Curtin University
Graduate Certificate in Corporate Innovation
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 6 months
- Course Type: Graduate Certificate
Lead innovation and creative change in your organisation.
Course overview
Do you aspire to lead innovation or business development in major corporations? If you want to learn how to drive change through entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and creativity, consider Curtin University's Graduate Certificate in Corporate Innovation.
In this course, you'll learn how to apply innovation, creativity and design thinking to transform and renew organisations. You'll develop key skills in entrepreneurship, market positioning and stakeholder engagement to drive business growth and tackle corporate challenges. You'll also learn how to make ethical, evidence-based decisions.
You can study this course as a standalone six-month graduate certificate or as a pathway to the university's Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
Key facts
What you will study
- Culture and Ethics in Global Business (25 credits)
- Transformation and Renewal (25 credits)
- International Marketing for Managers (25 credits)
- Creativity and Innovation (25 credits)
Entry requirements
Applicants require a bachelor degree in any discipline, or at least three years of relevant work experience. Applicants must also meet Curtin’s English language proficiency requirements.
English language requirements
Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined below.
- IELTS - Writing 6.0
- Speaking 6.0
- Reading 6.0
- Listening 6.0
- Overall bans score 6.5
You may demonstrate English proficiency using other tests. Please contact the university for full details.
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
Careers
Graduates may pursue careers in roles such as:
- Innovation manager
- Business development manager
- Stakeholder engagement manager
- Government advisor
- Business owner
Industries
- Agriculture
- Banking
- Construction
- Education
- Government
- Healthcare
- Insurance
- Logistics
- Mining
- Retail and transport
Learning outcomes
Graduates will learn the following skills during the course:
- Engage critically and reflectively with contemporary knowledge and skills relating to entrepreneurship and apply them to professional practice, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC6.
- Develop entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial and innovation skills and utilize these skills effectively to generate innovative solutions, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC6.
- Make evidence-based judgments and ethically aware business decisions through sophisticated evaluation and synthesis of information from various credible sources, GC1, GC5, GC6.
- Communicate professionally and effectively through written and oral means to culturally diverse stakeholders, GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, GC6;
- Consider sustainability and impact on the business environment and society when using new and established technologies, GC4, GC5.
- Employ entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship and innovation skills to engage responsibly with industry partners. GC1, GC2, GC3, GC4, GC5, GC6.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Average 2025 first-year fee: $16,170 (domestic fee-paying)
All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a study load of 100 credit points (normally four units) per semester or 200 credit points (normally eight units) 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.