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Established
  
1984

Students
  
37,000

Phone
  
+61 1300 269 445

CEO
  
Norman Gray AM

Campus
  
Box Hill, Lilydale

Founded
  
1984

Box Hill Institute

Type
  
Vocational and Higher Education

Location
  
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Address
  
465 Elgar Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128, Australia

Similar
  
Holmesgl Station, Swinburne University of Techno, Deakin, Box Hill Hospital, Box Hill Laundrette

Profiles

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Box Hill Institute is a Victorian vocational and higher education provider based in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne in Victoria. Box Hill Institute has three campuses in Box Hill (Elgar, Whitehorse and Nelson), one in John St, Lilydale and another soon to open at the former Swinburne University campus in Jarlo Drive Lilydale expected to open in February 2016.

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History

Box Hill Institute is the descendant of two Box Hill area technical schools.

"Box Hill Technical School for Girls and Women" was opened on 4 September 1924, having welcomed sixty-five Junior pupils some six months before. The girls primary studied domestic subjects like housewifery, cookery, millinery and dressmaking. Some girls also took courses like accounting and secretarial work.

On 2 February 1943 the "Box Hill Technical School for Boys" was established because many boys in the eastern suburbs were being turned away from Swinburne Technical School. They studied subjects like sheetmetal work, technical drawing and carpentry.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s both technical schools added post-secondary options like certificates in business studies and engineering. The Girl's Technical School started the first business certificate course in 1967.

The Girls' Technical School was renamed "Whitehorse Technical School" in 1971. Around this time the Boy's Technical School separated its tertiary technical offerings from the secondary ones, the tertiary section becoming "Box Hill Technical School". Both schools were declared colleges of Technical and Further Education in late 1981.

On 25 January 1984, Whitehorse Technical School and Box Hill Technical School merged to become "Box Hill College of TAFE". The College was renamed "Box Hill Institute" ten years later.

Higher education

Box Hill Institute offers a range of higher education courses at a Masters, Graduate, and Undergraduate level. It covers areas such as biotechnology, animal science, music, music business, fashion, business, IT and more.

Vocational education

Box Hill Institute offers a large range of vocational courses. It covers areas including hospitality, tourism, health, beauty, automotive, transport, carpentry, electrical, refrigeration, construction, plumbing, engineering, business, commerce, art, graphic design, dance, music, fashion, live production, English, English as an additional language, ELICOS, VCAL, VCE and more.

Awards

In 2015 Box Hill Institute won more than 20 awards, including Excellence in International Education at the Victorian Internal Education Awards.

In 2013 Box Hill Institute was declared International Training Provider of the Year. In 2012 Box Hill Institute won Victorian Large Training Provider of the Year. In 2012 they also won the Premier’s Sustainability Award – Tertiary Education category

Notable alumni

  • George Calombaris, chef/restaurateur, judge on Masterchef Australia
  • Chris Cheney, Musician, Guitarist & Lead Vocalist for The Living End
  • Helen Croome, Musician, Songwriter & Lead Vocalist for Gossling
  • Guy Grossi, owner of famous Melbourne restaurant Grossi Florentino
  • Matthew Richardson, Richmond Football Club player
  • Curtis Stone, Chef
  • Tobie Puttock, Chef (Executive Head-Chef of Melbourne's Fifteen restaurants)
  • References

    Box Hill Institute Wikipedia


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