University of Adelaide

Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

  • Delivery: Online
  • Study Level: Postgraduate
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Course Type: Graduate Diploma

This course is 100% online, giving you the flexibility to log in and study whenever it works for you.

Course overview

The Graduate Diploma in Business Administration will strengthen your intellectual and emotional self-awareness, ability to mobilise people to address common challenges, capacity to recognise and evaluate entrepreneurial opportunities and drive innovation, accounting, economics and marketing knowledge and capabilities, problem-solving and interpersonal communication skills, and understanding of how to employ basic and applied research to support sustainable business growth.

You’ll also build strong relationships with your fellow students—all experienced managers, working across multiple industries—through regular online collaboration and be supported by the university's expert academic, personal and career advisors from day one.

Key facts

Delivery
Online
Course Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
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Can be studied part time
12 months (Full time)
Price Per Unit
From $4,986
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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
Intake
Units
8
Fees
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FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.
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What you will study

To complete the study of Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, you must complete these courses:

  • Leadership and Influencing
  • Marketing for Managers
  • Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Managerial Economics
  • Innovation Management
  • Research for Managers
  • Managing People and Organisation

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

To be eligible, you need to meet one the following requirements:

  • A completed undergraduate bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and a minimum of two years' relevant work experience.
  • No degree, completed GMAT with a score of >500 and a minimum of two years' relevant work experience.
  • A completed university Graduate Certificate in Business Administration.

English language requirements

You must be able to demonstrate that you meet the minimum English language requirements. Contact the university for more information.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

Graduates of this program have gone on to roles such as:

  • Manager/Business management
  • Business consultant

Fees and FEE-HELP

Cost per course in 2025: $4,986 (domestic full-fee paying place)

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.