Study teaching
Advance your career into leadership or management roles, become an education specialist or side-step into a career as an early childhood, primary or secondary school teacher.
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Why study teaching at La Trobe?
At La Trobe, you'll build the skills and knowledge you need to become a teacher or advance your career in education.
- Get study that fits around you with fully online, on-campus or blended study available across many courses.
- Explore all levels of teaching before choosing your specialisation in our Bachelor of Education.
- Get financial support for teaching placements with a Commonwealth Prac Payment.
Award-winning teaching programs
Our School of Education has been recognised by the AFR Higher Education Awards.
Australian Financial Review (AFR), 2022, AFR Higher Education Awards show universities at their creative best
Top 150 globally
We're ranked in the world's top 150 for education.
ShanghaiRanking, 2025, ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025: Education
High employability
90% of our domestic teacher education undergraduates found full-time employment within four months of graduation.
Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT), 2025, Teacher Education (Undergraduate)
Transforming teaching education
Nexus is an innovative, first-of-its-kind employment-based pathway into teaching, that enables people to transition from other careers, while gaining practical experience in a school setting.