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University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Kensington , New South Wales ,Australia

Master of Education

Our Master of Education programs are designed to enhance your career options and professional advancement opportunities. Graduates are equipped to progress into specialist fields of education or leadership roles within their existing fields, or into higher degree research.

This program is suitable for teachers, trainers in industry and commerce, adult educators and other professionals, but does not provide a qualification in pre-service education.

The degree offers seven areas of specialisation: Educational Studies, Curriculum and Assessment, Educational Psychology, Gifted Education, Higher Education, Special Education and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Please note not all specialisations available to be undertaken in one year full time.

This program is endorsed by NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA).

Campus Information

Kensington

High St Kensington, NSW 2052 Australia

Intakes

  • Feb Deadline: Nov
  • Sep Deadline: Nov
  • June Deadline: March

Application Processing Time in Days: 21

Application Process

Application Processing
21 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

Career Opportunities

  • Early Childhood Teaching
  • Primary and Secondary Teaching
  • Vocational and Workplace Teaching
  • Tertiary Teaching

PSW Opportunity

  • 2 years Post Study work visa for international students completing a Masters at Sydney campus.
  • 3 years Post Study work visa for international students completing Masters at Canberra campus.
  • 3 years for Masters by Research.

 

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

  • A recognised Bachelor degree and a postgraduate teaching qualification (e.g. Graduate Diploma of Education or Master of Teaching), OR
  • A four year pre-service teacher education qualification, including professional experience, equivalent to the qualifications required for Graduate teacher status in NSW.