Admission to the course is based on prior study in addition to a selection rank.
View the entry requirementsSome on-campus attendance (for examinations, orientation, practicums etc) is required for some units.
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2025.
After working as an engineer I decided I might like a job where I was working more directly to help people. I decided to use my science and maths skills to become a teacher. At QUT, I learned many valuable lessons about teaching students with a variety of learning and emotional needs. I did my final teaching placement on Thursday Island, where I lived for six weeks and my first teaching job is in a small Indigenous community.
The Australian and Queensland governments offer scholarships for new students looking to start teaching, to support you while you study the Master of Teaching.
Turn to Teaching internship program
Commonwealth teaching scholarship
After working as an engineer I decided I might like a job where I was working more directly to help people. I decided to use my science and maths skills to become a teacher. At QUT, I learned many valuable lessons about teaching students with a variety of learning and emotional needs. I did my final teaching placement on Thursday Island, where I lived for six weeks and my first teaching job is in a small Indigenous community.
After working as an engineer I decided I might like a job where I was working more directly to help people. I decided to use my science and maths skills to become a teacher. At QUT, I learned many valuable lessons about teaching students with a variety of learning and emotional needs. I did my final teaching placement on Thursday Island, where I lived for six weeks and my first teaching job is in a small Indigenous community.
Applicants to QUT's Master of Teaching who have completed a degree in education or a course that leads to teacher registration are now eligible to be considered for entry into the course.
Other non-academic requirements for Initial Teacher Education programs have been suspended for 2025, such as a teaching personal statement, the online questionnaire and the senior science prerequisite into early childhood and primary teaching programs.
Please review the requirements section for further information on 2025 entry.
The Master of Teaching (Secondary) can transform your prior studies and experience into a teaching qualification. If you have a bachelor degree, the Master of Teaching offers a pathway to a rewarding career in teaching. Bring your passion for knowledge and your work and life experience to the teaching profession.
You may also have the opportunity to gain extra experience through other programs offered by QUT including the School Readiness Immersion Program, the Robotics@QUT program, and visits to rural and remote schools and communities through the QUT Centre of Learning and Wellbeing Rural and Remote Community Engagement Program.
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We organise professional experience placements to give you the opportunity to work in a range of real school classrooms and other settings, supervised by practising professional educators.
These experiences help you to develop your capabilities as you progress through the course. You can choose where you complete your professional experience from a variety of locations, including South-East Queensland, rural and remote schools, and overseas. You will be required to undertake the majority of your supervised professional experience in Australian school settings. You can select from a range of experiences to align with your interests and career goals.
You may also have the opportunity to gain extra experience through other programs offered by QUT including the School Readiness Immersion Program, the Robotics@QUT program, and visits to rural and remote schools and communities through the QUT Centre of Learning and Wellbeing Rural and Remote Community Engagement Program.
You’ll learn from inspiring and innovative lecturers who are committed to providing a quality experience for the teachers of the future. Our lecturers have real-world experience and have a wealth of knowledge and advice to set you on the right path.
We’ve been recognised among the nation’s most outstanding teaching and learning programs.
Curriculum studies will prepare you to use your existing knowledge to develop and plan effective teaching strategies to respond to the diverse needs of your students. Key capabilities in classroom and behaviour management will be developed before you undertake your first professional experience in a school setting. You will engage in up-to-date and relevant learning experiences designed to prepare you for your new career. You will have opportunities to develop and reflect on your own professional identity and explore the range of possible career directions available to you.
Teaching areas available are:
This course is at AQF Qualification 9 level. Graduates at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for research, professional practice and further learning.
Curriculum studies will prepare you to use your existing knowledge to develop and plan effective teaching strategies to respond to the diverse needs of your students. Key capabilities in classroom and behaviour management will be developed before you undertake your first professional experience in a school setting. You will engage in up-to-date and relevant learning experiences designed to prepare you for your new career. You will have opportunities to develop and reflect on your own professional identity and explore the range of possible career directions available to you.
This course is at AQF Qualification 9 level. Graduates at this level will have specialised knowledge and skills for research, professional practice and further learning.
We organise professional experience placements to give you the opportunity to work in a range of real school classrooms and other settings, supervised by practising professional educators.
These experiences help you to develop your capabilities as you progress through the course. You can choose where you complete your professional experience from a variety of locations, including South-East Queensland, rural and remote schools, and overseas. You will be required to undertake the majority of your supervised professional experience in Australian school settings. You can select from a range of experiences to align with your interests and career goals.
