Victoria’s first all-electric TAFE campus opens in Collingwood
Melbourne Polytechnic’s revitalised Collingwood campus is officially open.
From 1 July 2025, the campus will be powered by 100% renewable energy. It will be the first all-electric TAFE campus in Victoria.
The project included the refurbishment of the existing eight-level building to create a modern, inclusive and accessible TAFE campus in Melbourne’s inner north.
The updated campus features:
- Auslan teaching and learning spaces
- computer labs
- a digital design lab
- content creation rooms
- painting and print-making rooms
- contemporary teaching and learning spaces
- a lecture theatre
- a library.
The Collingwood campus offers Free TAFE courses in priority areas including:
- Auslan
- cyber security
- accounting and bookkeeping.
It also offers the Certificate III in Floristry.
The Victorian Government invested $40 million into the campus transformation through the Building Better TAFE Fund.
The Building Better TAFE Fund is ensuring students have the best facilities to train in, close to home.
Learn more about TAFE on the vic.gov.au website.
Auslan at Melbourne Polytechnic
Last year, Melbourne Polytechnic celebrated 10 years of delivering Auslan courses.
Melbourne Polytechnic is the only provider in Victoria of Certificates in Auslan and the Diploma of Auslan. These are the necessary prerequisites to Auslan interpreter training.
More than 2,400 Victorians have graduated with Auslan qualifications from Melbourne Polytechnic since 2013.
The updated Collingwood campus now features dedicated teaching and learning spaces to prepare thousands of Victorians for careers working with people who are Deaf and hard of hearing.
