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Graduate Diploma of Business Administration

Australia

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What will I learn?

Overview

  • Use the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration as a stepping-stone in developing your strategic leadership and management skills and start your study towards an MBA.
  • Become more than an operational manager and apply strategic knowledge to a range of real-life contexts through problem-based assessment scenarios.
  • Gain a competitive advantage by leveraging your leadership skills to create and execute organisational strategy.
  • Learn how to communicate effectively and positively influence internal and external stakeholders.
  • Expand your strategic thinking capabilities and become ready to transition into executive roles within your industry.
  • Delivered online in accelerated 8-week teaching blocks, you can fit your study into your life, at your own pace. Choose to study two subjects at a time and finish this degree within eight months, or study part-time and finish within 16 months.

Further study

Once you successfully complete this degree, and if you meet the entry requirements, you will be offered the option to articulate to the Master of Business Administration (MBA).

Career outcomes

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

Which department am I in?

School of Business

Study options

Online/Distance (8 Months)

Tuition fees
A$32,000.00 (US$ 21,089) per year

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

Start date

September 2025

Online/Distance (8 Months)

Tuition fees
A$32,000.00 (US$ 21,089) per year

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

Start date

January 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' relevant professional work experience at management or supervisory level.

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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About The University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ)

The University of Southern Queensland is a leader in tertiary education, with an impressive track record of impactful research of global significance.

  • One of Australia’s six ‘Trailblazer’ universities
  • Australia’s highest median Undergraduate salaries
  • Strong global partnerships and industry connections
  • Flexible and convenient modes of study.

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