Studying beyond your bachelor degree

Postgraduate study offers a variety of career benefits: 

• advance your industry skill and knowledge
• change your career direction or open up more options
• progress in your current career
• increase your earning capacity
• required qualification for your profession
• satisfy personal interests
• develop and build and confidence.

Your decision should be based on:

• what your career goals are and whether postgraduate study will help to achieve these
• what the career advantages are  to postgraduate in the specific field
• how much time and money you are happy to invest
• which course is best for what you want to do.

Coursework or research?

You can study at a postgraduate level by coursework, research, or a combination.

Coursework is most beneficial if you are changing, advancing your career, or meeting professional requirements.

Traditionally, research study has been viewed as a pathway to a research or academic career. Increasingly employers are seeking research skills in the workplace.

• coursework degrees at Deakin
• research degrees at Deakin

Consider lifestyle

Consider your lifestyle and commitments, as well as why you are undertaking postgraduate study, to ensure the course is right for you.

Many universities offer flexible study methods including on-campus, off-campus, online, part-time and full-time. The structure of postgraduate education varies between different institutions.