Melbourne Polytechnic (Preston Campus)

Great place, experienced teachers and good campus.Melbourne Polytechnic has given me the opportunity to study, I had a beautiful experience as a international student, I graduated, it give me two jobs in the last few years.. No complaints.. COVID-19 has made everything more challenging across the organisation, like many other RTOs, blended learning, face-to-face, online, everything has changed. Simply, we are adapting to new circumstances.

My son is doing a barbering course and is supposed to finish this month. The communication with the staff is appalling and of course he will not finish all the requirements and will need to go back next year to finish. Do not waste your time and money!

The only positive was Student Services who gave support, understanding and compassion to my daughter.However some of the teachers in the Patisserie Course were very unprofessional, had no idea how to support, encourage and give reasonable adjustments for my daughter (who has a mild disability)to help her progress in the course. No meetings were suggested in order to come up with a plan to keep her in the course (a total of 5 students only). My daughter was made to feel forced out of the course, her confidence crushed and her student file was not read by the teachers so they had no clue how to use strategies to support my daughter. The head of the department supported his teachers.My daughter was discriminated against and it was heartbreaking. I do not want this to ever happen to anyone else again.

I've been going to Melbourne polytechnic full time since 2020 (I also did a short course in 2019) and I have absolutely fallen in love with the experience! I have had a poor experience with education before coming here, so this is a very welcome breath of fresh air! The campus handled the pandemic really well despite the circumstances, and continue to keep hand sanitisers on site! I have been doing performing arts and creative events themed courses since I begun and its been the most wonderfully informative and entertaining experiences I've ever had! Despite having a rough start due to covid, the events are wonderfully crafted and always a ball! I'm going to be very sad when I eventually finish here one day but until then, I am excited for tafe every week!

It is a good place for PTE exam centre compare to other but there are some problem for number of student such as power problems and some time computer issues from Pearson’s but compare with Melbourne central and box hill this place is good for exam. Number of seats compare to the Melbourne central station PTE exam centre and very quite place. There are public transport available for this place and also you can park your car at Melbourne polytechnic Preston campus for 4 hours and it’s free but you want to inform to the security office or guard. Headphone quality is good and well staff.

I am an employer who wants to sign up apprentices and trainees, within the hospitality department. I've tried for weeks, leaving messages for Gaetano , to no avail do I get a call back. I sent an enquiry via the website, still I hear no word. I rang today and get told I'll; get Gaetano to ring you back as he is the only person that help in this regard. With all the admin staff at Polytechnic are you telling me only one person has the skill set to sign up hospitality students!! He hasn't rung back as yet and its been over 4 weeks. The new semester begins shortly and my staff will miss out. I rang the complaints department but also, just a recording. Its obvious they don't have the need for local students. We want to educate our youth and this is how motivating it is for them to get started. So each week after telling my staff I'm just waiting on a call back they are a little disheartened, wonder why!!

I have a great experience with Melb Poly in 2018/19. Had very good teachers in my part time course in building design. Teachers - (M.M) and (S.N) They went above and beyond my expectations. Highly recommended.

Very unprofessional, and lacks proper communication.Many prestigious universities are now offering great certification programs that are both career oriented and internationally recognized. Give a very good thought before you consider being a part of this institution.

It is a very convenient location with train, tram and bus access literally at the doorstep. Huge campus with ample signs and maps to make navigation easier. Only drawback is not enough space to park.

If the courses are run the way the enrolments are run I'd steer clear of this institutions. I received periodic calls, and they were basically just to say you can't do the course now". Pointless."