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For the fifth year in a row, ECU has received the top undergraduate teaching quality ranking of all 37 public universities in Australia.
ECU was also the top-ranked public university in Australia for undergraduate skills development for the sixth year in a row.
In the 2021 Good Universities Guide, ECU graduates have given us a 5-star rating for teaching quality, skills development, student support, learning resources, learner engagement and overall student experience.
The 5-star rating for teaching quality has now been achieved for 14 straight years.
Read more about the Good Universities Guide.
ECU has been ranked number 9 in the world for Quality Education and is in the top 100 overall in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) Impact rankings, showing how the global higher education sector is working towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.
Read more about the THE Impact Rankings
ECU has been ranked in the world's top 100 universities under 50 years old in the 2020 Times Higher Education (THE) Young Universities Rankings, THE World University Rankings.
ECU offers a diverse range of postgraduate courses and our facilities are some of the best you'll find at any university in Australia. We have:
At ECU, we understand there's more to your life than being a student.
Many of our postgraduate students also have busy jobs and families that require their full attention.
It's one of the reasons why we offer online and part-time study.
And you can drive to one of our metropolitan campuses from work or home and take advantage of convenient parking.
We also have professionally-accredited Childcare centres on our campuses and our Sport Centres offer short-term crèches during semesters.
Learning Advisers can help you with academic skills and career counsellors can help you plan your future.
Our Graduate Research School also provides loads of support if you're thinking about a research degree.
There are different entry pathways to postgraduate study at ECU.
If you have a Bachelor's degree and meet the specific admission requirements for your chosen course, you're on your way.
If you don't have a uni degree, your professional work experience could qualify you for entry to a Graduate Certificate course, and, if you're successful, onto a Diploma or a Masters.
Our postgraduate course entry page will help you understand your entry options.
There are two ways you can study for a postgraduate qualification – by coursework or by research.
The majority of our postgrad coursework disciplines offer Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters level courses.
You can also advance from a Graduate Certificate to a Masters as a natural progression.
A postgraduate research degree involves the production of a written body of work, known as a thesis.
Identifying a topic, developing a proposal, conducting the research and writing the thesis are key stages of a research degree.
At ECU, we understand that everyone is different.
We all have different work arrangements, family responsibilities, locations and learning styles.
That's why we offer the flexibility of studying many of our postgraduate courses online.
This includes everything from a Graduate Diploma to a Masters, and even some doctorates.
Our online students receive our full support, just like their on-campus equivalents. We don't forget you!
To help you choose a career direction, we group similar fields of work into study areas. Within each study area you can choose an undergraduate or postgraduate degree. And within most degree courses, you can choose your specialty, or major subject.
Our future student events include a mix of on-campus and online sessions designed to help you decide what to study at ECU.
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Scholarships recognise those whose life journey may have been challenging, as well as students who've shown outstanding academic excellence and endeavour.
A scholarship can help you realise your ambitions by paying for fees, text books and living expenses.
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