Depending on where you live, you can choose on campus, external, or a blended approach to study that accommodates your other commitments and your preferred learning style.
If you choose external study you’ll be part of an online learning community and in regular contact with our expert teaching staff. QUT provides a variety of online learning environments where you will participate fully, receive expert knowledge and guidance, and have easy access to course content.
You can undertake Professional Experience placements in your home region and the schedule will be released well in advance so you can plan ahead. If you need to borrow resources from the QUT Library, these can be posted to your home address.
Evening on campus classes may be available for some units.
Experience our state-of-the-art Education Precinct at the heart of Kelvin Grove campus. With five levels dedicated to world-class teaching, you’ll have access to imaginatively designed face-to-face and online interactive learning spaces. A centrepiece of the Precinct is the Sphere, a digital LED globe suspended over two floors with a changing menu of innovative visual content.
To prepare you to be an inspiring, innovative and confident teacher for the future, you’ll be able to experiment and innovate in preparation for professional experiences in schools. The spaces facilitate just the right balance of collaborative learning, interaction and quiet individual research.
Our expert teaching staff will inspire you to push boundaries, be curious and innovate. Qualities you will in turn foster in the students you teach.
During this course you will be required to complete 60 days (420 hours) of professional experience placements.
Our teaching scholarships can help you succeed through financial support, work experience and exciting networking opportunities.
Commonwealth Teaching Scholarship - The Australian Government is supporting new students looking to start teaching, by providing $40,000 for full-time Bachelor of Education students or $20,000 for full-time Master of Teaching students. Learn more about the scholarship
Turn to Teaching Internship Program - The Queensland Government offers additional support to study this course through the Turn to Teaching Program. Successful applicants will receive a $20,000 scholarship, a paid internship and an offer of a permanent teaching position upon graduation. Learn more about the program
During this course you will be required to complete 60 days (equivalent to 420 hours) of professional experience placements.
As a secondary specialist, you will be prepared to teach in schools with your career guided by, but not limited to, your two teaching areas. Your qualification can also allow you to work in other locations in Australia and overseas.
This course meets professional teaching standards for the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership and Queensland College of Teachers. Graduates are eligible to apply for teacher registration. Applicants seeking teacher registration in Australia may be required to provide evidence of English Language proficiency levels. Further information is available from relevant registering bodies.
If you decide you do not wish to complete a course that leads to teacher registration you can consider an option to exit with a Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies as an alternative education qualification.
This 192 credit point course is comprised of:
Core units are comprised of psychology, sociology, curriculum and professional experience units, which have compulsory practicum placement or work-integrated learning components. Students are admitted to their first teaching area on entry to the course and select the second teaching area on enrolment.
This 192 credit point course is comprised of:
Core units are comprised of psychology, sociology, curriculum and professional experience units, which have compulsory practicum placement or work-integrated learning components. Students are admitted to their first teaching area on entry to the course and select the second teaching area on enrolment.
Admission to the course is based on prior study in addition to a selection rank.
These thresholds are the lowest adjusted scores to which QUT made an offer in Semester 1, 2025.
Don't have a ATAR/selection rank?
You can't defer your offer in this course. You must start in the semester you apply for.
You must have a completed recognised 3 or 4 year bachelor degree.
You must also meet first teaching area prerequisites.
You will be considered solely based on the selection ranks from all of your prior degree studies plus any postgraduate studies you may have undertaken. Your other qualifications and experiences may be allocated selection ranks for entry to other QUT courses will not be considered for this course.
Find out more about how to Apply with Higher Education Study
Any adjustments you receive to your selection rank will be applied to this course.
Find out if you're eligible for an adjustment to your selection rank
We will consider equivalent overseas qualifications for admissions purposes. If your previous studies were completed in a country other than Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, or the United States of America or undertaken in a language other than English you must provide evidence of your English language proficiency.
We require students to demonstrate they can speak, write, read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.
Our English proficiency requirements for this course are:
The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.
For the first teaching area at least three quarters of a year (6 QUT units) of successful full-time recognised degree (or higher) study completed in a major area or equivalent. Completed study can be from different courses.
You must nominate your first and second preferred first teaching area on your QTAC application. You will be considered in order of your preferred first teacher area and if you are not eligible for your nominated first teaching areas you will be considered for alternative first teaching area. If you are offered a place, you will only be offered one first teaching area which will be detailed in your QTAC application and in your QTAC offer email.
