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Vocational Education (or VE): Pre-apprenticeships, apprenticeships, traineeships, trades, certificates and diplomas, including TAFE courses. 

You might be looking at VE because you’re interested in studying a skills-based vocation like electronics, plumbing, or horticulture. Maybe you’d like to start small before progressing into further study, or perhaps the eligibility criteria caught your eye. In many cases, it is broader (for example, you can apply for some VE courses without an ATAR). 

UniLink: A UniLink diploma is called so because it serves as a ‘link’ course between you and undergraduate study. These courses are a great choice if you didn’t complete high school in Australia, or didn’t get the ATAR needed for your preferred bachelor degree.

Undergraduate (or UG): Bachelor degrees, double degrees and associate degrees. 

Many undergraduate degrees will take 3 years to complete and will result in a bachelor’s degree. Double degrees are for those who’d like to study a little longer and graduate with twice the qualifications. Associate degrees will take around 2 years, and can either send you off into the world of work or prepare you for further study. 

Postgraduate (or PG): Graduate certificates, master degrees, and doctoral degrees.

Postgraduate study is, in most cases, for those who have completed undergraduate study. In some cases, postgrad study can be undertaken by students with significant industry experience in lieu of undergraduate study.

Completed master and doctorate degrees will result in a ‘Master of’ and ‘PhD’ respectively. Or you could exit your master degree study early having completed sufficient units to achieve a graduate diploma.

• If you’ve found yourself in a course, or at a uni, that isn’t the right fit – and you’re ready to make the switch to Swinburne

• If you missed out on a place in your chosen course when you applied previously

• If you don’t want to wait until 2024 to begin

• If you’re looking for more flexible study options 

• If you’d like to begin your course in a smaller cohort

Explore your options by browsing courses on our website, attending an event and chatting to staff and applications experts, or by getting in touch with us. 

Whether you’ve got your heart set on a course or not, our advice will help you find the exact course that will get you where you want to go.

Not all Swinburne courses are available for Semester 2 entry, so be sure to check the course page on our website, or ask a Swinburne course advisor.

No, you aren’t. While you may share classes here and there with your peers who began in Semester 1, you will be starting your course from the beginning - just in the midyear intake.

If your goal is to graduate alongside students who began your course in Semester 1, you can by taking up an extra unit here and there.