Torrens University is Australian newest university in over 20 years. Torrens University brings to the Australian university landscape, a fresh, modern, career-focused perspective to higher education.
The University is part or Laureate International Universities, a leading international network of quality, innovative institutions of higher education comprised of 80 universities across 29 countries. Torrens’ association with Laureate International Universities gives you the opportunity to leverage the network of over 1,000,000 students around the world – including more than 100,000 online students.
Whether you study on campus or online, you can access state-of-the-art Torrens campuses in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. There are no more boring classrooms, we have designed our learning spaces to promote collaboration and engagement, and they’re located in convenient and vibrant inner city neighborhoods.
Torrens University offers courses in Business, Project Management, Sports Management, Health, Design and Hospitality.
Undergraduate courses
Bachelor of Business specializing in Marketing, Event Management, Public Relations, Sports Management
Are you future CEO material? Be mentored by industry lecturers, with real-world experience to ensure you graduate confident, with a solid understanding of business functions and the required skills to develop your business career.
This course is ideal for students wanting to build a career in business , those wanting a formal qualification to support their existing business experience or those aspiring to move into a new industry or pathway into an MBA. Similarly, this degree offers owners or managers of SMEs (small or medium-sized enterprises) the skills to drive their business in competitive markets.
This course is available at Sydney and Brisbane campuses.
Bachelor of Commerce
This course is ideal for Students who want to enter a career in accounting, economics or finance with both a global and local awareness. Discover a global perspective on business blended with local context.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Learn the basic principles of accounting, economics and finance, and specialize in one of these disciplines
- Develop an understanding of investments at corporate and shareholder levels
- Learn how to use business information systems to develop insights and increase productivity
- Learn how to create business analysis methods and financial reporting
Develop the management and leadership skills to successfully undertake a career in accounting, economics or finance;
This course is available at Sydney and Adelaide campuses. From October 2016, the course will be available at Melbourne and Brisbane campuses.
Bachelor of Applied Public Health
Are you ready to be an agent for change in your community? Your country? Globally?
This course is ideal for Students who want to enter public health administration for government agencies, NGOs or other private health organizations.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Develop and manage effective public health policy at all levels of society
- Understand the key determinants in disease control and prevention
Develop skills in health surveillance and epidemiology
This course is available at Adelaide campus.
Bachelor of Applied Public Health (Nutrition)
Impact public health through nutrition, campaigns and public policy.
This course is ideal for students who want to enter public health administration for government agencies, NGOs or other private health organizations and have a passion for nutrition-related issues public health.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Understand the key determinants in disease control and prevention
- Develop skills in health surveillance and epidemiology
Develop and manage effective public health policy through nutrition at all levels of society.
This course is available at Adelaide campus.
Bachelor of Interior Design (Residential or Interior)
This course is ideal for students looking to gain the skills and creativity to respond and adapt to the future challenges of sustainable residential or commercial design for 21st Century housing, high-rise living, mobile, multi-purpose and adaptive reuse environments.
This course is available at Sydney campus.
Bachelor of Business (International Hotel & Resort Management)
Open the door to a global career in hospitality management.
The course is ideal for students with a passion for hospitality who are interested in creating products – be it food, drinks or an experience. This course will suit people who are keen to put theoretical knowledge into practice and who are seeking a career that will potentially take them around the world, working across a diversity of sectors in a huge variety of roles.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Over the first two years of this hotel management degree, you will live on-site at the Practical Learning Centre in Leura and also undertake two six-month industry placements that provide hands-on, practical experience.
- Your final six months is focused on business management, undertaken at the non-residential Executive Business Centre in Sydney.
- Gain real experience in guest relations, front office management, food and beverage to housekeeping and property management, students gain hands-on experience in all aspects of day-to-day operations.
This course is available at Sydney campus.
Bachelor of Business (International Event Management)
Be mentored by industry experts, solidify your business acumen and learn how to plan and manage creative and exciting events all around the world.
This degree is ideal for organized, creative, positive individuals that enjoy working with people and are seeking a career planning small and large-scale events across a diverse range of industries.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Study in a hospitality-focused environment and undertake two six-month industry placements, allowing you to graduate with practical skills and proven experience.
- Provide services for internal and external stakeholders while they study, organizing real life social, charitable and community events.
This course is available at Sydney campus.
Postgraduate courses
Master of Business Administration
This course is ideal if you want to manage business situations at the highest level. This comprehensive business course will provide you with the skills to achieve at a global level.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Apply current theories across business disciplines
- Encourage team and individual ethical decision making
- Proficiently use business software to effectively analyze data
- Apply advanced business principles to complex problems to determine solutions
- Organize, conceptualize, and analyze complex business issues
- Systematically evaluate business risk
The course is offered at Torrens University’s Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane campuses.
