Located in Melbourne’s south east, Chisholm’s Frankston campus is fast becoming one of the most advanced and innovative training and skills institutes in the region. The Frankston Campus Master Plan will deliver new state-of-the-art education and teaching facilities, responding to growing local industry needs. The redesign of learning spaces and the ability to offer courses delivered in collaboration with industry provides a breadth of opportunities in education, employment, and skills for the Frankston area and is a major investment by the Victorian Government in the future of Chisholm, Frankston and Melbourne’s south east region.

Stage 1 of the plan, the $85 million Frankston Learning and Innovation Precinct, was completed in July 2019, with the opening of buildings A and B. The state-of-the-art design of building A and B delivers a range of courses and qualification including nursing, allied health, early childhood education, hair and beauty, building and construction, plumbing, electrical and engineering.

Work commenced on Stage 2 of the Frankston Redevelopment Plan in April 2022. The two oldest buildings were demolished to make way for a three-storey learning facility on the south east corner of the campus. Stage 2 witnessed the creation of the $67.6 million multi-level facility that complements the Stage 1 development. The project introduced new learning spaces dedicated to community and social services, VCE/VCE Vocational Major, Foundation College, IT and cyber security, along with bespoke spaces for art and design. Stage 2 was completed in January 2024. The addition of a cafe on the ground floor is due for completion in Term 1 2025.

Stage 3 of the Frankston Redevelopment Plan comprises of the establishment of the Frankston Tech School. Building M and N have been demolished to make way for the single-storey Tech School which will provide hands-on, immersive STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) learning experiences outside the classroom to secondary school students in the surrounding local Government areas. This space will be hosted by Chisholm and develop partnerships with local industry, community and secondary schools. The Tech School will have a fully enclosed floor area of nearly 1000 square metres and host up to 95 students.

The high-performing, flexible teaching spaces in these new facilities will create greater capacity for Chisholm to respond to forecasted growth in other high-demand programs across campus. Frankston campus will be transformed into a world-class training precinct to help thousands of locals get the skills and training they need for the jobs they want.

investment
$150+ million investment
purposely built
Purpose built facilities for 60,000+ students
gross area
25,000+ m2 gross floor area
teaching and learning
7,000+ teaching and learning events as of August 2024