Graduate Diploma in Business Administration

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Fees

Fee type for this course: Full fee

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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.

: 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 educational achievements and work experience, as well as your 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 related course or unit(s). We call this a ‘pathway’.

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

After you are accepted into your course, you will need to enrol in your course units.

During enrolment, use your course delivery plan to understand the structure and requirements of your course.

Fees & scholarships

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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

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Start dates

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There are currently no scheduled intakes for this course.
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Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, Master of Business Administration

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