Graduate Diploma of Management

This course is equivalent to 1st year Master of Business Administration, and is intended for people who have an undergraduate degree and/or extensive experience working within an organisation.

How to Apply

How to apply - Domestic students
How to apply - International students

Course details

UB course code BP4
CRICOS code(s) 043590F (Melbourne); 053783C (Sydney)
Course category Postgraduate diploma
Hosted by School of Business (UOB)
Duration 1 year full-time
Semester intakes Melbourne campus: March, July, November
Sydney campus: March, July, November
Availability International students: Melbourne campus, Sydney campus
Attendance International students: full-time
Course fees International students: AUD$8,000 per semester

Course objectives

The course aims to provide:

  • A coherent, integrated development programme designed to prepare students for assuming broad managerial responsibilities;
  • A variety of focused specialist courses that prepare the student for the immediate demands of a particular industrial or professional managerial setting;
  • A basis for further formal studies in management;
  • Approaches to learning that will enable practising managers to demonstrate initiative, flexibility, problem- solving ability, innovative thinking and responsiveness to change in their work environments;
  • A strong foundation in management and communications, accounting, human resource management, economics and marketing as the base disciplines of management;
  • A managerial focus and style that promotes awareness of the environment in which graduates will operate, and to develop approaches that are appropriate to these environments; and
  • Relevant knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable graduates to contribute to a specific managerial setting and promote the contribution of effective management in that setting.

Career opportunities

This course is designed for managers to upgrade their skills and qualifications and to prepare them for access to career opportunities which will have become evident to them in their current employment, or new opportunities with alternative employers following completion of the course.