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Benefits and resources

As a Deakin alum, you have exclusive and lifelong access to benefits and resources, including career services, professional development, library membership and more. Update your details to stay informed about events and offerings relevant to you.

Career services

Ready to kickstart your dream job, advance your career or start fresh? DeakinTALENT, our career and employment service, is here for you for life. Achieve your career goals with our on-demand services and jobs and internships portal.

Access career support

Employing students and graduates

Employing students and graduates

Deakin students gain industry-relevant skills, making them job-ready. Advertise your employment and internship opportunities on our jobs board to connect with students who are eager to find employment and enhance their work experience.

Professional development and lifelong learning

Deakin offers flexible short courses, alumni discounts on postgraduate study, and a variety of professional development and networking events to help you advance your career.

Deakin library membership

As a Deakin alum, you can access alumni resources at all our campus libraries and online, allowing you to continue learning long after completing your studies. Your free alumni library membership supports lifelong learning.

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Flexible and affordable short courses

Maximise your career goals and fast-track your skills development with our stackable short courses. Designed with industry in mind, our short courses let you choose what to learn and when to learn it.

Postgraduate course discount

Take your career to new heights with our alumni discount. We’re offering Deakin alumni 10% off postgraduate study fees. We’ve watched you excel – now we’d love to see you soar.

Ready to start something new?

Deakin is offering alumni* an exclusive 50% discount for a limited time only, on select on-demand stackable short courses. Get the industry-based skills you need right now, with the added benefit of credit towards a Deakin degree**.

Alumni programs and events

Alumni programs and events

We present a range of professional development and networking events for alumni, including in-person and virtual programs. View upcoming events or follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn to stay updated. You can also check out recordings from previous events on Deakin's YouTube channel.

Additional benefits for Deakin alumni

Deakin alumni enjoy exclusive benefits, including accommodation, will creation with Safewill and services at the Deakin Clinical Exercise Centre, along with special arts experiences through the NGV membership.

Invest in your future with Safewill

Creating a will ensures your wishes will be protected, providing security for your loved ones and enabling you to support the causes you care about. Deakin’s partnership with Safewill* allows you to create a will at a discount and leave a lasting legacy.

Write your will with Safewill

Deakin alumni NGV membership

Deakin alumni NGV membership

Join the Deakin alumni National Gallery of Victoria membership and access a range of experiences and member-only benefits, including a free exhibition ticket, discounted and priority exhibition entry, parking and dining, exclusive events, a subscription to NGV Magazine, lounge access and more.

Health and wellbeing benefits

Are you living with a chronic disease, injury or disability? Deakin alumni have access to discounted services at the Deakin Clinical Exercise Centre, where you will be treated by accredited exercise physiologists (AEPs) and masters students training to become AEPs.

Explore the centre

Footnotes

Deakin University does not provide legal advice. Referring to an online will provider does not constitute legal counsel or an endorsement of their suitability for your needs. Individuals using online wills should seek legal advice before making any adjustments to their wills.

Terms and conditions

50% off full price tickets (our alumni always receive a 10% discount on stackable short courses)
Only valid for Deakin alumni (see details below)
On-demand stackable short courses only
Enrol before 31 March, 2025
To receive your 50% discount at enrolment, select your alumni ticket and enter discount code: 50for50yrs

*Who is a Deakin alum?
- Deakin students who have successfully completed a course and applied for graduation
- Graduates of Deakin
- Graduates of Deakin’s antecedent institutions
- Staff who have left Deakin after a minimum of two years’ service.

**Subject to successful completion of the short course and meeting Deakin’s award course admission and selection requirements, including English language proficiency requirements. Limits on elective space in a destination degree are outlined in specific degrees’ course rules within the Deakin University Handbook. Typically, a maximum of four stackable short courses can be used as credit (2 credit points) towards a masters; and two stackable short courses can be used as credit (1 credit point) towards graduate certificates and diplomas.

Contact us

Update your details to stay in touch with us to hear about the latest alumni opportunities, Deakin news and research and much more. You can email the Alumni Engagement team or connect with us on Facebook or LinkedIn.