Education

Learn from experienced specialists in teacher education, career education, and training and assessment.

What would you like to study?

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Semester 2 applications are now open

New skills, new ideas and new careers await at RMIT. Pursue your dream career or change industries with the perfect study option. Apply now and start in July.

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Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships

If you are planning to study teaching (undergraduate or postgraduate) commencing Semester 1 2024, and you meet eligibility requirements, you can apply for a Commonwealth Teaching Scholarship.

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Why study education at RMIT?

95.3% of teacher education graduates find employment – 3.7% above the national average*

Gain valuable hands-on experience with up to 80 days of teaching placement

RMIT Education courses are fully accredited by the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)

^{* 2019–2021 Graduate Outcomes Survey}

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Learn to inspire

RMIT is ranked among the top 200 universities in the world for education studies^, offering teaching courses with new and established teaching methods and classroom technologies in Melbourne, Australia.

As an aspiring teacher, no matter what discipline you choose, RMIT’s detailed programs and experienced educators will ensure you are you're in a position to foster passion and inspiration as you shape the minds of tomorrow. 

^{^ QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023}

Studying to teach

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What your first year as a teacher is really like

So you want to become a teacher but find the thought of standing at the front of a classroom a little bit daunting? Learn why RMIT’s teaching courses in Melbourne are for you.

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Four skills you need to be a great early childhood educator

Early childhood educators play a key role in children’s social and intellectual development. These are the key skills that allow them to teach children during this formative stage.

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Interested in teaching science?

With a packaged degree, you can apply for the Bachelor of Science and Master of Teaching Practice (Secondary Education) at the same time, benefit from a custom study plan, and start working towards a fulfilling career in the science classroom.

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Industry connections

Gain experience in real classrooms

RMIT's teaching courses in Melbourne are led by education specialists with extensive experience in teaching, training, and workforce development. We're connected to a strong community of industry partners built up over 50 years.

Jenevieve is a teaching student who discovered a passion for working with young minds while feeling supported on her placement.

“RMIT gave us opportunities to go to our placement with a buddy. Especially in first year, this was so helpful.”

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Jenevieve is a teaching student who discovered a passion for working with young minds while feeling supported on her placement.

“RMIT gave us opportunities to go to our placement with a buddy. Especially in first year, this was so helpful.”

Bachelor of Education (Primary)

Facilities and locations

Welcome to the classroom

In addition to 60-80+ days of practical teaching placement, students enrolled in our teaching courses in Melbourne typically study at the Bundoora or City campuses, giving them access to dedicated study spaces and fully-equipped sports facilities, computer labs and more.

Pedagogies of Possibilities Lab

RMIT’s Pedagogies of Possibilities Lab (PoPLab) is just one of the exciting facilities available at the Bundoora campus. PoPLab is a virtual and physical space for innovative industry-partnered research, giving students access to video technologies that will enable them to explore practice with ‘real’ children in online and face-to-face modes of delivery.

Experience education at RMIT

Meet Elizabeth – Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood Education)

Elizabeth Jukes found RMIT to be a supportive environment that set her up a teaching career. Through her placement and coursework, she got a job straight after graduating.

Get ahead of what’s next in education

RMIT’s teaching courses in Melbourne equip you with the knowledge skills and practical experience to engage the generations of tomorrow.

Learn from highly-skilled lecturers

Be inspired by passionate lecturers like Mark

Mark Mossuto coordinates RMIT’s Certificate IV in Training and Assessment and looks after the development of customised commercial training. He has extensive experience in the development and delivery of materials, activities and assessments.

“Training and assessment in any field is about making that training meaningful, purposeful, and useful to those in front of you. The contextualisation of training allows us to put meaning into what we do. Relevance is the key.”

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

My favourite thing about the Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood) is the emphasis on practical experience through work placement. RMIT has designed a program that really does prepare you to work in an early childhood setting.

– Aubree Garber, Graduate Diploma in Education (Early Childhood)

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RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.

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