Take the next step: TAFE/VET to uni
Your VET qualification is the perfect platform to launch into one of our exciting degrees and invest in your future career.
Expand your horizons with the breadth of a Federation generalist degree, or pursue an area of interest with the intensity and depth of a career-specific program. Our degrees are practical, productive and purposeful. You will learn to be agile, think critically and creatively, and to communicate effectively. You will make friends and broaden your professional network - many degrees offer professional placement or work-integrated learning opportunities.
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Sessions include:
- Study Early Childhood and Primary Education
- Study Information Technology
- Study Engineering
- Study Business, Accounting or Applied Management
- Study Environmental and Conservation Science
- Study Community and Human Services
- Study Nursing
Are you eligible for credit?
Having completed a VET program with a registered TAFE or private provider, you may be eligible for credit into a degree within a similar field of study. Below is a list of some of our more popular pathways, and an indication of likely credit.
Note: each undergraduate subject (in years 1 and 2) is worth 15 credit points. A full time student will generally undertake 8 subjects per year.
VET qualification^ | Federation University degree | Credit points |
---|---|---|
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment plus Any industry qualification at Certificate III or above | Additional entry requirements apply (industry experience) | 120 |
Certificate IV in Training and Assessment plus Any industry qualification at Certificate III or above plus Diploma of VET TAE50111 or TAE50116; | Additional entry requirements apply (industry experience) | 150 |
Diploma of Community Services CHC52015 Diploma of Alcohol and Other Drugs CHC53215 Diploma of Mental Health CHC53315 Diploma of Youth Work CHC50413 | 120 | |
Diploma of Nursing HLT54115 | 120 | |
Diploma of Remedial Massage HLT52015 | *Nil | |
*Nil | ||
Diploma of Justice 22320VIC | 120 | |
Advanced Diploma of Justice 22321VIC | 180 | |
Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care CHC50113 | 90 | |
120 | ||
Diploma of Project Management BSB51415 | Additional entry requirements apply | 120 |
Diploma of Business Administration BSB50415 | Additional entry requirements apply | 120 |
Diploma of Leadership and Management BSB51915 | Additional entry requirements apply | 120 |
60 | ||
Advanced Diploma of Leadership and Management BSB61015 | 120 | |
Additional entry requirements apply | 180 | |
Advanced Diploma of Management (Human Resource Management) BSB60915 | Additional entry requirements apply | 180 |
Any TAFE diploma plus Advanced Diploma of Leadership & Management BSB61015 plus | 240 | |
Diploma of Accounting FNS50217 | 120 | |
Advanced Diploma of Accounting FNS60217 | 180 | |
Diploma of Graphic Design CUA50715 | 120 | |
Advanced Diploma of Graphic Design CUA60315 | 180 | |
Diploma of Information Technology ICT50115 |
| 120 |
Stream is subject to additional entry requirements (competitive entry) | 60 | |
Diploma of Digital Media Technologies ICT50915 |
| 90 |
Stream is subject to additional entry requirements (competitive entry) | 30 | |
Diploma of Conservation and Land Management AHC51116 | 120 | |
Diploma of Engineering - Technical MEM50212 | 60 | |
Diploma of Sport SIS50319 and Diploma of Business BSB50215 | Nil* | |
30 | ||
120 |
See more information regarding credit
Keep in mind that while completion of a certificate-level program may not earn credit towards a degree, in many cases a VET certificate may satisfy entry requirements. Check the Course Finder for all entry requirements into your degree.
What's next?
If you are thinking about studying a degree next year, you will have lots of questions.
Which course?
See information about all of our courses and programs
Apply
Find out how to apply. (Register as a new domestic/international applicant).
Fees
All you need to know about higher education fees
NB: The Student Contribution amount payable per annum can be found in the fees tab of the course finder entry for the course you are interested in. For example, check the fees section for the Bachelor of Community and Human Services.
Scholarships
Interested in some free money? Check if you are eligible for any scholarships or grants
Study mode
Most of our degrees have some component of flexibility with their delivery. To find out about the delivery options for the program you are interested in, check the ‘Locations’ section at the top of the Course Finder entry for that course.
Childcare
Federation's childcare centres will let you get on with your study.
Student support
Student Support Services will help you to get the most out of your time as a student.
Accommodation
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