Graduate Certificate in Finance and Investment Management

What you will study

At UQ, a unit represents the value of individual courses that contribute to the total unit requirements of a program. Most UQ courses have a value of two units, though some may vary depending on the program or course structure.

To earn the Graduate Certificate in Finance and Investment Management, you must complete eight units or four courses, as detailed below. Unless otherwise noted, each course is worth two units.

Core units

Complete the following two-unit course:

• Contemporary Financial Modelling and Analytics

Flexible core units

Complete two to four units from the following:

• Asset Pricing and Portfolio Management in Practice
• Derivatives and Applied Risk Management

Elective units

Complete two to four units from the following:

• Quantitative Investment Strategies
• Fixed Income and Public Financial Management
• Private Equity and Venture Capital
• Real Estate and Infrastructure

The flexible core and elective components must collectively contribute six units to the course.

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

To be eligible for this course, applicants must meet both of the following requirements:

• Hold either:
  • A bachelor's honours degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline; or
  • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline and at least two years of relevant full-time equivalent work experience.
• Have achieved a minimum Grade Point Average of 4.0 on UQ’s seven-point scale in the previous qualification.

Relevant qualifications include a bachelor’s or bachelor honours degree in accounting, commerce, economics, finance, mathematics or quantitative methods. Alternatively, the qualification may contain at least five courses across relevant areas such as calculus, advanced mathematics, finance, financial management, accounting, business analytics, business information systems, algebra, probability, statistics, differential equations, numerical analysis or multivariate analysis.

Relevant work experience should typically have been completed after graduation and may include finance, funds management, debt or liquidity management, broking, bank or corporate treasury, trading, accounting, economics, origination, investment banking or project management involving financial, venture capital or quantitative responsibilities.

English language requirements

Applicants must provide evidence of at least one of the following:

• An IELTS overall score of 7.0, with no individual band score below 6.0.
• A TOEFL internet-based score of 100, including at least 19 in listening, 19 in reading, 21 in writing and 19 in speaking.
• A PTE Academic overall score of 72, with no communicative skill score below 60.
• Another form of English language evidence accepted by the university.

OET is not accepted for this course.

Contact the university for further information.

Recognition of Prior Learning

You may be eligible for recognition of prior learning if you have previously studied or have relevant work experience. This will help to reduce the number of units that you need to study to finish your course. Contact the university for more information.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

Potential career outcomes include:

• Investment Manager
• Fund Manager
• Portfolio Manager
• Investment Analyst
• Planning Policy Manager
• Market Risk Manager
• Investment Banker

Fees and FEE-HELP

Indicative annual fee in 2026: $24,292 (Full-fee paying place)

Indicative annual fees are based on your first year of study.

A student’s annual fee may vary by:

• The number of units studied.
• 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.