Master of Professional Accounting
This course is fantastic for professionals who aspire to pursue a career in Commerce, Accounting or Finance. Studying this course will develop fundamental business skills in finance and quantitative analysis to launch your career in accounting and commerce.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Explain and apply ethical, legal, social and environmental responsibilities relevant to business and professional practice in both local and global contexts
- Integrate theoretical and technical knowledge of financial and management accounting, auditing, finance, economics, quantitative methods, information systems, business law and taxation law
- Interpret and apply rules, regulations and theories of practice to a range of complex accounting-related professional situations
- Exercise judgment under supervision to solve routine accounting problems in diverse contexts
- Communicate accounting advice and knowledge to a range of stakeholders, both verbally and in writing, including the use of modern technologies
This course is available at Torrens University Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide campuses.
Master of Global Project Management
This course is ideal for students who want a career as a specialist project manager working on projects at the highest level.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Articulate the core characteristics of appropriate and effective practice in the role of the project manager across various types of projects
- Identify major influences of technology and globalization on the role of Project Manager, and apply innovative solutions,
- Incorporate research findings into project plans to improve delivery and minimize risk
- Incorporate appropriate technologies into research, presentation, and development of project management plans
Apply advanced project management principles to analyze and evaluate problems and to determine and implement solutions in projects.
This course is available at Torrens University Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide campuses.
Master of Business Administration (Sports Management)
Torrens University has launched a new industry-aligned Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Sports Management in partnership with Real Madrid Graduate School.
This course is ideal for professionals who are either working in the sports industry or want to pursue a career in the sports industry through advancing and refining their skills to lead and manage projects to high standards.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Apply current theories across business disciplines
- Encourage team and individual ethical decision making
- Proficiently use business software to effectively analyze data
- Apply advanced business principles to complex problems to determine solutions
- Organize, conceptualize, and analyze complex business issues
- Systematically evaluate business risk
This course is available at Sydney campus.
Master of Health & Administration Management
Equipping you to successfully manage a dynamic, 21st century health organisation.
This course is ideal for experienced medical or health administrative staff who want to transition into management roles or for general managers who want to specialize in management in healthcare settings.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Understand the key dimensions of health service delivery and management
- Understand policy, legislation and regulatory frameworks that govern the health sector and issues around accreditation
- Ability to monitor and evaluate outcomes against health quality frameworks
- Understand health management in diverse contexts, both nationally and globally
- Understand health management systems and benchmark health organisational best practice
- Develop capabilities for effective decision making based on utilising research and other evidence, financial information and resource planning
This course is available at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide campus.
Master of Design
Hone your existing design skills into a specialized mastery of professional practice.
This course is great for experienced designers who want to explore their craft at a higher level and progress to more senior roles within the design industry worldwide.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Build on your professional experience and previous undergraduate study and extend your managerial skills and practice with an interdisciplinary perspective.
- Develop and apply strategic processes, creative tools and research for innovation in design.
- Discover the convergent space between disciplines that shape technologies, applications and creative solutions.
- Explore the latest design theory, practice and innovation.
- Create an impressive portfolio of practical and relevant work experiences.
This course is available at Sydney campus.
Master of International Hotel Management
Accelerate your career progression with a fast paced, dynamic degree – the only course of its kind in Sydney.
This course is ideal for competitive individuals wishing to accelerate their career progression in the hospitality industry. If you are looking for a business career that allows rapid employee development, has scope for travel, is fast paced and people focused, than this is the degree for you.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- Gain an in depth understanding of hotel management, operations and business, designed to ensure you are ready for a management career in a leading hotel on graduation.
- Combine a six-month management practicum and six-months of working in industry (paid within Australia).
Master of Global Business Management
Learn to adapt to today’s rapidly changing business environment on a global scale.
This course is ideal for experienced professionals wanting to change or enhance their careers or professionals with an undergraduate degree wishing to take their studies to another level. It provides an international business management qualification that enhances business acumen for the global hospitality and/or services organization mindset.
KEY STUDY OUTCOMES
- This course will empower students to lead across borders and teach them to be nimble, adaptable and innovative.
- Gain advanced transnational skills and enjoy access to excellent industry placement opportunities with multinational hospitality organizations.
This course is available at Torrens University Sydney campus.
Scholarships
Torrens University offers scholarships to international students for the programs staring in June and September 2016.
The Scholarships reduces your tuition fees by up to 25%, depending on the course you choose to study.
Up for a great scholarship? Contact your Hello Aussie education consultant for more information!
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