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Overview

  • Choose a multidisciplinary specialisation, which allows you to select from any discipline area to suit your personal requirements.
  • Opportunities to progress on to the Master of Business.
  • Complete in 1 semester full-time or 2 semesters part-time.
QUT course code BS39
Attendance Part-time or Full-time
Course duration 6 months full-time
1 year part-time
Start month 2013 February, July
Delivery On campus
  • Gardens Point
Faculty
  • QUT Business School
Course contact
CRICOS code031769E
Careers
  • Financial Advisor/Analyst
  • Financial Project Manager

Details

The specialisations you can choose in the Graduate Certificate in Business offer a targeted group of units to broaden your knowledge in your selected business discipline.

The Graduate Certificate in Business is an excellent re-introduction to tertiary learning and an opportunity to update skills or, as one-third of the Master of Business program, a pathway to higher level study.

Units

Students are required to complete 48 credit points (4 units). The course can be undertaken either full-time (1 semester) or part-time (2 semesters).

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Entry requirements

For the Applied Finance specialisation the entry requirements are an undergraduate degree or equivalent in any field, with an overall minimum GPA of 4.0 (on a 7-point scale).

The Applied Finance discipline is designed for people with no or limited academic background in finance. Holders of an undergraduate degree in Finance interested in the Applied Finance discipline are invited to contact the Discipline Coordinator in the School of Economics and Finance to determine if an individualised advanced finance program plan can be developed.

Course fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.

2013: $10,200 (indicative) per 48 credit points (subject to annual review)

Student Services and Amenities Fee

You'll need to pay the Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) as part of your course costs.

More information on the SSAF

FEE-HELP: loans to help you pay your course fees

You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan.

Find out if you're eligible for a FEE-HELP loan

Scholarships and financial support

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

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You may also be eligible for Centrelink payments

Apply

How to apply for Graduate Certificate in Business (Applied Finance)

You apply directly to QUT for all our postgraduate courses.

Are you ready to submit your application?

You're ready if you have:

  1. Found all the courses you want to apply for. You can apply for up to 3.
  2. Checked important dates.
  3. Checked you meet the entry requirements
  4. Checked course costs and if you're eligible for financial support
  5. Checked if you're eligible for credit for prior learning
  6. Collected supporting documents (see application form)

All done? Then you're ready to apply.

Application for postgraduate course admission form (PDF file, 362.47 KB)