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- Ideal for people who are current or aspiring leaders in educational settings.
- Gain advanced knowledge in leadership and management, including leading and managing people, strategic management, and managing change.
- Learn today, use tomorrow with our real-world courses.
- You can choose to specialise in this area or choose option units across a range of topics.
Highlights
- Ideal for people who are current or aspiring leaders in educational settings.
- Flexible delivery with online, part-time study.
- Gain advanced knowledge in leadership and management, including leading and managing people, strategic management, and managing change.
- Learn today, use tomorrow with our real-world courses.
- You can choose to specialise in this area or choose option units across a range of topics.
Why choose this course?
The Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership) will help established and emerging leaders to understand themselves and understand how to lead professional learning, activate innovation, and make informed, ethical decisions.
Leaders play a vital role in educational communities. Leaders who know themselves, and how to lead the learning of others, can confidently and purposefully navigate the ambiguous and emergent situations encountered in a constantly changing landscape. In education contexts, this leadership will impact the lives of children, educators and communities for generations. At QUT, leaders are challenged to learn about ways to lead that can create sustainable and socially just educational communities.
Be inspired by postgraduate students putting their learnings into action. Read their stories on our Education insights blog.
Learn from the best
The teaching team has extensive experience in school leadership and teacher mentoring. The course is backed by QUT’s evidence-based research programs working to develop solutions to current and emerging issues in education.
In QUT’s educational leadership specialisation you will learn:
- more about yourself as a leader and how to develop adaptive and resilient leadership approaches that foster wellbeing for self and others in learning contexts
- how to lead the collective learning and development of others, whether you are a mentor, middle leader, professional developer, or school or system leader
- how to identify, design and strategically activate innovation by working with people to realise meaningful change
- how to evaluate policy and ideas, represent evidence of program impacts, and make ethical decisions.
Flexible delivery
You may study this course part time. If you choose a selection of option units you can choose to study full-time or part-time.
You can study on campus, online or select a blended approach to suit you. QUT provides a variety of online learning environments to enable you to participate fully, receive expert guidance and support, and be in regular contact with expert teaching staff.
Flexible delivery
The Graduate Certificate in Education (Educational Leadership) is delivered online and can be completed in part-time study mode. This major is not available to international students on Australian government international student visas. If you hold a different visa which allows you to study, you may be able to undertake flexible study.
International students studying on a student visa may only study full time. If that's you, you will need to refer to Graduate Certificate in Education - Choice of Units to create a full-time course structure.
Careers and outcomes
Graduates will be able to use their knowledge to informally and formally lead in education communities, including early childhood education and care centres, schools, tertiary institutions and training providers in a range of industries.
Course articulation
You have the option to keep learning and build towards a Master of Education.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2025 fees
2025: CSP $2,400 per year full-time (48 credit points)
2025 fees
2025: $17,400 per year part-time (48 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: CSP $2,300 per year part-time (48 credit points)
2024 fees
2024: $16,100 per year part-time (48 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
International Merit Scholarship
A high achievement scholarship for future international undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
QUT Real World International Scholarship
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance