The Gordon Institute of TAFE Australia is Victoria's largest regional stand-alone TAFE and has been providing progressive and innovative training in Geelong, around Australia and overseas for more than 120 years.
About Us
Students at The Gordon receive the very best training in the state. As the Victorian 'Large Training Provider of the Year' 2010, The Gordon delivers an increasing range of options in vocational education and training, with one of the most comprehensive suites of courses in western Victoria.
We deliver a wide range of leadingedge, internationally recognised learning options - certificates, diplomas, advanced diplomas, degrees, pathways to university and more.
All have one thing in common - offering students the very best in job-ready skills for their chosen career path. How do we do it? We've built solid partnerships with local business and industry that underpin and inform the design of all our courses, many of which are nationally and even internationally recognised. We continually consult with our partners in the real world to research latest trends and needs in an ever-evolving landscape of emerging new fields and technological advances. The result is an exciting range of courses designed to take you where you want to go.
The Gordon continues to attract an increasing number of international students to its highly regarded and internationally recognised courses.
Student Services
- academic and personal counselling
- bookshops
- cafeterias
- careers advice and résumé centres
- health cover assistance
- libraries and internet facilities
- prayer room
- student activities
- student residence or accommodation
- arrangements
- study support centres.
Courses
Courses are offered in the following areas:
- accounting
- aged care/home and community care
- applied fashion design and technology
- beauty therapy
- building and construction
- building surveying
- business administration
- children's services
- community services work
- computer assembly repair
- computer systems engineering
- conservation and land management
- engineering technology
- events
- financial services
- floristry
- graphic design
- hairdressing
- horticulture
- hospitality
- information technology
- interactive digital media
- interior decoration and design
- laboratory skills
- laboratory techniques
- laboratory technology
- massage therapy practice
- nursing
- outdoor recreation
- plumbing
- remedial massage
- screen and media
- sport development
- tourism
- Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE)
- visual art and contemporary craft.
For a complete list of courses go to:
www.thegordon.edu.au/intcourses/
Web links:
The Gordon TAFE -
www.thegordon.edu.au/international
Facebook -
www.facebook.com/theGordonTafe
Twitter -
http://twitter.com/#!/GordonTAFE
YouTube -
www.youtube.com/thegordontafe
Locations
Geelong City
2 Fenwick Street GEELONG VIC Australia
East Geelong
Boundary Road EAST GEELONG VIC Australia




