UniLink Bridging Program

Swinburne’s UniLink Bridging Program is your pathway to a UniLink diploma, building knowledge in business, design or engineering while developing confidence to communicate at a tertiary level in Australia.

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UniLink Bridging Program

Swinburne’s UniLink Bridging Program is your pathway to a UniLink diploma, building knowledge in business, design or engineering while developing confidence to communicate at a tertiary level in Australia.

Discover more ➞

Course Code: TE-UBP1 CRICOS Course Code: 112999E

Duration:

4 months full time or equivalent part time

Campus:

Hawthorn

Intakes:

February, June, October

Mode of study:

Face to face*

*Some lectures may be delivered online

Pathways into UniLink Diploma

Swinburne's UniLink Bridging Program is your pathway to a UniLink diploma if you don’t meet the entry requirements. You’ll build your knowledge in business, design or engineering while you gain the confidence to communicate at a tertiary level in Australia.


The Program is an alternative for international students that:

  • Have completed a qualification equivalent to Australian Year 12, but do not meet the entry requirements for a UniLink diploma
  • Would like to transfer from another Australian education provider to a UniLink diploma, but don't meet the entry requirements
  • Do not have the prerequisite subjects for design, engineering or science courses

The UniLink Bridging Program provides a pathway into the following UniLink diploma courses:

  • UniLink Diploma of Arts and Communication
  • UniLink Diploma of Design
  • UniLink Diploma of Business
  • UniLink Diploma of Engineering

Skills you’ll learn

  • Commercial awareness
  • Creative problem solving
  • Digital literacy
  • Concept development
  • Communication Teamwork

Career opportunities

  • Arts and communication
  • Business
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Health Science
  • Information Technology
  • Science

Entry requirements

Academic entry requirements

Satisfactory completion of a qualification equivalent to Australian Year 12.

English language entry requirements

  • IELTS overall band of 6.0 (Academic Module) with no individual band below 5.5, OR
  • Swinburne’s English for Academic Purposes EAP5 Advanced with overall 65%, and all skills 60% or above, OR
  • An equivalent qualification approved by Swinburne University

Study structure

To qualify for the UniLink Bridging Program, students must successfully complete 1 core unit and 3 elective units.

Core unit

COM00003 Academic and Communication Skills B

Elective units (students choose 3 units based on their chosen UniLink diploma pathway)

For UniLink Diploma of Design:

  • CMS00001 Global Communication
  • DDD0002 Design Fundamentals
  • GRA0004 Drawing and Illustration

For UniLink Diplomas of Design and Engineering:

  • MTH10011 General Mathematics
  • DPD00001 Product Development, Design and Technology
  • MTH00012 Foundation Mathematics

General Units (can be chosen for any diploma):

  • COS00005 Information Technology
  • MGT00002 Introduction to Management
  • MKT00003 Marketing

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