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Flinders University

Graduate Diploma in International Relations

  • Delivery: Face to Face
  • Study Level: Postgraduate
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Course Type: Graduate Diploma

The Graduate Diploma in International Relations provides a basic foundation in the key theoretical, conceptual, and thematic issues in International Relations.

Course overview

The course articulates with the 18 unit Graduate Certificate in International Relations and the 72 unit Master International Relations, and the sequentially developed topics enable progression through the three awards.

Key facts

Delivery
Face to Face
Course Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
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Can be studied part time.
12 months (Full time)
Price Per Unit
From $3,811.5
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The estimated per-unit fee is calculated using the annual indicative fee. It is based on a full-time study load of 36 units.
Campus
Bedford Park
Intake
New start dates announced soon
Units
8
Fees
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FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.
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What you will study

To complete the Graduate Diploma in International Relations, you must complete 36 units.

  • Debating International Relations
  • Emerging Digital Futures
  • Applying Policy Skills and Analysis
  • Critical Approaches to International Relations
  • Understanding Research
  • Contemporary Conflict Zones
  • Individual Supervised Study
  • Advanced Research Methods
  • Security in the International System
  • Governing East Asia in the 21st Century

Entry Requirements

Applicants must normally hold a bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution.

Students who have completed a Graduate Certificate in International Relations or an approved equivalent but not an undergraduate degree must also meet a GPA requirement.

However, the Dean (Education) may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.

Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

  • Assess advanced concepts, theories, contemporary trends and developments in international relations.
  • Apply relevant theories to problems and challenges in international relations.
  • Discuss the implications of research findings in relation to the theory and practice of international relations.
  • Critique knowledge, skills and ideas for specialist and non-specialist audiences

Career Outcomes

  • Policy Director
  • Consultant
  • Development Specialist
  • Director General
  • Executive Director
  • Manager
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • Impact Manager
  • General Manager
  • Fundraising and Philanthropy Director
  • Engagement Director.

Fees and FEE-HELP

Annual indicative fee in 2025: $30,492 (domestic full-fee paying place)

The annual indicative fee is based on a full-time study load of 36 units.

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.