University of Canberra
Graduate Diploma in Accounting
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Course Type: Graduate Diploma
Become an agile professional with diverse employment skills which are transferable across a range of different industries.
Course overview
UC’s Graduate Diploma in Accounting is designed for students who may have an overseas accounting qualification and are required to undertake eight units to meet the requirements of the award.
Students entering this award must have their qualifications assessed by either CPA Australia or Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand to identify the unit set required to meet accreditation requirements.
Through practical, hands-on learning, our coursework is designed to produce highly competent, work-ready graduates with an in-depth discipline knowledge, with the technical skills needed to work as socially responsible accounting professionals across the private and public sectors.
Key facts
27th July, 2026
What you will study
To complete the Graduate Diploma in Accounting, you must pass 24 credit points (CP) from the following units. Each unit is valued at three CP.
- Accounting Systems and Practices
- Business Finance
- Business Law
- Economics for Managers
- Management Accounting
- Managing Government Finance
- Risk Management
- Business and Government Internship
- BGL Research Project
- Research Methods
- Entrepreneurship
- BGL Industry Project
- Corporate Accounting
- Law of Business Associations
- Quantitative Methods in Commerce
- Revenue Law
- Accounting and Decision Support Systems
- Accounting Internship Preparation
- Auditing and Assurance
- Advanced Revenue Law
- Advanced Issues in Accounting
- Law of Financial Services
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
Applicants must have an undergraduate degree or equivalent as approved by the university.
Additional admission requirements
Students who have completed an undergraduate degree with a major in accounting with an Australian institution are ineligible for entry to the course.
As an exit award, students must be enrolled in the Master of Professional Accounting and must have completed a minimum of 24 CP to be eligible for the Graduate Diploma in Accounting.
English language requirements
Applicants must have an IELTS Academic score of 6.5 overall, with no band score below 6.0 (or equivalent).
Outcomes
Career outcomes
- Accountant
- Accounts officer
- Accounting manager
- Auditor
- Budget analyst
- Compliance manager
- Cost account manager
- Entertainment production accountant
- Financial accountant
- Financial analyst
- Financial controller
- Forensic accountant
- Management accountant
- Personal finance advisor
- Tax accountant
Learning outcomes
- Integrate select theoretical and technical knowledge and skills in accounting and related disciplines.
- Exercise initiative and professional judgement to solve accounting and/or related business problems in diverse contexts using social, ethical, economic, regulatory and global perspectives.
- Analyse, interpret and synthesise theoretical and technical financial and/or related information to solve accounting problems.
- Argue, justify, collaborate and communicate ethical, socially responsible and sustainable accounting advice and ideas to a select range of stakeholders demonstrating high levels of personal autonomy and accountability.
- Seek and engage in a select range of authentic, work-integrated learning opportunities to reflect on performance and improve professional practice for themselves and others.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative full course fee (2025): $29,900 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The fees shown are the annual fee rates for the course. The annual rate is the fee that applies to standard full-time enrolment, which is 24 CP.
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.