Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

Name: Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
Price: <p>Fee type for this course: <a href='#fees-and-scholarships'> Full fee </a></p> AUD

VU course code: BGPB | CRICOS: 091513K | Level of study: Postgraduate

Duration

1 year full time or longer for part time

Delivery mode

Hybrid

Fees

Fee type for this course: Full fee

Location

City Tower

Next start date

24 February 2025

Application closes

16 February 2025

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Overview

Gain a solid foundation in business with a Graduate Diploma in Business Administration at Victoria University.

Created for people without a current business qualification, this course is academically focused and professionally applicable. It provides an path to the MBA (Global) for those with relevant professional experience.

During the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, you will develop advanced knowledge in contemporary business, exploring core disciplines of management including:

accounting
statistics
marketing
economics
people management
ethics and sustainability.

This business diploma also offers skills crucial to business leadership that are valuable in any workplace, such as:

critical thinking
problem solving
creativity.

This business-administration course is designed to help you develop a global business perspective. You’ll be able to contribute to the development of your local and global community in a responsible and ethical manner.

: On successful completion of this course, students 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.

Critically apply cross disciplinary knowledge in creative decision making.

Demonstrate independent judgement in a range of business functions in response to contemporary and future professional challenges.

Work as a reflective practitioner to formulate, implement and evaluate industry-specific investigations to resolve complex professional problems and inform management decision making.

Effectively communicate complex knowledge and ideas to a variety of audiences.

Contribute 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.
: This course is offered through the Victoria University Business School located at our City Campus in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. If you are combining work with study, this is an ideal location.
Featuring business incubators (high tech meeting rooms replicating a business centre) and industry standard computer labs, the campus is a modern, spacious and comfortable learning environment.
You’ll have access to professional online business databases and a specialist business librarian.
: Everything you learn at VU has direct links to the real world. You’ll benefit from our many partnerships within the business community. This course is designed to give you practical experience, so you’ll be job-ready when you graduate.

Entry requirements

When assessing your application, we consider your education, work experience, current skills and personal attributes (where relevant).

Applicants for this course will need to meet the entry criteria outlined below. If you don’t meet the entry criteria, you may be able to gain entry by first completing a different course. We call this a ‘pathway’.

For PhD applicants, we offer a related ‘Integrated PhD’ which allows you to establish relevant skills before beginning your research.

You may also be eligible for course ‘credits’, where you are granted a unit or units towards your qualification for equivalent previous study or work experience, so you can graduate sooner.

Entry criteria

Credit & Entry pathways into this course

Victoria University is committed to providing a transparent admissions process. Find out more about how to apply for our courses, and our commitment to admissions transparency. Meeting the minimum admission criteria does not guarantee entry into this course. Past academic performance may be considered.

Course structure

To attain the award of Graduate Diploma in Business Administration students must successfully complete the following:

96 credit points core units

Units

Fees & scholarships

University fees vary, depending on how much the government contributes towards course costs (if anything).

Read below to find out about the fee ‘type’, the estimated yearly tuition costs for this course, and the financial support on offer (including our generous scholarship program).

Fee information is not available for this course.

Scholarships

Careers

Studying business administration with VU will broaden your career options. You’ll have the foundational knowledge to go on to study our Master of Business Administration (Global). You’ll also have the skills and competencies to enter early career roles in the business sector and beyond. Our graduates find work in business management and marketing in settings such as:

marketing
human resources
trading
real estate
construction
IT
consultation
management.

Salary

Visit Jobs and Skills Australia to find the average annual salary in Australia for the following roles:

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