Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (Leadership)

What you will study

The Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (Leadership) consists of four units. Each standard unit is designed to take 144 hours to complete, which equates to four to six months of full-time study for the full course. However, this is a flexible online course so you will have up to three years from enrolment to complete the course at your own pace.

The units cover essential business functions, which are:

• Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• People, Leadership and Culture
• Communication and Disruption
• Strategic Marketing

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

To be eligible for entry into this course, applicants must hold one of the following criteria:

• A completed Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) bachelor's degree or a higher equivalent qualification.
• A completed AQF diploma with two years of relevant business experience.
• Five years of relevant business or managerial experience.

Relevant business or managerial experience includes a working knowledge of how a business operates, for example, budgeting, staffing, project management, financial reporting, process management or human resources.

Professional experience must be shown in a letter of employment which is presented on a company letterhead as well as signed and dated by a delegated authority. The letter must contain position title, duties performed and length of service.

English language requirements

Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of one of the following criteria:

• A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent).
• An AQF diploma level qualification.
• Bachelor's level qualification study for a period of at least two years full time with a minimum overall GPA of 4.0 completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or United States of America.

If you do not satisfy any of the above criteria, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores below:

• International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic): Overall band score of at least 6.0 overall with a minimum 5.5 in each subset.
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Requires 550 or better overall and minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test).
• Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46.
• Occupational English Test: Grades A or B only in each of the four components.

English test results remain valid for no more than two years between the final examination date and the date of commencement of study, and must appear on a single result certificate. Each student will be assessed individually.

Recognition of Prior Learning

You may be able to get credit for your course based on prior formal, non-formal or informal learning. To apply, you will need to provide supporting documentation outlined by the university. Contact the university for more information.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

If you are seeking to begin or progress your career in management and leadership, a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (Leadership) is a good place to start. In this course you can expect an affordable, fresh, relevant and compelling graduate educational experience. The course is widely regarded as the graduate certificate of choice for aspiring business professionals. Skills are developed to ensure ambitious managers are equipped to lead individuals, teams and organisations.

Learning outcomes

Graduates will learn the following skills during the course:

• Applying appropriate leadership principles to inspire market disruption by ‘first movers’.
• Employing creativity, innovation and the spirit of entrepreneurship to design a business venture from start-up to maturity.
• Exploring how modern entrepreneurship and innovation function according to organisational size, industry type, culture and strategy.
• Improving individual performance within a business entrepreneurial environment via personal awareness and direction.
• Influencing employee job satisfaction and emotional well-being by leveraging leadership and motivation theories.
• Identifying the challenges that confront contemporary society as determined by social and cultural research.
• Learning how to work effectively with people of diverse cultures, norms and languages.
• Improving organisational, team and individual performances by implementing effective performance methods.
• Interacting constructively and professionally with others.
• Demonstrating persuasion and negotiation techniques.
• Working collaboratively with others in a cross-cultural setting.
• Communicating concisely to global audiences in a dynamic media environment.
• Analysing current marketing strategies through key marketing concepts, theories and statistical techniques.
• Identifying suitable marketing strategies through market research.
• Analysing legal, ethical and societal influences on marketing decision-making.
• Communicating product, price, place and promotional objectives effectively via a marketing plan.

Fees and FEE-HELP

Indicative first-year tuition fee in 2025: $7,200 (domestic full-fee paying place)

The indicative first-year fee is the approximate cost of enrolling in this course for one academic year for a full-fee paying place. For a graduate certificate, this is usually four units studied full-time over one term or part-time over two terms.

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.