The Melbourne Graduate School of Education is a global leader in teaching and education research, offering challenging courses, world-changing research and contemporary learning spaces.
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Download the Melbourne Graduate School of Education's new Strategic Plan outlining our vision, values and mission.
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Professor Lindsay Oades: How do we learn to thrive? The emergence of wellbeing science
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Talking Teaching’s first episode for 2019 features interviews with Larissa McLean Davies and Penny Jones. From different perspectives they both discuss how educators can boost student interest in reading.
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Become a student at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education and learn from the best. Be challenged by a diverse and engaged cohort, enjoy contemporary facilities designed to meet your learning and social needs, and benefit from direct access to world-leading researchers and educators.
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Courses
Discover a wide variety of graduate education programs and choose a course that suits your developmental needs. Become a professional educator, specialise in an educational discipline or embark on your research career.
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How to Apply
Find out all you need to know about the application process, from course application dates and submission guidelines to advanced standing and the University’s guaranteed entry policy.
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Current Students
Keep track of key dates and events as the year progresses and stay up-to-date with the latest information for current MGSE students.
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Scholarships
Access financial support for your studies through a range of scholarship and funding opportunities, including government and university student loan schemes and grants.
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Study Breadth in Education
Enrich your undergraduate degree with one of our Melbourne Graduate School of Education breadth subjects.
Eighty-seven per cent of our students said they found their breadth subject intellectually stimulating, while 92 per cent said they learned new ideas that could be applied to practice*. We received the highest undergraduate Student Experience and Satisfaction ranking in 2013, 2015 and 2016.
*Student Experience Survey results.
Financial support
Find out about funding opportunities that are available to both future and current students, including government and university student loan schemes and grants.

MGSE Events
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Tuesday 5:30pm - 7:30pmA New Social Settlement in Vocational EducationEvent
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Talking Spaces 9: The Decade AheadEvent
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International Positive Psychology Association 6th World Congress on Positive PsychologyEvent
MGSE News
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While this practice has been lauded as a helpful way for educators to address the learning needs of children who are progressing at different academic levels at once, some argue it puts too much of an administrative strain on teachers, who must spend more time preparing lessons.
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Dr Peggy Kern, of the University of Melbourne, believes that managing digital habits should be approached in a similar way to dieting.
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Niklas Labba, Academic Director of the Centre for Sámi Studies at the University of Tromsø – Artic University of Norway, explored the importance of First Nations voice and constitutional recognition during his 2018 Narrm Oration at the University of Melbourne last night.
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These are the happiest and unhappiest jobs in Australia
A new joint survey from Dr Peggy Kern, The Wellbeing Lab and the Australia HR Institute reports people working in the consulting industry are the most likely to consider themselves "consistently thriving" in the workplace.
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Who are Australia's happiest workers, and why?
The Wellbeing Lab Workplace Survey, conducted in partnership with Dr Peggy Kern from the University of Melbourne and supported by the Australian HR Institute, recently asked a representative sample of just over 1,000 Australian workers how their wellbeing was faring.
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The vocational education sector needs a plan and action, not more talk
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Sorting fact from fiction on the teaching profession
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A new national set of priorities for VET would make great social and economic sense
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Group of Eight leads the pack in research (subscription required)
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The growing concern that Australian students are being over-tested
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Australian tertiary education funding is not as low as it seems in OECD metrics
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Home to some of the world's most recognised experts, our research at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education tackles the critical issues in education policy and practice.
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Research centres and hubs
Learn about the inspiring work done by the Graduate School's numerous research centres and research hubs.
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Research Degrees
Break new ground and contribute to the future of education by studying a research degree.
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Graduate Research Students
Find information and useful resources for current and future graduate research students.
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Research projects
Discover the wide variety of research projects underway across the Graduate School.
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Well above world standard
The quality and strength of our research is evidenced by our ranking of ‘well above world standard’ for all areas of education research. We are proud to be the only Australian university to receive the highest possible ranking for all research categories (2015 Excellence in Research for Australia results).
Our research applied
Our Educational Software Suite is based on research conducted by our internationally renowned educators and academics, and is designed to support teachers and teacher candidates across all sectors of education.

Changing lives
Learn about the impact of our research is having across Australia and the world.
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The University of Melbourne Network of Schools
A network of collaborative partnerships with Australian schools and opportunities to work at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education with world-class researchers and practitioners.
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Master of Teaching partnership schools and centres
Learn about the unique partnership between the Melbourne Graduate School of Education (MGSE) and Victoria’s government, Catholic, and independent schools across the secondary, primary and early childhood sectors.
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Alumni
The Melbourne Graduate School of Education's diverse alumni is made up of over 67,000 graduates who have contributed to the long and rich history of education at the University of Melbourne and in Victoria.
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Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship schools
The Master of Teaching (Secondary) Internship is an employment-based initial teacher education pathway designed to appeal to high achieving graduates and career-change professionals.
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Visiting Scholars Program
The Visiting Scholars Program provides a scholarly environment in which academics can undertake research, share their work, and contribute to the vibrant and engaged community of the Graduate School.
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Kwong Lee Dow Multimedia Centre
The Kwong Lee Dow Centre (KLDC) is a purpose built video conferencing facility available for hire at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education.
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Support us
Support the work of the Melbourne Graduate School of Education through awards and scholarships, research fellowships and endowed chairs, or contribute to Believe – the Campaign for the University of Melbourne.

Message from the Dean
Welcome to the Melbourne Graduate School of Education. We have a rich history and are home to numerous internationally recognised education experts, as well as many wonderful students and staff who are determined to make a difference in the lives of young people.
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Our vision
The Melbourne Graduate School of Education equips people to address the major educational challenges of our times.
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Our staff
We take pride in the remarkable people that make up our graduate school. With staff from all over the world and a variety of academic and professional backgrounds, we work collaboratively across a diverse range of specialist areas.
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Clinical teaching
Excellent teaching is more than passionate information transmission and behaviour management. Instead, it requires a focus on an individual student's learning growth. A genuine clinical masters, our Master of Teaching prepares teachers to be clinical practitioners.
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Educational Software Suite
Thanks to the continued efforts of our researchers, we are pleased to introduce an expanding suite of evidence-based educational software designed to support teachers and teacher candidates across all sectors of education.
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Online enquiries
If you have a general enquiry you can submit an enquiry online
Current students
If you are a current student and need to either book a Student Advisor, or have an enquiry about University Services (Stop 1) you can use the links below:
Contact us
Email: 13MELB@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: 13 MELB (13 63 52)
International Callers: +613 9035 5511
Contact details for academic staff can be found using Find an Expert.
Location
234 Queensberry Street, Parkville