Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies

Graduate Certificate

A flexible qualification to enhance your knowledge and practice. Specialisation offerings include educational management and leadership, educational psychology, international education, special and inclusive education, sports coaching, and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).

Key details

Degree Type

Graduate Certificate

Duration

6 months full-time

Study Mode

In person

Intake Months

Feb, Aug

Domestic Fees

$15,000 total

About this course

A flexible qualification to enhance your knowledge and practice. Specialisation offerings include educational management and leadership, educational psychology, international education, special and inclusive education, sports coaching, and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL).

Entry requirements

Admission to candidature requires:

a Bachelor of Education from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification and either the completion of postgraduate studies, or professional experience equivalent to one year full-time in a field considered by the Faculty to be appropriate to the program of study; or
a bachelor's degree and either the Graduate Diploma in Education or Bachelor of Teaching or Master of Teaching from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification; or
a bachelor's degree from the University of Sydney or equivalent qualification and either the completion of postgraduate studies in Education, or professional experience equivalent to two years full-time in a field considered by the Faculty to be appropriate to the program of study.

Subject to meeting progression requirements in the graduate certificate, you may apply to transfer to the Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies or the Master of Education.

Study locations

Camperdown/Darlington

Career pathways

The course does not provide a recognised teaching qualification but is part of the broader postgraduate educational studies program for leaders and future leaders of dynamic and innovative education.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Teacher Education courses at University of Sydney (USYD).

81%

Overall satisfaction

77.9%

Skill scale

70.3%

Teaching scale

89.4%

Employed full-time

$81k

Average salary

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