Salesian College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Chadstone that was established in 1957. Founded on the philosophies of Saint John Bosco, the college aims to offer a Salesian ideal of education. Salesian comprises two campuses – Bosco (Years 7–8 & Years 10–12) being the school's main campus and Mannix (Year 9) catering solely for year 9s, due to their requirements and excursions as a year level.

Salesian is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges.

Curriculum

Salesian College offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) as well as the Vocational Major Program (VM).

VCE results 2012-2023

Year	Rank	Median study score	Scores of 40+ (%)	Cohort size
2012	172	30	7.3	204
2013	124	31	10.4	190
2014	120	31	11.4	182
2015	129	31	8.7	187
2016	127	31	9.1	167
2017	156	31	5	167
2018	152	31	6.4	229
2019	135	31	8	214
2020	210	30	4	164
2021	132	31	8.5	234
2022	127	31	8.9	233
2023	89	32	11.7	263

Sport

Salesian has won the following ACC premierships.

• Badminton (4) – 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
• Basketball – 1999
• Cricket (2) – 1971, 2023
• Lawn Bowls – 2018
• Soccer (4) – 1999, 2000, 2003, 2015

Notable alumni

• Brendan Cole – 2010 Commonwealth Games 4 × 400 m hurdles relay Gold Medalist; 2012 Australian Olympian
• Timothy Costelloe SDB – Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Perth
• Frank Davis – AFL Footballer, Melbourne Demons (Melbourne Premiership Player 1964, Best & Fairest 1970)
• Simon Hammond – author, entrepreneur, journalist, business advisor and international keynote speaker
• Kevin Morris – AFL Footballer, Richmond and Collingwood. (Richmond Premiership Player 1973 and 1974, Best & Fairest 1975)
• Robin Nahas (2005) – AFL Footballer, Richmond
• Nicolas Conte (2016) - Australian Broadcaster (Fox Fm and Triple M)
• Dirk Nannes (1976–) – professional cricketer
• Steve Pantelidis – Soccer Player, Melbourne Victory and Gold Coast United (Melbourne Victory Championship and Premiership player 2006/2007 & 2008/2009)
• Dean Rice – AFL Footballer, St Kilda and Carlton. (Carlton Premiership Player 1995)
• Matthew Robbins – AFL Footballer, Geelong and Western Bulldogs
• Gerry Wood – Politician, Northern Territory MLA, representing the electorate of Nelson
• Riley Collier-Dawkins – AFL footballer
• Raff Cicone - Labor Senator for Victoria and Deputy Government Whip in the Senate

See also

• List of schools in Victoria
• Victorian Certificate of Education
• Associated Catholic Colleges of Victoria