Flinders University -

Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial Growth

  • Delivery: Face to Face
  • Study Level: Postgraduate
  • Duration: 12 months

The course is designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to support entrepreneurialism.

Course Overview

The course offers students opportunities to pursue and create new entities for social or economic impact, transform organisations and get exposure to business networks. The industry-relevant topics include a structured incubator followed by accelerator immersion.

This intensive program includes three stages for startup growth and entrepreneurial action. You can immerse yourself in an intensive “pre-accelerator”, generating and testing innovative ideas. “Incubate” your idea to grow and launch, with the support of our mentors and entrepreneurs in residence. Finally, “accelerate” your startup with industry connections and the right tools for scaling up.

The program focuses on the mindset, connections and skills required to navigate entrepreneurial pathways and the ecosystems for social or economic impact in any field. Participants will gain the skills to identify opportunities, solve problems in creative ways, transform ideas into value and address challenges in disruptive markets.

Key Facts

Delivery
Face to Face
Course Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
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Can be studied part time
12 months (Full time)
Intake
Units
5
Fees
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FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.
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What you will study

You must complete five topics (36 units), consisting of four core topics and one elective topic. Each topic is valued at four and a half units, unless otherwise indicated.

Core topics
  • New Venture Finance and Private Equity
  • Legal Signposts for Decision-Makers
  • Accelerating Start-ups: Build, Launch and Grow Ideas for Impact (18 units)

Choose one from the following:

  • Innovation for Social Impact
  • Innovation in Medical Devices
  • Innovation and Industry 4.0 GE
Electives

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

Applicants must normally hold a bachelor's degree or an equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution and have completed this qualification within three years at the commencement of this course.

Outcomes

Career outcomes

Potential occupations include:

  • Founder or co-founder
  • Changemaker
  • Social innovator
  • Innovation advisor
  • Product manager
  • Creative venture founder
  • Community development officer
  • Entrepreneur
  • Social entrepreneur
  • Innovation manager
  • Impact officer
  • Change agent
  • New ventures lead

Learning outcomes

  • Identify and shape opportunities to create social and economic value.
  • Apply creative approaches and tools to real-world innovation challenges.
  • Utilise design business models that transform opportunities into social cultural and economic value.
  • Apply innovative principles to solving organisation and social challenges.
  • Work in disruptive markets, technologies and social arrangements.
  • Understand and connect within an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Fees and FEE-HELP

Annual indicative fee in 2025: $11,800 (domestic full-fee paying place)

The annual indicative fee is based on a full-time study load of 36 units.

A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:

  • The number of units studied per term.
  • The choice of major or specialisation.
  • Choice of units.
  • Credit from previous study or work experience.
  • Eligibility for government-funded loans.

Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.

FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university course.