Refer to the teaching areas below for detailed information for first teaching area prerequisites.
For the second teaching area at least half a year (4 QUT units) of successful full-time recognised degree (or higher) study in a minor area or equivalent. Completed study can be from different courses.
You must nominate your second teaching area on enrolment.
Your first and second teaching areas must be different.
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Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) covering one or more of:
Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) in film and media.
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Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) in history.
Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) covering one or more of:
Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) covering one or more of:
Either
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Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4 QUT units) covering one or more of:
Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4 QUT units) in film and media.
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Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4 QUT units) in history.
Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4QUT units) covering one or more of:
Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4QUT units) covering one or more of:
Either
You are required to nominate your second teaching area upon enrolment in program. We assume that you have completed at least half- year (4 QUT units) in the second teaching area through your prior higher education studies.
You can't defer your offer in this course. You must start in the semester you apply for.
You must have a completed recognised 3 or 4 year bachelor degree with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 on QUT's 7 point scale (where 4 is a Pass); and
You must also meet first teaching area prerequisites.
For the first teaching area at least three quarters of a year (6 QUT units) of successful full-time recognised degree (or higher) study completed in a major area or equivalent. Completed study can be from different courses.
You must nominate your first teaching area in your application. If you are not eligible for your nominated first teaching area you will be considered for an alternative first teaching area. If you are offered a place, you will only be offered one first teaching area which will be detailed in your offer.
Refer to the teaching areas below for detailed information for first teaching area prerequisites.
For the second teaching area at least half a year (4 QUT units) of successful full-time recognised degree (or higher) study in a minor area or equivalent. Completed study can be from different courses.
You must nominate your second teaching area on enrolment.
Your first and second teaching areas must be different.
Either
Either
Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) covering one or more of:
Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) in film and media.
Either
Either
Either
Either
Either
Either
Either
Either:
Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) in history.
Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) covering one or more of:
Completion of at least three quarters of a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (6 QUT units) covering one or more of:
Either
Either
Either:
Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4 QUT units) covering one or more of:
Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4 QUT units) in film and media.
Either:
Either
Either:
Either:
Either:
Either:
Either
Either:
Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4 QUT units) in history.
Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4QUT units) covering one or more of:
Completion of at least half a year of full-time, degree (or higher) study (4QUT units) covering one or more of:
Either
You are required to nominate your second teaching area upon enrolment in program. We assume that you have completed at least half- year (4 QUT units) in the second teaching area through your prior higher education studies.
Select the country where you completed your studies to see a guide on meeting QUT’s English language requirements.
Your scores and prior qualifications in English-speaking countries are considered. Approved English-speaking countries are Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, United States of America and Wales.
If your country or qualification is not listed, you can still apply for this course and we will assess your eligibility.
We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.
| English Test | |
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| IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake | |
| Overall | 7.5 |
| Listening | 8 |
| Reading | 7 |
| Writing | 7 |
| Speaking | 8 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. | |
| Overall | 191 |
| Listening | 200 |
| Reading | 185 |
| Writing | 185 |
| Speaking | 200 |
| PTE Academic | |
| Overall | 73 |
| Listening | 79 |
| Reading | 65 |
| Writing | 65 |
| Speaking | 79 |
| TOEFL iBT | |
| Overall | 105 |
| Listening | 28 |
| Reading | 24 |
| Writing | 27 |
| Speaking | 26 |
| English Test | Overall | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake | 7.5 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
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Cambridge English Score
You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website. |
191 | 200 | 185 | 185 | 200 |
| PTE Academic | 73 | 79 | 65 | 65 | 79 |
| TOEFL iBT | 105 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 26 |
If you intend to apply for advanced standing (credit) you can view more information and find out how to apply.
You will need to successfully achieve the benchmarks on the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education Students (LANTITE) to satisfy course completion requirements. Successfully achieving the literacy and numeracy benchmark is a requirement to graduate from the course. You are expected to attempt the Test in your first year of enrolment.
From 2024, the Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) permits recognition of First Nations language proficiency by the relevant cultural authority as an acceptable alternative standard to LANTITE. Students who are proficient in an Australian First Nations language can use this as an alternative in place of all LANTITE requirements
For more information view additional course costs and requirements.
This course requires you to have a blue card so you can participate in work placements and experience.
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2026: Fee available from October
2026: Fee available from July
2025: CSP $4,700 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2025: $34,800 per year full-time (96 credit points)
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
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.
A high achievement scholarship for future international undergraduate and postgraduate students.
A scholarship to cover tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
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