CQUniversity
Graduate Certificate in Management
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 6 months
- Course Type: Graduate Certificate
Enhance your fundamental business knowledge and skills to facilitate your successful transition to a graduate diploma or master's degree in business-related fields.
Course overview
The Graduate Certificate in Management will provide you with the skills required to initiate and develop plans that efficiently meet management goals. This course is an entry pathway to CQUniversity's graduate diplomas in human resource management, international business, marketing and leading organisational change.
The Graduate Certificate in Management is designed for students from various professions.
Upon completing this course, you will have acquired the skills to manage real-world business situations at operational and supervisory levels. You will learn about the key principles and practices of effective and efficient business and gain a competitive edge for success in dynamic business environments.
The Graduate Certificate in Management is designed to develop foundation knowledge and skills in the business discipline to enable you to successfully progress towards CQUniversity's Graduate Diploma of Human Resource Management, International Business, Marketing and Leading Organisational Change, or a Master 's-level qualification in a business-related discipline.
Key facts
Melbourne
Sydney
17th September, 2025
What you will study
You are required to complete four core units:
- Effective Business Communications
- Managing Human Resources
- Marketing Management and Digital Communications
- Management and Business Context
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
To gain entry to this course, you must have at least one of the following criteria:
- A completed bachelor's degree in any discipline from an Australian university or college or equivalent.
- A recognised diploma and two years of relevant business experience.
- A minimum of five years of relevant professional experience.
English language requirements
Please contact the university for more information about English language requirements for international students.
Upon completion of this course, students seeking entry into the Master of Business Administration are required to have an International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic) overall band score of 6.5, with no individual band score of less than 6.0.
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
The Graduate Certificate in Management allows you to study contemporary management practices. As a graduate, you can target employment in business consultation and middle to high-level business management.
Learning outcomes
Graduates will learn the following skills during the course:
- Develop and discuss specialist knowledge and skills in marketing and customer management.
- Acquire knowledge and apply appropriate practices related to the recruitment and selection of staff.
- Develop and apply specialist knowledge and skills in business communication in different contexts.
- Develop solutions to address complex and diverse organisational management challenges.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative first-year tuition fee in 2025: $15,990 (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.