About Us

Cengage Education is one of Australasia’s largest and fastest growing distance learning institutions. Formerly known as Thomson Education, Cengage Education has enhanced the careers and improved the lives of over 700,000 learners since 1921, and currently provides distance education to around 70,000 active students in Australia and New Zealand alone.

As part of Cengage Learning (formerly Thomson Learning), one of the world’s largest educational publishers, we have helped set the standard internationally for independent adult learning in vocational training, higher education, and continuing professional development.

All our courses are supported by extensive learning resources, academic guidance and customer service. With the recent introduction of leading edge online technologies, Cengage Education is at the forefront of distributed learning for people who value independence, flexibility and accessibility as much as quality and recognition.

In 2007 Cengage Education became a registered higher education institution, with nationally recognised degree courses accredited by the NSW Department of Education and Training, in addition to our many accredited vocational courses.

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Welcome to 21st century learning.

Cengage Education is a world leader in distance education. Since 1921, we have helped more than 700,000 Australians realise their earning and creative potential. We’ve set them off down exciting new career paths, seen them start businesses of their own and enriched their lives with fulfilling new ways to spend their leisure time.

Extremely flexible.

What makes Cengage Education stand out from other institutions is the ability for you to study anywhere. When you enrol in one of our courses, you’ll find no class or lecture schedules making demands on your time. You set your own timetable and conduct all your study at your own pace in a suitable, comfortable environment.

All of which makes Cengage Education the ideal solution for people looking to fit in their learning with work, parenthood, social life, or the demands of a busy family lifestyle.

In addition, many of our courses can be completed in less than a year – it’s up to you how fast you work your way through your course. Higher Education courses have a maximum limit of seven years for completion.

Simple and affordable.

We offer a variety of payment options for most courses, including up–front payment discounts and low deposit, interest–free monthly instalment plans (this does not apply to Higher Education courses). No hidden costs either – your course fee covers all your learning materials, delivered straight to you.

Nationally recognised.

Cengage Education is a dual sector Higher Education Institution (DET, NSW) and a Registered Training Organisation (VETAB, NSW), which means many of our courses are Nationally Recognised and Accredited. Many of our courses are Austudy/Abstudy approved. Many of our students will graduate with nationally recognised and industry endorsed qualifications. You may get credit towards an advanced course offered by Cengage Education, college or university.

Experienced and qualified tutors.

Our tutors are all experts in their field, with years of valuable experience. They assess your work, answer your questions and provide guidance and encouragement throughout your course. Our Student Services representatives are also on hand to offer support.

Range of support networks.

Supported by our fully qualified, industry experienced course tutors and our well– trained student services department are there to help students with any questions they may have. Our student mentoring program is available in certain courses to help keep our students motivated and focused on their study which could transform their life.

In addition to all this, all our students have access to our online services, including:

  • Student Forums where you can interact with other students enrolled in your course
  • Assignment Submission to quickly and conveniently submit your assignments for grading
  • Online Libraries with a wealth of searchable news, periodicals and articles
  • Assessment Tips and Studying Tips to help you reach your potential
  • Regular Student Newsletters keeping you up to date with what’s happening at Cengage Education
  • Tutor Enquiry allows students to ask questions of their tutor

It just works!

That’s enough from us. See what our graduates have to say about us in their testimonials.