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Deakin’s online courses are recognised by industry, recommended by your peers and will make you a highly sought-after graduate.

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Are you ready to make a difference in the cultural heritage sector?

Each course has been shaped by industry with a practical real-world approach to learning that will prepare you to be adaptable across your career.

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+2,000 archivists, curators and records managers
+4,500 research and development managers
+6,600 policy and planning managers
+600 gallery, museum and tour guides

An impactful career in a diverse and exciting sector

Join a growing industry⁴ and follow your passion. Whether you want to work with objects and collections, manage a museum or heritage place, or protect landscapes or intangible cultural heritage - a cultural heritage and museum studies qualification provides diverse employment opportunities.

Our interactive learning platform brings the classroom to you

Study online and take full control over how you study.
You can study online and on-campus, too.

Flexible online learning

Our flexible degrees let you continue your career while you study. You can learn at your own pace, when and where it suits you, without compromising quality or support.

  • 80%

    of Deakin students found studying had a positive impact on their career. 5

  • 90%

    of graduates say they’d recommend studying at Deakin to family, friends or colleagues.5

Where could a Deakin degree take you?

Our graduates go on to do amazing things – curators, collections managers, museum directors, cultural heritage management planning.

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Anna Welch

State Library of Victoria

Book Historian and Curator

Anna is a renowned medieval historian at the State Library of Victoria, where she holds the role of Book Historian and Curator. She works on an annually refreshed exhibition called ‘World of the Book’, which showcases hundreds of items from the State Library’s Rare Book collection, spanning more than 4,000 years, including many of the world’s most valuable printed books.

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Mandy Paul

History Trust of South Australia

Director of Migration Museum

Mandy's career highlights include roles as Curator at the Museum of East Anglian Life and Native Title Historian at the Central Land Council. She joined the History Trust of South Australia as Curator, then Senior Curator, Director of Migration Museum, and Head of Collections. She has published extensively on Australian and South Australian history.

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Carmel O'Keeffe

Museums Victoria

General Manager - Digital Life

Carmel joined Museums Victoria as General Manager, Digital Life – a new role heading a department that includes: Digital Products and Development, Digital Collections and Access, Media Production, Multimedia Systems and Digital Stories. This exciting opportunity is the convergence of museums, culture, technology and media.

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