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Our experts showcase a range of teaching course options if you are passionate about STEM.
Think maths. Think QUT.
QUT gives you powerful mathematical analysis tools with a real-world focus. When you graduate, you can use your new-found quantitative skills in a wide range of fields and really play an integral role in the world’s workplaces.
Maths at QUT
Study mathematics at QUT to be part of a high-performing group of students. Build your skills with advanced mathematical techniques, focus on solving real-world problems, and learn from internationally recognised maths academics and researchers.
Graduate success
Srikanth talks about how his role as a STEM teacher is helping students prepare for the careers of the future.
Course seminar
Our experts showcase a range of teaching course options if you are passionate about STEM.
Think maths. Think QUT.
QUT gives you powerful mathematical analysis tools with a real-world focus. When you graduate, you can use your new-found quantitative skills in a wide range of fields and really play an integral role in the world’s workplaces.
Maths at QUT
Study mathematics at QUT to be part of a high-performing group of students. Build your skills with advanced mathematical techniques, focus on solving real-world problems, and learn from internationally recognised maths academics and researchers.
Highlights
- Bring your passion for STEM to the teaching profession and inspire the next generation
- A shortage of qualified STEM teachers means you’ll be in demand when you graduate
- Undertake professional experience placements in schools to prepare you to become a teacher.
Highlights
- Bring your passion for STEM to the teaching profession and inspire the next generation
- A shortage of qualified STEM teachers means you’ll be in demand when you graduate
- Undertake professional experience placements in schools to prepare you to become a teacher.
Why choose this course?
You may have heard the statistic – 75% of future careers will depend on STEM skills. To equip our future generations for those future careers, we need teachers to help impart the knowledge and provide the skills needed to succeed.
This course provides a unique opportunity to gaining a depth of understanding in mathematics, before progressing to your teaching qualification. This will provide you with tools to be able to explore and explain both the mathematical fundamentals, as well as complex concepts to your students, the next generation of STEM leaders.
Real-world learning
As part of a high-performing group of mathematics students, you will build your skills with advanced mathematical techniques, focus on solving real-world problems, and learn from internationally recognised maths academics and researchers. You will use sophisticated software, giving you a solid grounding to be confident in the use of data analysis and modelling tools.
Throughout your Master of Teaching you’ll undertake Professional Experience placements in secondary schools, where you’ll put your study into practice under the guidance of mentor teachers. These experiences could be across government, independent or catholic education school systems. You can choose to travel to other regions or even overseas.
Learn more about how the Master of Teaching prepares you for the real world.
Learn from the best
Your unit coordinators and lecturers in the course are also leading researchers. As an acknowledged leader in data science, computational modelling and simulation, decision theory and systems optimisation, QUT is well-placed to provide you with the expertise at the forefront of the mathematics discipline.
In the Master of Teaching you learn from inspiring and innovative lecturers. Our expert teaching staff have real-world experience and a wealth of knowledge and experience to set you on the right path. They’ve been recognised with nine Australian university awards over the past decade.
Explore this course
In the first year of your mathematics component, you’ll complete common mathematics units, laying the foundations for the remainder of your mathematics studies. You’ll explore mathematical reasoning, statistics and modelling, data analytics, computational mathematics, calculus and linear algebra.
You’ll develop in-depth knowledge and skills in one or more of the contemporary specialisations of mathematical practice (Applied and Computational Mathematics, Statistics or Operations Research), which will be underpinned by a solid foundational base of mathematical training, and complemented by computational and programming skills.
As you progress to the Master of Teaching component, you’ll find the course is designed to ensure you can step into your teaching career with confidence. In maths curriculum units you’ll learn how to teach these subjects in the Australian curriculum. Our expert lecturers will encourage you to be creative as you experiment with different teaching approaches to engage, excite and extend your learners. You’ll learn how to identify the best technologies to incorporate in your teaching. Everything you do will be based on a deep understanding of child and adolescent development.
Real-world facilities
You will be based at the Gardens Point campus for your mathematics studies, where you will experience high-performance computing and visualisation facilities mirroring real-world environments.
During the Master of Teaching you’ll experience the Education Precinct at the heart of Kelvin Grove campus. These contemporary learning spaces facilitate experimentation and innovation, preparing you to become an inspiring, confident and future-focussed teacher when you step into professional experiences in schools. The spaces strike the right balance of collaborative learning, interaction and quiet individual research.
A centrepiece of the Precinct is the Sphere, a digital LED globe suspended over two floors with a changing menu of interactive visual content.
Work Integrated Learning
During this course you will be required to complete 60 days (equivalent to 420 hours) of professional work placements in the Master of Teaching component.
Careers and outcomes
As a secondary teaching specialist, you will be prepared to teach mathematics in schools. Your qualification can also allow you to teach in other locations in Australia and overseas.
The masters qualification will position you to lead STEM teaching in a school, or to pursue other important roles in the education sector: in policy work; curriculum development; or community engagement projects to advance STEM.
Professional recognition
Mathematics graduates may be eligible for membership with relevant professional societies, depending on the specialisation completed. These may include:
- Australian Mathematical Society (AustMS) and ANZIAM (Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics), a division of AustMS
- Australian Society for Operations Research
- Statistical Society of Australia.
The Master of Teaching meets professional teaching standards for the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership and Queensland College of Teachers. Graduates are eligible to apply for teacher registration. Applicants seeking teacher registration in Australia may be required to provide evidence of English Language proficiency levels. Further information is available from relevant registering bodies.
Course articulation
You will first enrol and study in the MV01 Bachelor of Mathematics component of the program. Approximately two weeks after successful completion of the first two years of the MV01 Bachelor of Mathematics you will receive an offer to enrol and study the Master of Teaching (Secondary) component of the program.
