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Deakin University

Melbourne, Victoria

Why Deakin

  • Seven years of partnership with PCHE

  • Full credit for the PCHE Diploma into year two

  • Strong student support for international students

  • Melbourne campus network with modern facilities

PCHE's longest-standing partner and the destination for most of our Early Childhood Education graduates.

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Deakin University in Melbourne has been PCHE's partner for over seven years, and the relationship shows in how smoothly students move between the two institutions. Our Diploma in Early Childhood Education is mapped directly against the first year of Deakin's Bachelor of Early Childhood Education, so graduates enter year two with full credit.

Deakin is known for the quality of its teaching and for a campus experience built around student support, which matters when the transition is not only academic but also a move to a new country. Our alumni consistently describe arriving well prepared.

Business, information technology and psychology pathways are also available.

Programmes that lead here

Complete any of these in Colombo and transfer into year two at Deakin.

  • Diploma in Business

    A year of management, economics and accounting in Colombo that carries a full year of credit into a partner business degree in Australia or the UK.

  • Diploma in Information Technology

    Programming, networks and data foundations taught to partner-university year-one standard, with direct entry into an IT or computer science degree abroad.

  • Diploma in Psychology

    Foundational psychological knowledge and research method, with direct entry into Sheffield Hallam University's advanced psychology degrees.

  • Diploma in Early Childhood Education

    Child development, curriculum and pedagogy with supervised preschool placements, leading into the Bachelor of Early Childhood Education at Deakin University.

  • Foundation in Business

    The post-O/L entry route into business study: academic skills, quantitative grounding and an introduction to how organisations work.

  • Foundation in Information Technology

    The post-O/L entry route into computing: programming basics, mathematics and the academic skills degree study depends on.

  • Foundation in Psychology

    An introduction to the discipline and to academic research, preparing post-O/L students for the Diploma in Psychology.

  • Foundation in Early Childhood Education

    A first year in the early years sector, combining child development theory with observed time in preschool settings.

Other Australia partners

VictoriaUniversity

Victoria University

Melbourne, Victoria

A Melbourne city-campus university with a block teaching model that suits students arriving mid-degree.

  • Business
  • Information Technology
  • Early Childhood Education

Western Sydney University

Sydney, New South Wales

A large, research-active Sydney university with a broad set of business, computing and psychology degrees.

  • Business
  • Information Technology
  • Psychology

University of Wollongong

Wollongong, New South Wales

A highly ranked coastal university an hour south of Sydney, strong in computing and business.

  • Business
  • Information Technology

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Ask about entry requirements, intakes, fees or which partner university fits where you want to end up. Either campus, in person or on the phone.

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Colombo 07 Campus

  • 115 Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala Mawatha, Colombo 00700, Sri Lanka

Colombo 04 Campus

  • 82, Baudhaloka Mawatha, Colombo 04, Sri Lanka