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Graduate Certificate of Business Administration

Australia

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What will I learn?

Overview

  • Expand your strategic thinking. Through industry representatives and experiential learning, you can use this business administration certificate to gain entry into Master of Business Administration (MBA).
  • Add immediate value to your business by learning practical and innovative strategies to lead teams with a high-performing culture.
  • UniSQ’s new fast-tracked degree allows you to study two subjects at a time throughout one eight-week teaching period. The intake for each teaching period is consecutive with all subjects focus on scenario-based learning.
  • Complete this graduate certificate within four months of full-time study (two subjects at a time). Choose to study one subject at a time and finish within 8 months.

Further study

Once you successfully complete this degree, you can go on to study the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration.

Career outcomes

Be ready to move into management or executive roles within your business.
Convert your thinking from operational to strategic and progress into executive roles in regional, national or international organisations.

Which department am I in?

School of Business

Study options

Online/Distance (4 Months)

Tuition fees
A$16,000.00 (US$ 10,544) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

July 2025

Online/Distance (4 Months)

Tuition fees
A$16,000.00 (US$ 10,544) per year

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

October 2025

Entry requirements

For international students

Completion of an Australian university 3-year bachelor degree, or equivalent, with a GPA of at least 4.0 out of 7.0, and a minimum of 3 years' full-time relevant professional work experience in business at management or supervisory level.

or
With no formal university qualification, you will require at least 5 years' relevant professional work experience at management or supervisory level which is equivalent of an Australian bachelor degree (AQF Level 7).

Applicants who have not completed a 3-year bachelor degree, but have a minimum of 5 years' professional work experience in business with at least 1 year's management or supervisory level experience, or equivalent, may apply for entry and be assessed on a case by case basis.

IELTS (Academic only) - Overall minimum score of 6.5 and no individual band score of less than 6.0; TOEFL (internet based) - Overall minimum score of 90 and no individual skills score of less than 20; Pearson (PTE Academic) - Overall score of 58 and no individual Communicative Skills score of less than 58; Cambridge C1 Advanced C2 Proficiency - Overall minimum score of 185 with no less than 185 in each skill.

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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