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Teaching offers a creative, stimulating and rewarding career that provides the opportunity to influence and shape many lives. There are always opportunities for graduates who are energetic, enthusiastic and creative, and who want to make a difference, to help shape the future of our community.
There are many scholarships available to students studying teacher education, including substantial TeachNZ scholarships. Starting salaries are above those for many new graduates, and employment conditions are generally good, including generous holidays, and there are great international work opportunities.
We are the premier provider of teacher education in Christchurch and offer qualifications in:
We offer our students:
A special application form for teaching programmes is required. Selection for entry is competitive and is based on academic ability, involvement and interest in working with children, community involvement, communication skills and other personal qualities.
The selection process includes a police check. Those for whom English is a second language must provide evidence of IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with no individual score below 7.0. NCEA students in addition to their level 2 literacy credits also need to achieve an IELTS score of 7 with no individual score lower than 7.
You can Major in Education or take individual Educational Studies courses towards your BA or other degrees.
We also have a large number of postgraduate programmes available in Educational Studies and Human Development.
We offer a wide range of professional development programmes and support services for teachers, schools, other organisations and the community.
Do you want to start training for a new career but are unsure about managing time and financial commitments? Do you worry that you have been out of the 'system' for too long? Don't worry - more than half our students are 'mature' students (25-80+) we are familiar with all the concerns people have about starting a new career.
We provide additional support and activities for Māori and Pacific College of Education students. There are also a large number of Support Services for all current and future students.
Information on fees and courses can be found as part of the University website. There are scholarships available to College of Education students as well as University wide scholarships.
You can also find relevant information for Future Students on the University website.
The Programme Application (PDF, 201KB) is now available. Call the Contact Centre for an application pack by post. Early applications are strongly recommended as places on courses are limited. Complete and return your Programme Application to start your enrolment process.
Visit the UC Enrolment website for more details on how to enrol.
If you need course and occurrence codes for the group you are enrolling into visit the Course Groups webpages.
If you are an international student download an International Application Form (PDF, 198KB).
More information and application forms for the transfer of credits from other institutions is available from Student Administration.
Please see the campus map for directions to the College of Education.
For more information email education@canterbury.ac.nz, phone 0800 VARSITY (827 748) or download an Application for Programme Entry.