Graduate Certificate in People Analytics

What will you study

To complete the Graduate Certificate in People Analytics, you must fulfil these four core courses (subjects):

• Foundations of People Analytics
• Business Analytics
• Professional Human Resource Management Practices
• Predictive Human Resource Analytics

Entry requirements

Academic requirements

Applicants must have an Australian bachelor's degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) in business, commerce, human resource management and data analytics or a related field or a higher level of qualification.

You may also be considered if you have a minimum of five years of full-time equivalent work experience or equivalent, working in business, commerce, human resource management, data analytics, or a related field. Applicants will be required to submit a curriculum vitae (CV).

Suppose your qualification was completed more than 10 years ago. In that case, you will need to provide evidence of ongoing professional work and/or professional development in the same discipline as the program for which you are seeking entry to be granted credit.

English language requirements

You must meet the university's minimum English language requirements to be eligible for a place in this program. Contact the university for more details.

Recognition of Prior Learning

You may be able to get credit for your course based on prior formal, non-formal or informal learning. To apply, you will need to provide supporting documentation outlined by the university. Contact the university for more information.

Outcomes

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in People Analytics, you will have a broad and comprehensive knowledge of this discipline, as well as core practical skills that enable you to make meaningful contributions to your organisation.

Through your studies, you will learn to articulate the role that people analytics plays in transforming people management, critically evaluate and communicate how theories and methods apply in real-life scenarios and identify key differences in HR data and associated information systems to support HRM, strategic management solutions, decision-making processes and people management operations.

Career outcomes

With a Graduate Certificate in People Analytics, you will be equipped with the knowledge, skills and capability to pursue roles as a people and organisation professional, an organisational analysis specialist, or a role requiring employee and workforce analysis.

Potential careers include roles such as:

• HR analytics management, leading, consulting and advising
• People analytics and management
• Organisational consulting and change management
• Training and development, coordination and strategy
• Diversity and inclusion management
• Workplace policy advising

Fees and FEE-HELP

Estimated first-year tuition fee in 2026: $17,760 (domestic full-fee paying place).

Additional expenses:

• Student services and amenities fee (SSAF): $373 maximum fee for 2026.
• Other items related to your program include field trips, textbooks and equipment.

All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a study load of 48 credit points (normally four units) per semester.

A student’s fee may vary depending on:

• The number of subjects studied per term.
• The choice of major or specialisation.
• Choice of subjects.
• 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 program.