VCE -
- Victorian Certificate of Education

Please note that Year 12 is no longer taking enrolments for 2024. 

View the 2024 Unit 2 VCE Timetable for the July Intake.   

• Full time: 1 year (adult: 18 years and over)
• Full time: 2 years (youth: under 18 years)
• Part time: 2 - 4 years

Completing your VCE can expand your options for the future. After successful completion, you can apply for further tertiary studies, improve your employment opportunities and enhance your prospects for career advancement or promotion in your workplace.

General VCE - 16 units

• students must be a minimum of 16 years of age at the time of course commencement and have completed the pre-training assessment for literacy and numeracy.
• students under 18 must bring a copy of their latest school report/s or documentation related to any other courses undertaken.
• students under 17 must bring a copy of their latest school report/s and are required to supply a Transition from School (TFS) form, which must be completed and signed off by the school Principal and the Department of Education Regional Office. TFS forms are available from the Department of Education website and must be signed prior to commencement of the course.

Adult VCE - 8 units

• you must be at least 18 years of age on 1 January of the enrolment year and you must have been out of full time secondary school for at least 12 months to satisfy the Adult VCE criteria.

Successfully completing your VCE with us will provide you with a pathway into a wide variety of diploma and degree courses offered through Box Hill Institute. These courses include:

• Health & Nursing
• IT & Cyber Security
• Sport & Recreation
• Business & Commerce
• Science
• Community Services
• Early Childhood Education
• Fashion

After successful completion, you can also apply through VTAC for entry into a wide variety of degree, diploma and certificate courses offered at other institutions in Victoria and throughout Australia.

This training is provided with funds made available by the Commonwealth and Victorian Governments.

Service & Amenity Fee may vary depending on course commencement and enrolment duration. Retain Course Items are purchased once by the student prior to commencing. Those items then become the property of the student. Fees listed are at 2024 rates and may increase annually over the duration of delivery. The student tuition fees listed are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. For more information please contact our Course Advisors on 1300 BOX HILL.

A general (Youth) VCE requires completion of 16 units, which must include: three units from the English group, where at least two of the units are a Unit 3 & Unit 4 sequence plus at least three sequences of Unit 3 and 4 subjects from studies other than English and at least three sequences of Unit 1 and 2 subjects from studies other than English.

An adult VCE minimum requirement is 8 units i.e. two units from the English group, plus, three sequences of Units 3 and 4 in studies other than English.

The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) advises that satisfactory completion of both Units 3 and 4 of an English sequence is required for the calculation of a student’s Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR).