Victoria University
Graduate Diploma in Business
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 12 months
- Course Type: Graduate Diploma
Specialise in your area of interest and take the next step in your professional career.
Course overview
VU's Graduate Diploma in Business will equip you with expertise and advanced knowledge in contemporary business. It is designed for professionals who wish to advance their careers or move into a more specialised area. Your business specialisation will be complemented with crucial workplace skills in problem solving, creativity and understanding contemporary business issues through authentic assessment.
Students will graduate as an ethical practitioner, who uses intercultural understanding to contribute to the demands of local and global communities. After graduating from this business course, you can choose to progress to a master's degree in your chosen specialisation – with credits from the diploma to qualify sooner.
Key facts
What you will study
To attain the Graduate Diploma in Business, students are required to complete 96 credit points consisting of:
- 48 credit points core units.
- 48 credit points specialisation studies.
Core units (12 credit points each)
- Accounting for Management
- Data Analysis for Business
- Business Economics
- Work and Organisation Systems
Specialisation studies (12 credit points each)
- Professional Accounting
- Business Analytics and Visualisation
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Finance
- Marketing
- Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Tourism Hospitality and Events Management
Entry requirements
To be considered for admission, students must have one of these requirements:
- Completion of an Australian bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline.
- Completion of an Australian graduate certificate (or equivalent) in a similar discipline.
- Applicants with a minimum of three years of approved work experience will be considered for admission to this course.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
VU's specialisations provide a range of career opportunities, according to your own career trajectory.
- Professional accounting: general accountant, taxation accountant and management accountant.
- Business analytics and visualisation: business analyst, business intelligence analyst, machine learning and AI consultant.
- Enterprise resource systems: ERP/SAP roles in a range of businesses and organisations.
- Finance: payroll officer, office manager, general manager and hospital administrator.
- Marketing: advertising specialist, market research analyst, marketing specialist and retail manager.
- Management: learning and development, HR, change management or organisation development, leadership roles in innovation and business sustainability.
- Supply chain management: supply-chain manager, logistics professional, global procurement specialist, sourcing/distribution manager, enterprise resource planning developer, project leader, transport coordinator, warehouse supervisor, import/export manager and customs manager.
- Tourism, hospitality and events management: policy development in government, planning and promotion, managers of attractions, marketing and communication roles (events) and planners within the travel sector.
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this course, graduates will be able to:
- Review theoretical approaches and analyse their application to achieve effective business strategies.
- Justify and interpret theoretical propositions and related knowledge to think critically in the resolution of business problems and recommend actions relevant to contemporary business settings.
- Analyse cross disciplinary knowledge in creative decision making.
- Exhibit independent judgement in a range of business functions in response to contemporary and future professional challenges.
- Formulate, implement and evaluate industry-specific investigations to resolve complex professional problems and inform management decision making.
- Articulate complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences.
- Present consistently, with personal accountability for outputs in a dynamic 21st century work environment, working in an ethical and socially responsible manner.
- Analyse and evaluate research findings applicable to business environments as part of the course work.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative fee in 2025: $32,200 per year (domestic full-fee paying place)
Full-fee courses are not government subsidised, so you will pay the total cost of each unit.
In addition to your tuition fees, you will need to pay a Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.