CQUniversity
Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 12 months
- Course Type: Graduate Diploma
Equip yourself with essential professional skills that are appropriate for a career in accounting.
Course overview
Upon completing this course, you can apply to the Master of Professional Accounting, which is accredited by the professional accounting bodies in Australia. You will receive full credit for the units completed in the Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting.
Key facts
Melbourne
Sydney
10th November, 2025
What you will study
To earn the Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting, you must complete these eight core units:
- Accounting in Australia
- Economics for Managers
- Australian Commercial Law
- Statistics for Managerial Decisions
- Foundations in Accounting
- Accounting Systems and Information Assurance
- Foundations of Management Accounting
- Managerial Finance
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
To gain entry to this course, students must have one of the following criteria:
- The CQUniversity Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting.
- A non-accounting undergraduate degree in any discipline from an Australian university or equivalent from an overseas institution.
- An Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent accounting bachelor's degree from an overseas institution or organisation that does not meet accreditation with an Australian accounting registration body for associate membership purposes.
Students who have completed the CQUniversity Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting will be eligible to apply for credit for completed units.
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
This course suits you if you want employment in accounting and financial management-oriented careers. Potential fields of employment include:
- Financial accounting
- Management accounting
- Taxation auditing
- Teaching finance
- Banking management
- Administration
- Consulting
- Business advisory services
Learning outcomes
- Integrate theoretical and technical accounting knowledge, including finance, economics, quantitative methods, information systems and commercial law.
- Use analytical skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise routine accounting problems.
- Communicate effectively in a range of contexts with professionals and non-professionals.
- Exercise a professional level of judgement to identify and respond to ethical issues in various contexts.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative first-year tuition fee in 2025: $31,369.5 (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.