The early years are a time of rapid growth and development. 

Early relationships, interactions and experiences provide the foundation for everything that follows - school, work, life. 

Early childhood teachers make a significant and lasting contribution to a child’s education and lifelong learning. 

Specialist early childhood academics will support you and will experience real-world opportunities that prepare you to teach in early childhood. 

Nationally, the number of early childhood teachers required in early childhood education and care services is expected to grow by 21.6% between 2021 and 2026, according to the Australian Government's Job Outlook (June 2023). 

The early childhood degree also prepares you to teach in Prep to Year 3 in primary school and can allow you to work across Australia and overseas.

You’ll learn from inspiring and innovative lecturers committed to providing a quality experience for future early childhood teachers. 

The lecturers have real-world experience in early childhood education and care services and schools and have a wealth of knowledge and advice to set you on the right path.

QUT has been recognised among the nation’s most outstanding teaching and learning programs. 

QUT Education has received nine Australian awards or citations for university teaching in the past nine years.

• Award Certificates
• Academic Transcripts
• Passport or Visa Documents
• Translations of documents in a language other than English
• English Language Proficiency
• Online Questionnaire
• Two Written Statements

Assumed knowledge: 

A pass in Australian Year 12 or equivalent

Prerequisites

• English, or Literature, or English and Literature Extension, or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 & 4, C)
• at least one of General Mathematics, Mathematical Methods, or Specialist Mathematics (Units 3 & 4, C)
• at least one of Agricultural Science, Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Marine Science, Physics, or Psychology (Units 3 & 4, C).

Non-academic entry requirements

You must possess key competencies outlined by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) as those attributes and motivations common to effective teachers.

To demonstrate this, you must complete an online questionnaire to demonstrate your motivation for and understanding of the course and profession, provide two written statements addressing your motivation and suitability to become a teacher and address your involvement in personal learning and leadership activities. 

If you've achieved a satisfactory result for one or more components of the Literacy and Numeracy Test for Initial Teacher Education (LANTITE) at another Australian institution, the result can be carried across with your admission application. 

You are not eligible to apply for a place in this course if one or more components of LANTITE remain unsatisfactory after two test attempts for that component.

India:

• Senior/Higher Secondary School Certificate/Pre-University certificate from QUT-recognised state education boards with an overall average of 75% in the best five academic subjects.
• Indian School Certificate academic stream awarded by CISCE with an overall average of 60% in the best five academic subjects.
• All India Senior School Certificate academic stream awarded by CBSE with an overall average of 60% in the best five academic subjects.

China: 

• GAOKAO 60% in best 4 academic subjects.
   

Iran:

• Before 2020: Pre-University Certificate with a grade average of 15 on a 20-point scale.
• From 2020: National High School Diploma/Secondary School Leaving Certificate with a grade average of 15 on a 20-point scale in the final year (Grade 12).

Standard Foundation Program:

Standard Foundation helps you meet the academic and English language requirements to enter the first year of your QUT Bachelor's degree.