The UNSW Master of Teaching (Secondary) is a full-time postgraduate teacher education course that will provide you a fast-track to employment as a secondary school teacher. This is an accelerated teaching degree, which includes practical in-school experience. After one year of full-time study, you’ll be eligible for employment as a secondary school teacher.  

At UNSW, we specialise in educational research and teacher education, with a focus on secondary and higher education contexts. Our secondary teaching postgraduate degree is uniquely designed to provide a nationally accredited teaching qualification, and support you as you transition into your first year of teaching. 

Key features

Channel theory into practice

You’ll learn innovative teaching methods that link practice with theory. The degree is founded on in-school experience and learning in practice with ongoing support from experienced UNSW academics. The theoretical concepts you learn in your courses are applied directly to the classroom in this unique site-based degree. 

Professional experience

You’ll undertake up to 80 days of supervised teaching in three schools, giving you professional practice and a wide range of teaching opportunities. With expert supervision from UNSW School of Education staff and site-based teachers, you’ll be immersed in the classroom five days a week during your professional experience (PE) blocks.

Connect with the education sector

You’ll benefit from our strong ties to the education sector. UNSW is a valued partner to industry, community and government organisations, domestically and internationally. We maintain close links with leading public and private schools in Australia and internationally, and are the only university to have a formal partnership with the NSW Association of Independent Schools. 

UNSW School of Education is a preferred provider of professional development and training for the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). The UNSW Master of Teaching (Secondary) is also recognised as a formal teaching qualification in Australia and widely accepted internationally.