Living better through learning
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4: Quality Education aims to make quality education accessible for all.
Griffith University promotes inclusive and equitable quality education. We strive to achieve effective learning outcomes for students. A range of our programs are focussed on training quality primary and secondary teachers and educators for culturally diverse environments.
Sustainable Development Goals Explained
Quality education
Teaching
Griffith University has audited all undergraduate teaching programs, identifying key word matches against each SDG. Our top degrees for this SDG are:
- Bachelor of Arts (Nathan Campus)
- Bachelor of Arts (Gold Coast Campus)
- Bachelor of Education
- Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Gold Coast Campus)
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Nathan Campus)
- Bachelor of Midwifery
- Bachelor of Psychological Science (Mt Gravatt Campus)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science (Gold Coast Campus)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Business (Gold Coast Campus)
- Bachelor of Psychological Science/Bachelor of Business (Nathan Mt Gravatt Campus)
- Bachelor of Music
Ranking in the top 2% of universities worldwide, Griffith University offers future-focused degrees that are developed in consultation with industry, based on cutting-edge research, and taught by Australia’s most awarded teachers.
Research
Griffith Institute for Educational Research has one of the largest concentrations of university-based education researchers in the country. This comprises a vibrant community of researchers and Higher Degree Research candidates whose applied research with industry partners, education systems, schools, community and not-for-profit organisations is readily translated into practice.
Research Centres and Institutes

Partnership leads Tasmanian schools to higher ground
Professors Tony Townsend and Greer Johnson from the Griffith Institute for Educational Research and Anne Bayetto from Flinders University have partnered with Tasmania’s Department of Education for a large-scale project to deliver professional development to school leaders with Griffith’s Principals as Literacy Leaders program.

How GOLDOC Internships inspire future careers
Griffith University’s partnership with Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games is continuing to deliver outcomes for students through unique internships with GOLDOC. Students from disciplines including business, sport management, engineering, communications, marketing and information technology have completed or are undertaking meaningful internships with the potential to generate career opportunities.