroom-level practices around pedagogy, classroom management, are much needed and very much practicable. I would recommend QUT to future students because the university provides learning environments that foster success and effectively prepare students for the very real challenges of this uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world through quality teaching and support both inside and outside the classroom.'
Make positive change
'We're talking about our most vulnerable kids when we're talking about complex trauma and when we can see schools and teachers as having this power where we can intervene and we can help - not only do we help them access learning, but for their entire life, we can really make a positive impact on where they end up in the future.'
Trauma-aware graduate
Creating better student outcomes
'Studying postgraduate education when working in that field is so engaging because I was able to relate it to what I do on a day-to-day basis. The material I learnt whilst studying, I was applying real time into my work. It changed some of the directions that I was taking as a leader, which ultimately benefited the college in more ways than one, which ultimately created better student outcomes.'
Acting Director (Teaching Enhancement Centre) Kelvin Grove State College
Develop and diversity your leadership skills
Designed for passionate professionals working with young children, this course builds your leadership skills and deepens your expertise in creating meaningful learning experiences, shaping strong futures, and driving change in communities.
Design learning experiences
Expand your knowledge and capabilities in best practice in Indigenous Australian education. Design learning experiences that incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives into the curriculum and pedagogical practice, while also exploring the vital role teachers play in supporting Indigenous Australians within our education system.
Knowledge that drives real change
'QUT has significantly enhanced my understanding of inclusive education, providing me with the knowledge to support students as well as being able to contribute with evidence-based information during consultations with stakeholders, and other specialists. I believe that every student deserves an education that respects their unique strengths and challenges and my studies at QUT have reinforced this belief, fuelling my passion for inclusive education.'
Inclusion support teacher
Leading the transformation in STEM education
'For my course, its advocacy for evidence-based whole-school and classroom-level practices around pedagogy, classroom management, are much needed and very much practicable. I would recommend QUT to future students because the university provides learning environments that foster success and effectively prepare students for the very real challenges of this uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world through quality teaching and support both inside and outside the classroom.'
Make positive change
'We're talking about our most vulnerable kids when we're talking about complex trauma and when we can see schools and teachers as having this power where we can intervene and we can help - not only do we help them access learning, but for their entire life, we can really make a positive impact on where they end up in the future.'
Trauma-aware graduate
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