Duration
2 years full time / 3 years part time
Mode (Location)
On campus (Parkville)
Intake
February
Key dates
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Fees
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) available
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Entry schemes
Access Melbourne is available
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Course overview
Overview
Learn to teach with world-leading experts and well-supported placements
Prepare for a career teaching 5 to 12-year-olds with the Master of Teaching (Primary) at Melbourne. Learn from world-leading experts, all of whom have experience teaching in schools. And develop your practical classroom skills through the most comprehensive teaching placement program in Victoria. You will graduate ready to identify and support the individual learning needs of every student in your classroom.
Key features
- Become a teacher. Register with the Victorian Institute of Teaching to teach across all primary years
- Unparalleled placement experience. Become an active member of your placement school community from semester one, with support from a school-based Mentor Teacher and a university-based Clinical Specialist.
- Guaranteed entry. Students with a University of Melbourne bachelors degree can access early admission and a Commonwealth Supported Place (domestic students only). Year 12 students can secure their place with a Graduate Degree Package.
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University rankings
#1 in Australia | #19 in the world| #1 in Australia for graduate employability
QS World University Rankings 2026 / Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026
Subject rankings
Education and Training
#1 in Australia | #15 in the world
QS World Subject Rankings 2026
Why study primary teaching at Melbourne?
The Faculty of Education at Melbourne is a vibrant learning environment where you will join a community committed to changing lives through education.
The Master of Teaching (Primary) draws on the latest in education research and practice.
- Evaluate learners’ needs. You will learn how to evaluate individual learning needs across all backgrounds and abilities, so you can meet every student where they’re at.
- Establish a holistic practice. Support your teaching practice with skills like establishing safe environments and promoting positive behaviours, to nurture wellbeing for yourself and your students.
- Explore Indigenous perspectives. Build a greater understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing and being, so you can develop inclusive learning activities in your classroom.
Student support
Stop 1 offers support across the full range of student services. Attend a workshop, visit in person (on Swanston Street), or submit an enquiry online.
- Course planning and academic skills advice. Meet with an advisor or attend a workshop to make the most of your studies.
- Mentoring opportunities. Learn more about academic and peer mentoring opportunities.
- Global exchange and overseas study support. Explore overseas study opportunities with a wide range of global partners.
- Fees and scholarship information. Get on top of your finances and learn about scholarships.
- Visa information. Have your visa questions answered.
- Wellbeing and accommodation. Understand options for financial support, accommodation, and counselling.
- Student administration. Help with all aspects of student admin, including organising your student cards and IT.
What students say
“There is a wonderful sense of community in the faculty both amongst the students and between students and staff. The subjects have been stimulating and I feel that they have prepared us well for the start of our teaching careers.”
— Janneke Koenen, Master of Teaching (Primary)
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