Course delivery options

Full-time study means your course structure includes the maximum number of units per year.
Part-time study means you study less than the maximum number of units per year.
Many of our courses offer part-time study — it’s a great way to manage your work, life and study all at once.

Online courses offer the same subject material, with the same core course breakdown, but in an online setting. You’ll access lectures and materials online, and participate in discussions in online forums with teachers and other students.
Online study allows you to choose where and when you study, at a pace that suits you, with flexibility around your other commitments. Many of our courses are available completely online, while others combine it with on-campus delivery.

Some postgraduate and vocational courses are taught on weekends or evenings in block delivery. This means they’re taught over a shorter period of time, in day and half-day blocks usually on Fridays, Saturdays, or after hours. This allows you to study around your other commitments and complete your course faster.

A fast-track course gives you the same qualifications as a ‘regular course’, but is completed in a shorter amount of time. Designed for those who already have business or industry experience, you’ll participate in workshops, with assessments based on the workplace.

Some vocational courses are taught in a workplace training environment or with a combination of campus and workplace learning.

Studying outside of the normal semesters in our summer and winter terms gives you greater flexibility to fit your study around your other commitments or finish your course sooner. 

Bootcamps are intensive postgraduate courses that are taught in quick sprints to complete your qualification in a short period of time. Co-created with industry, you will learn industry-relevant, employability-enhancing skills to get the best of both industry integrated learning and theory.

Plus, you’ll work on projects direct from our industry partners and be part of industry-run masterclasses. You’ll graduate with hands-on and practical skills as well as an accredited postgraduate qualification required for the next step in your career.

Studying a Swinburne course outside of Australia can be a great option if you wish to study in your home country. We also offer courses taught at our campus in Sarawak, Malaysia that offers a unique experience. 

Study at Swinburne and make the most of university life. Our campuses are vibrant communities with state-of-the art facilities, clubs to join and great places to visit, dine and socialise.