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Education excellence

Educating for the jobs and skills of the future through innovative curriculum and highly personal, engaging and relevant teaching and learning experiences.

Our curriculum framework

All Deakin courses are rigorously and continuously evaluated to ensure we offer both students and teachers the best possible educational experience. Our teaching and learning is informed by industry; our courses are guided by design principles and practices, and aligned to eight graduate learning outcomes.

Learn more about our curriculum framework

Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning

The Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) investigates how we can best assess higher education learning outcomes in an era of rapid digital change.

Learn more about CRADLE

Celebrating 50 years

Celebrating 50 years

From modest beginnings in a Geelong paddock to six state-of-the-art campuses – we’ve always set out to make a difference. Join us on campus throughout 2025 for an exciting lineup of celebratory events to help commemorate our 50 year anniversary.

Advance HE Fellowships

Advance HE Fellowships at Deakin provide our academic and professional staff with formal recognition of their teaching practice or learning support, impact and leadership. The program provides teaching teams across the University with opportunities to apply for various categories of fellowship as they move through their teaching or learning support journey.

Learn more about the Advance HE Fellowship pathways

Students are at the heart of Deakin University. Deakin education is inclusive, supportive and international, empowering students to be independent, lifelong learners.

Deakin Distinguished Professor Liz Johnson

Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic

Student academic integrity

The management of student academic integrity at Deakin University takes a whole-of-organisation approach. It aims to educate and support students to use, generate and communicate information and ideas in an ethical, honest and responsible manner.

Download the 2022 Student Academic Integrity Annual Report (PDF, 614KB)

Student complaints

Robust student complaints processes, and thorough analysis of complaints data to identify systemic issues, are key requirements of the Higher Education Standards Framework (Threshold Standards) 2021 (Section 2.4: Student Grievances and Complaints) and the National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018.

Download the 2023 Student Complaints Annual Report (PDF, 697KB)