Possible careers
- Educator
- Mathematician
- Mathematics educator
- Stem educator
- Secondary school teacher
This course is a vertical double degree, combining MV01 Bachelor of Mathematics with EU50 Master of Teaching (Secondary).
This course is a vertical double degree, combining MV01 Bachelor of Mathematics with EU50 Master of Teaching (Secondary).
- ATAR/selection rank threshold
- 84.00
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2024.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
- Course code
- MV01
- QTAC code
- 409742
- CRICOS code
- 103172A
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- Gardens Point
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- Gardens Point
- 4 years full-time
- 8 years part-time
- 4 years full-time
- February
- February
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course, we assume you have sound knowledge of the subject/s listed below. If you don't have the subject knowledge, you can still apply for the course but we strongly encourage you to undertake bridging studies to gain the knowledge:
- English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
Additional entry requirements
You must demonstrate possession of key competencies outlined by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) as those attributes and motivations common to effective teachers.
To demonstrate this you must complete an online questionnaire to demonstrate your motivation for and understanding of, the course and profession. Details are available from the QTAC initial teacher education webpage.
If you've achieved a satisfactory result for one or more components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) at another institution, the satisfactory result can be carried across with your admission application. You are not eligible to apply for a place in this course if one or more components of LANTITE remains at unsatisfactory after two test attempts for that component.
Overseas qualifications
We will consider equivalent overseas qualifications for admissions purposes. If your previous studies were completed in a country other than Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, or the United States of America or undertaken in a language other than English you must provide evidence of your English language proficiency.
English language proficiency
We require students to demonstrate they can speak, write, read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.
Our English proficiency requirements for this course are:
- IELTS (Academic): 7.5 or better overall with speaking and listening subscores of 8.0 or better and no other subscore below 7.0
The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.
Offer guarantee
If you achieve an ATAR or selection rank of 84.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Advanced standing
If you have prior studies or work experience, you may be eligible for advanced standing (credit). You can apply for advanced standing once you've been accepted to QUT. If you're in your first semester of study, you must apply for advanced standing within 10 days of receiving your offer.
Deferment
You can defer your offer and postpone the start of your course for one year.
More about deferring your offer
Adjustments to your ATAR/selection rank
Any adjustments you receive to your ATAR or selection rank will be applied to this course.
Find out if you’re eligible for an adjustment to your ATAR or selection rank
Offers we made to school leavers in Semester 1, 2023
The figures listed in the tables below reflect the offers that were made to recent ATAR students. The entry thresholds box at the top of this page shows the lowest adjusted ATAR/selection rank required to receive an offer for all applicants for the most recent January QTAC offer round.
| Excluding adjustments | Including adjustments | |
|---|---|---|
| Highest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
99.40
|
Selection rank
99.95
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| Median ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
89.75
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Selection rank
95.00
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| Lowest ATAR/selection rank to receive an offer |
Selection rank
87.00
|
Selection rank
92.65
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You can find out more about your fellow students’ backgrounds with this course’s student profile.
Other admission options
If you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you may be eligible for admission through our Centralised Assessment Selection Process (CASP).
Minimum academic requirements
I completed my studies outside of Australia
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide to the grades you need to apply for this course.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
Assumed knowledge
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
You must have achieved this study at a level comparable to Australian Year 12 or in recognised post-secondary studies.
I completed secondary school in Australia
Assumed knowledge
Before you start this course we assume you have sound knowledge in these areas:
- Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
- ATAR/selection rank
- 84.00
Offer guarantee
If you completed secondary school in Australia and achieve an ATAR/selection rank of 84.00 or higher (including any adjustments) and satisfy all other admission requirements, you are guaranteed an offer for this course.
Additional entry requirements
You must demonstrate possession of key competencies outlined by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) as those attributes and motivations common to effective teachers.
To demonstrate this you must complete an online questionnaire to demonstrate your motivation for and understanding of, the course and profession. In the questionnaire you will be asked to:
- Rank a series of potentially appropriate statement responses, in order of what you think is most to least important.
- Provide two x 500 word written statements addressing the categories and indicators as outlined on the Teacher Entry Fact Sheet.
QUT will send you details on how to complete the Initial Teacher Education Course (ITE) Capabilities Criteria questionnaire and submit your written statements after you have lodged an application.
If you've achieved a 'satisfactory' result for one or more components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) at another institution, the 'satisfactory' result can be carried across with your admission application. You are not eligible to apply for a place in this course if one or more components of LANTITE remains at 'unsatisfactory' after two test attempts for that component.
Minimum English language requirements
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic | 7.5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
|
Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
191 | 200 | 185 | 185 | 200 |
| TOEFL iBT | 105 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 26 |
| Pearson PTE (Academic) | 73 | 79 | 65 | 65 | 79 |
Don't have the English language score you need? We can help!
We offer English language programs to improve your English and help you gain entry to this course.
When you apply for this course, we will recommend which English course you should enrol in.
Course requirements
Literacy and numeracy
You will need to successfully complete the National Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students to graduate from the course. You are permitted three test attempts in total for each component as a student at QUT. If you fail three test attempts for each component, you will not be able to graduate. The test will assess your personal literacy and numeracy skills.
Find out more information about additional course costs and requirements.
Blue card
You will need to apply for a blue card because you will be working with children or young people as part of Master of Teaching (Secondary) course. More information is available from the Blue card website.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP fees available from September
2025 fees
2025: Available from July
2024 fees
2024: CSP $5,100 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $38,400 per year full-time (105 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
QUT Excellence Scholarship (Academic)
QUT's premier offering for students with outstanding academic achievement.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Real World International Scholarship
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