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I'm Looking For a Career Change

Changing careers can be an exciting prospect.

It may be that you're unsatisfied with your working life, or passionate about a new field or industry.

A postgraduate qualification from Swinburne will give you new skills to take on a different field with confidence.

Even if your current qualifications and experience are unrelated to your desired career, you may still be able to study a course in this new area of interest.

Reasons to choose Swinburne

  • The 2011 Good Universities Guide (Postgraduate) recently awarded Swinburne 5 stars for teaching quality, graduate satisfaction, generic skills, and 4 stars for research intensivity.

  • Swinburne is ranked in the top 500 universities in the world by the prestigious 2011 Academic Rankings of World Universities.

  • Swinburne has also been named in the world's top 450 universities by the 2011 QS World University Rankings.

  • Swinburne offers flexible learning to suit your lifestyle.

  • Financial assistance is available to help fund your postgraduate studies.

  • More reasons to choose Swinburne

Student testimonials

Richard Rowe
Graduate Certificate in Sustainability

"I wanted a career change with a focus on sustainability.

I was attracted to this course as it didn't solely focus on technical fixes to complex sustainable challenges, but instead developing personal and societal capacity for change.

I chose Swinburne for the syllabus, reputation of the National Centre for Sustainability, quality of teaching and the online component – which provided me flexibility to balance family, professional and study demands.

The course has given me a new appreciation for sustainability, access to new frameworks and processes and passion to take personal responsibility for my own actions.

I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction with teachers and other students throughout the course.

My favourite subject was Energy for the Future. The course content opened me to a whole new dimension on the world and sustainability challenges we face.

From a career perspective, this course provided me with academic credibility to back up my personal desire to change career path – and allowed me to combine my passion with my career.

I have since completed the course and am about to transfer into a new role where I will be focusing on how innovation can help in solving sustainability challenges."

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Course Adviser Appointments

Organise a time to meet with a Course Adviser about your change in career.

When: Register your expression of interest for an appointment for our next intake

Location: Hawthorn campus

Not sure whether you need a career change?

The questions below will give you a good indication of whether you should consider a career change.

If you answer 'no' to any of these questions, please contact us to discuss your next career move.

  1. Does the work I do energise me?
  2. Can I see myself happily on the same career path five years from now?
  3. Is my work a good fit with who I am?
  4. Would I do my job even if I didn’t need the money?
  5. Do I feel good about the career options in my future?
  6. Does my work challenge me in a positive way?
  7. Do I care about the work I do?
  8. Does my work feel meaningful?
  9. Does the work I do come naturally to me?
  10. Am I very happy with my work?
  11. Do I feel compelled to do the work I’m doing?
  12. Would I recommend what I do to others who share similar interests?

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