Edith Cowan University
Graduate Diploma of Project Management
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 12 months
- Course Type: Graduate Diploma
Discover how to enhance the project management profession and benefit the broader community.
Course overview
Project Management can be applied in almost any industry across various projects. These projects include developing a new product or service, effecting a change in structure, staffing, or style of an organisation, designing new applications, developing or implementing a new or modified information system, constructing a building or facility, managing government projects or implementing a new business procedure or process.
Key facts
July, 2026
What you will study
To complete the Graduate Diploma of Project Management, you must complete 120 credit points.
- Managing Project Scope and Stakeholders
- Project Scheduling and Control
- Project Risk and Quality
- Project Cost Management
- Agile Projects
- Program Management
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
Academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
- Bachelor's degree.
- Equivalent prior learning, including at least five years of relevant professional experience.
Alternatively, applicants may apply for a graduate certificate in project management, with equivalents considered.
English language requirements
English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
- IELTS academic overall band minimum score of 6.5 (no individual band less than 6.0).
- Bachelor's degree from a country specified on the university's English Proficiency Bands page.
- Completed 0.375 EFTSL of study at the postgraduate level or higher at an Australian higher education provider (or equivalent).
- Where accepted, equivalent prior learning, including at least five years of relevant professional experience.
- Other tests, courses or programs defined on the university's English Proficiency Bands page.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
The course provides students with the knowledge to manage projects in almost any industry. It provides a pathway into a project management career through developing core skills in areas such as project stakeholders, scheduling, agile projects, project costing, risk and quality management and program management. Current project managers can extend their knowledge by learning and applying new theories and methods, thus enabling them to advance in their careers.
Potential job titles:
- Project Team Member
- Project Officer
- Project Manager
- Project Scheduler
- Project Administrator
- Project Support Officer
- Program Manager
Learning outcomes
- Communicate specialised knowledge, concepts and skills to a variety of audiences in the field of project management.
- Apply independent judgement when analysing and evaluating complex problems to generate creative solutions in project management.
- Demonstrate management skills by initiating, planning, implementing and evaluating tasks in the field of project management.
- Critique complex project management issues, considering the ethical and social consequences.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Estimated first-year indicative fee 2025: $30,450 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The estimated first-year indicative fee is provided as a guide only, based on a typical enrolment of students undertaking the first year of this course. At ECU, you pay for the individual units you enrol in, not an overall course fee.
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.