Enhance your business capability and learn more about how to lead, manage and strategise.
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Take your first step towards our MBA by attending our next MBA Information Evening.
This event provides an overview of our internationally accredited program, including our range of flexible entry pathways, scholarships, specialisations and career opportunities.
Curtin's Graduate Diploma in Business will give you the breadth of skills and knowledge critical to business operations and leadership. You’ll learn the relevance of economic theory, factors to consider in financial decision-making, the theory and practice of strategic decision-making, and about leading people.
This qualification is relevant for managers at all levels (emerging through to middle/senior levels) who want to extend their business knowledge and may have an undergraduate degree in a non-business area.
After completing the four units of the graduate diploma, you may choose to exit or pause your business studies or complete the additional four units required to gain your Master of Business Administration (MBA).
Note: If you don't yet meet the admission criteria for the Graduate Diploma in Business, complete our Graduate Certificate in Business or Graduate Certificate in Business Futures as a stepping stone. This pathway won’t take you any longer, as completing the units in those graduate certificates will provide course credits towards your Graduate Diploma.
Careers
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Complete this course in only three trimesters.
Face-to-face study is at Curtin’s Graduate School of Business, in the heart of the Perth CBD.
After your Grad Cert, you need only complete four units to gain a Curtin MBA.
“Studying the MBA has increased my confidence when leading and managing people. I have a stronger grasp on organisations now, compared with when all my knowledge was only based on experience,” Nicole says.
Nicole Baron is an insurance business manager who began her career after high school. She forged a reputation as a motivated and innovative leader, and wanted a qualification that both reflected her success and helped her professionally.
Read the story
What you need in order to get into this course. There are different pathway options depending on your level of work and education experience.
There are two pathways into the Graduate Diploma in Business – one for applicants with an undergraduate degree and one for those without an undergraduate degree. Applicants with an undergraduate degree will be required to demonstrate two (2) years of relevant work experience. Applicants without an undergraduate degree will have three (3) to five (5) years of relevant work experience and will be asked to meet the English language proficiency requirements for this course.
Curtin requires all applicants to demonstrate proficiency in English. Specific English requirements for this course are outlined in the IELTS table below.
You may demonstrate English proficiency using the following tests and qualifications.
Writing
6.0
Speaking
6.0
Reading
6.0
Listening
6.0
Overall band score
6.5
If you’re applying for the course, please select the ‘How to Apply’ button for further instructions. You’ll also need to include an employer recommendation form and a referee report with your application. All applicants will need to submit a copy of their CV/resume highlighting prior work experience and roles that they have held.
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