carlton institute
The Carlton Football Club and La Trobe established their partnership in 2016
with a mutual commitment to enhance education and community outcomes in
Melbourne’s North and give La Trobe students the opportunity to benefit from
exclusive work placements across the Club. In 2019, the Carlton College of Sport
was established to give greater opportunity to study a range of diploma level
sports qualifications in an elite sporting environment, with a pathway to enrol
into the University’s degree courses upon successful completion. The Carlton
College of Sport currently offers two courses, the Diploma of Sport Coaching and
Development and the Diploma of Elite Sport Business, that are accelerator
pathways into further tertiary study. The course content is delivered by La
Trobe University staff at a teaching space at the Carlton Football Club,
effectively making the Club a campus of La Trobe University. Both diplomas are
delivered in person across 3 days a week (2 days at Ikon Park, home of the
Carlton Football Club, and 1 day at La Trobe University’s Bundoora campus)
across 1 year of full time study. In addition to academics students also
undertake a minimum of 100 hours practical placement delivered by Carlton to
enhance their learning experience and ensure they have job ready CV’s by the
time they graduate the program.
