Master of Teaching at Monash University, Australia

This graduate entry course prepares you for a career as an educator in one of five streams:

• Early years education
• Early years and primary education
• Primary education
• Primary and secondary education*
• Secondary education*

* Accelerated option available where course can be completed in 1.5 years instead of two years

Degree structure

Each programme is structured in three parts:

Orientation studies - These studies provide an orientation to the field of Education. You will consider the nature of learning and the influences upon it, and the nature of teaching and teachers' work within the broader family and community context.

Specialist education studies - These studies will provide you with advanced knowledge and skills relevant to thoughtful, innovative and evidence-based practice within your chosen specialisation as well as acquiring the broad principles of curriculum, pedagogy and assessment.

Applied professional practice (60 days) - Professional experience placements in educational settings relevant to your teaching specialisation will enable you to connect the theoretical components your course with practical aspects of teaching and learning under the valuable guidance of practitioners.

Monash University offers two dual level streams within it's Master of Teaching. Choosing one of these streams enables students to experience teaching across a wider range of ages.

• Early Years and Primary Education - Work with children from 0 - 12 years
• Primary and Secondary Education - Work with children from 5 - 18 years

Contact Study Options to find out more about the different streams Monash University offers within the MTeach.

How to apply

Prospective students will need to hold an Australian undergraduate degree (or equivalent from another country) with at least a credit average (60%), or qualification/experience or satisfactory substitute that the Faculty of Education considers to be equivalent.

Students applying for the specialisation in Primary and Secondary Education must also have appropriate discipline studies to qualify for one or two specialist teaching areas. Further information including a full list of specialisations here.

Application process

Admission into this degree is assessed on the results of previous studies, where these studies have taken place and meeting other requirements, including English language and specialisations where applicable.

Anyone can learn – but not everyone can teach. It takes gifted, hard-working people, who are just as passionate about inspiring young people as they are about educating them. All applicants will now need to complete a non-academic selection component when applying for the Master of Teaching. You’ll be required to complete a mandatory online 90-minute computer-based test – CASPer. 

Graduates of Monash’s Primary and Secondary specialisations can seek registration with the Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT) to teach in schools in Victoria.

Early years specialisations are accredited by ACECQA, which qualifies you to work as a teacher in licensed pre-schools and childcare centres.

Start date: Semester 1 (February)

Duration: 2 years full time* or 1.5 years accelerated

* Studying the 2 year programme means you will be eligible to apply for the Temporary Graduate Visa (subclass 485) after graduating