Graduate Certificate in Business Management

What you will study

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Business Management, you must complete four courses.

Core courses

Choose two of the following:

• Accounting and Financial Management
• Corporate Finance
• Data Analytics and Decision-making
• Economics in Management Practice
• Leadership
• Managing People and Organisations
• Marketing Management
• Strategy

Electives

Choose two of the following:

• Advanced Finance
• Approaches to Change
• Change Skills
• Collaboration for Social Impact
• Corporate Innovation
• Corporate Responsibility and Accountability
• Creating Shared Value
• Demonstrating Social Impact
• Design for Social Innovation
• Digital Innovation
• Digital Strategy
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Financial Analysis
• Global Finance
• Implementing Strategy
• Managing with Digital Technology
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Negotiation Skills
• Project Management
• Social Impact
• Social Impact Investment
• Sustainable and Inclusive Business
• Systems for Change

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

You will need to have one of the following:

• A recognised undergraduate degree (or equivalent qualification) and a minimum of two years of professional or managerial work experience.
• At least six years of professional work experience.

English language requirements

If English isn’t your first language, you may be required to provide evidence that your English language ability meets UNSW's requirements. Contact the university for further information.

If you do need to provide evidence of your English proficiency, this will be indicated in your application. You can prove this by providing evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:

• English language tests and university English courses.
• Prior study in the medium of English.
• Other qualifications.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

• Business analyst
• Business development manager
• Corporate trainer
• Financial analyst
• General manager
• Human resources specialist
• Management consultant
• Marketing coordinator
• Operations manager
• Project manager
• Sales manager
• Supply chain manager
• Executive assistant
• Risk manager
• Business development manager
• Strategic planner
• Operations analyst

Learning outcomes

• Teamwork: UNSW's graduates will be effective team participants. a. Students should be able to participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and to reflect on their own teamwork, and on the team's processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
• Communication: UNSW's graduates will be effective communicators in professional contexts. a. Students should be able to produce written documents that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose. b. Students should be able to produce oral presentations that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
• Critical thinking and problem solving: UNSW's graduates will have critical thinking and problem solving skills applicable to business and management practice or issues. a. Students should be able to identify, research and analyse complex issues and problems in business and/or management, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
• Knowledge: UNSW's graduates will have current disciplinary or inter-disciplinary knowledge applicable in local and global contexts. a. Students should be able to identify and apply current knowledge of disciplinary or interdisciplinary theory and professional practice to business in local and global environments.

Fees and FEE-HELP

Indicative first-year full fee (2025): $23,000 (domestic full-fee paying place)

Indicative fees are a guide only and have been calculated based on the typical enrolment patterns of students undertaking the program. The amount you pay will vary depending on the calendar year of enrolment, the courses you select and whether your study load is more or less than one Equivalent Full Time Student Load (48 units of credit 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.