Victorian Certificate of Education
Swinburne’s Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) offers secondary school qualifications for students seeking an alternative VCE experience with individualised choices.
As a Swinburne VCE student, you will access all the university has to offer, including cutting-edge facilities and outstanding teaching staff. Ideal for those with aspirations in Trades, Engineering, Nursing, Health Science, Horticulture and Technology, this course offers an innovative program with practical hands-on training.
Gain the skills and knowledge to prepare you for the next step – whether that’s a progression to apprenticeship, diploma or degree. Develop the attributes that will set you in good stead for a success-filled future, including confidence, accountability and adaptability.
Swinburne Secondary Programs will be broadening our career based vocational offerings from 2022 onwards. This will require reorganisation of our current programs. To that end we will retain select and complimentary VCE subjects while ceasing delivery of the standard VCE course in units 1&2 in 2021 and teaching out of the required 3&4 sequences in 2022. We will offer unit 3 and 4 VCE subjects at our Croydon campus for 2022.
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Duration
1 year full-time
Intakes
Croydon (February, July) - View application and start dates
Study mode
- Full-time
Year 11 and 12 at Swinburne
Our Year 11 and 12 students share what it's like studying VCE, VET and VCAL at Swinburne.
Course information in detail
- Course detail, course structure and units of study.
Course description
VCE at Swinburne offers a selection of VCE unit 3 and 4 subjects for 2022 Our VCE program is designed for students to procure an ATAR if they wish; however, many of our students will be prepared for the world of work and life after school without external exams.
The VCE program at Swinburne University of Technology promote the principles and practice of Australian democracy, including a commitment to: elected government; the rule of law; equal rights for all before the law; freedom of religion; freedom of speech and association; the values of openness and tolerance.
VCE is delivered under the authority of the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) and follows the policies and procedures outlined in the ‘VCE and VCAL Administrative Handbook 2022’. VCAL information for students and parents can also be found at the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) website.
Course structure
- 3 units from the English group, with at least one unit at Unit 3-4
- at least 3 sequences of Unit 3-4 studies other than English, which may include any number of English sequences once the English requirement has been met.
- VET Building and Construction: Certificate II in Building and Construction - Carpentry or Bricklaying (22338VIC)
- VET Health: Certificate III in Allied Health Assistance (HLT33015) partial completion
- VET Business: Certificate II in Workplace Skills (BSB20120)
- VET Community: Certificate II in Community Services (CHC22015)
- VET Electrical Industry: Certificate II in Electrotechnology (Career Start) (UEE22011)
- VET Engineering: Certificate II in Engineering Studies (22470VIC)
- VET Horticulture: Certificate II in Horticulture (AHC20416)
- VET Information and Digital Media Technology: Certificate III in Information (ICT30120) partial completion
- VET Laboratory Skills: Certificate III in Laboratory Skills (MSL30118)
- VET Landscaping: Certificate II in Landscaping (AHC21616)
- VET Plumbing: Certificate II in Plumbing (Pre-apprenticeship) (22304VIC)
- VET Retail Services: Certificate II in Retail Services (SIR20216)
- VET Design: Certificate III in Design Fundamentals (CUA30720)
- VET Media: Certificate II in Creative Industries(CUA20220)
Units of study
Careers and graduate outcomes
- Career opportunities, course aims and objectives and graduate skills.
Career opportunities
Successful completion of the VCE will provide students with pathways through Swinburne to both Vocational and Higher Education. With a policy to keep all doors open to students with options for further study and work, the program also delivers on skills that are important for life and in the workplace. The integrated and STEM focused program will expand students' future options to pursue further education, training and work opportunities.
Aims and objectives
Each student’s learning program will be made up of core and elective VCE studies and/or VET programs, which may include structured workplace learning.
Building on Swinburne’s existing secondary school offerings: VCAL and VETiS, VCE furthers Swinburne’s commitment to delivering a range of senior secondary programs to young people in Melbourne’s outer eastern suburbs.
Graduate skills
Graduates of Swinburne's VCE program will be future-ready learners who are:
- confident and enterprising and able to create social impact
- prepared to find and solve complex problems
- adaptive and equipped for careers of the future
- global citizens
The following statistics are sourced from Swinburne Student Management System, VCAA (VASS database) and 2021 On Track Survey.
Participation rate:
VCAL (Intermediate) 58 students
VCAL (Senior) 70 students
VCE 86 students
Unit completion rate:
VCAL (Intermediate): 76.8 %
VCAL (Senior): 85.1%
VCE: 89.7%
Destinations of students (students who completed in 2020)
Further TAFE or VET courses: 28.0%
University: 16.0%
Apprenticeship or traineeship: 8.0%
Employment: 20.0%
Looking for work: 8.0%
Deferred: 8.0%
Not in labour force, employment or training 12.0%
Pathways and scholarships
- Pathways and credit transfer.
Course fees and requirements
- Fees, entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.
Course fees
Victorian Certificate of EducationEstimated course fees for 2022* |
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| Course fee options | Full course fee | Skills First Government-subsidised place | Concession rate |
| Total Cost (GST Free) | $10,470 | $2,100 | $420 |
This training is delivered with Victorian and Commonwealth Government funding.
You could be granted a Skills First government-subsidised place when you apply for this course. Check your eligibility now.
You may be entitled to apply for a fee concession if you meet the eligibility criteria.
The eligibility criteria are set by the Victorian Government and assessed by Swinburne in accordance with government directives, which are subject to change at any time.
Find out if you're eligible for a fee concession here.
If you are not granted a government subsidised place, the full course fee will apply. Check your eligibility now.
Indicative nominal course hours: 1,600.
Entry requirements
- Students will be required to provide a VASS statement form their prior school as part of their pre-training review
- Left school, leaving school or young adults returning to study
- Previous educational requirements
- successful completion of Year 10 - Successful completion of Year 11 Units 1 & 2
- applicants with alternative previous education are encouraged to contact VCE directly to discuss their options by email at vceswin@swin.edu.au - Students committed and interested in obtaining a senior secondary qualification in conjunction with vocational training and/or select VCE units.
- produce a recent school report and/or academic transcript
- be willing to undertake a supervised Literacy and Numeracy assessment
- attend an interview.