Graduate Diploma of Early Childhood Education

Career outcomes

As an early childhood education graduate, you could go on to secure teaching roles within early childhood settings across the private, independent, or public education sectors. You could also find employment in a range of other education-adjacent fields, including in early years service management, policy, consultancy, NGOs, research community and government organisations. 

Entry requirements

To be considered for admission to this degree you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:

• completion of a bachelor degree or higher in a different discipline
• completion of a bachelor degree or higher in primary or secondary teaching

To meet the English language proficiency requirements of this course, you will need to demonstrate at least one of the following:

• IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 7.0 (with no individual band less than 7.0) speaking and listening 7.5
• PTE Academic: minimum score of 65 (with no communication band less than 65) speaking and listening 73
• English-speaking education:
• completion of a bachelor or master degree in a recognised English-speaking country or completion of DUELI English for Teaching program, with a WAM of 60

Fees and scholarships

Estimated tuition fee - full-fee paying place

$36,000 for 1 yr full-time AUD

A Deakin scholarship could help you pay for your course fees, living costs and study materials. If you've got something special to offer Deakin - or maybe you just need a bit of extra support - we've got a scholarship opportunity for you.