University of Adelaide
Executive Graduate Certificate in Business Administration
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 6 months
- Course Type: Graduate Certificate
Graduate with the skills, contracts and mental models needed to pursue leadership roles in your chosen business career.
Course overview
The graduate certificate is designed with maximum flexibility to suit the needs of working professionals. You can organise daytime, evening or weekend study hours and vary the number of courses you take per trimester.
Learn how to coordinate financial, physical, technological and human resources in pursuit of important objectives, take management courses in key business areas, build communication and decision-making skills, and develop professional relationships and networks.
Key facts
What you will study
To qualify for the Executive Graduate Certificate in Business Administration, the student must complete satisfactorily a program of study consisting of the following requirements with a combined total of not less than 12 units, comprising:
- Core courses to the value of 9 units
- Elective courses to the value of 3 units
Core courses
- Accounting for Managers
- Fundamentals of Leadership
- Marketing Management
Electives
- Managerial Finance
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Business Performance Improvement
- Business Law
- Services and Operations Management
- Project Management
- Strategic Management
- Negotiation Skills
- Judgement Based Decision Making
- Organisation Innovation
- Management Project (Research)
- Managing in Global Context
- Managing Contemporary Organisations
- Marketing Strategy
- Systems Thinking for Management
- Business Project (Consulting)
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
You must have one of the following:
- A minimum of five years of relevant work experience is required for applicants with a completed AQF bachelor's degree (minimum GPA 5.0).
- For students without an AQF bachelor’s degree, a minimum of seven years of work experience is required.
All eligible applicants will be invited to an interview with the MBA Director where the applicant must demonstrate leadership, communication, team skills, motivation and business skills.
Please upload a copy of your CV with your SATAC application. Additionally, if you have had previous contact with the EMBA Director through one of the MBA Coffee catch up sessions or EMBA Information Sessions, please indicate this in your CV.
English language requirements
For international applicants, you must have one of the following:
- Successful completion of an Australian year 12 qualification with a minimum pass in an accepted English language subject.
- IELTS: Overall 7, Reading 6.5, Listening 6.5, Speaking 6.5, Writing 6.5.
- TOEFL: Overall 94, Reading 20, Listening 20, Speaking 22, Writing 24.
- Pearson: Overall 65, Reading 58, Listening 58, Speaking 58, Writing 58.
- C1 Advanced: Overall 185, Reading 176, Listening 176, Speaking 176, Writing 176.
- A range of alternative qualifications may meet the university’s minimum English requirements.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
Graduates of this program have gone on to roles such as:
- Marketer/Marketing manager
- Business development manager
- Business manager
- CEO
- Product manager
- Project manager
- Team leader
- Innovation manager
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative annual tuition fee in 2025: $24,750 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The estimated per-unit fee is calculated using the annual estimated first-year fee. It is based on a full-time study load of 24 units of study per year
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.