University of New South Wales
AGSM Graduate Certificate in Management
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 8 months
- Course Type: Graduate Certificate
Develop a broad understanding of business and management through a program that builds strategic capability and prepares professionals for leadership across diverse organisational settings.
Course overview
AGSM's Graduate Certificate in Management is designed for professionals looking to broaden their management capability, accelerate their career or transition into leadership roles. The program provides a strong foundation across core business disciplines while developing the strategic perspective needed to lead organisations effectively.
Throughout the program, you'll strengthen your ability to think beyond individual business functions and understand how different parts of an organisation work together. You'll develop practical management capability, build strategic decision-making skills and learn to respond to current and emerging organisational challenges with confidence.
Delivered on campus, the program combines face-to-face learning with online components to provide flexibility while studying. A key strength of the program is its broad management perspective, helping professionals understand organisations beyond functional areas while providing a pathway to the AGSM MBA.
Key facts
8th February, 2027
24th May, 2027
6th September, 2027
What you will study
To earn the AGSM Graduate Certificate in Management, you must successfully complete units totalling 24 credit points, as detailed below. Unless otherwise noted, each course is worth 6 credit points.
Select 12 credit points from the following:
- Accounting and Financial Management
- Corporate Finance
- Data Analytics and Decision-making
- Economics in Management Practice
- Leadership
- Managing People and Organisations
- Marketing Management
- Strategy
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
Applicants must meet one of the following:
- A recognised undergraduate degree (or equivalent qualification) and a minimum of two years of professional or managerial work experience.
- At least six years of professional work experience.
English language requirements
If English isn’t your first language, you may be required to provide evidence that your English language ability meets our requirements. Contact the university for further information. If you do need to provide evidence of your English proficiency, this will be indicated in your application.
You can prove this by providing evidence that you meet one or more of the following criteria:
- English language tests and university English courses.
- Prior study in the medium of English.
- Other qualifications.
Recognition of Prior Learning
You may be eligible for recognition of prior learning if you have previously studied or have relevant work experience. This will help reduce the number of units you need to study to finish your course. Contact the university for more information.
Outcomes
Learning outcomes
- Teamwork: Students should be able to participate collaboratively and responsibly in teams, and to reflect on their own teamwork, and on the team's processes and ability to achieve outcomes.
- Communication: Students should be able to produce written documents that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose. They will be able to produce oral presentations that communicate complex disciplinary ideas and information effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
- Critical thinking and problem-solving: Students should be able to identify, research and analyse complex issues and problems in business and/or management, and propose appropriate and well-justified solutions.
- Knowledge: Students should be able to identify and apply current knowledge of disciplinary or interdisciplinary theory and professional practice to business in local and global environments.
Career outcomes
- Business analyst
- Business development manager
- Corporate trainer
- Financial analyst
- General manager
- Human resources specialist
- Management consultant
- Marketing coordinator
- Operations manager
- Project manager
- Sales manager
- Supply chain manager
- Executive assistant
- Risk manager
- Business development manager
- Strategic planner
- Operations analyst
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative annual fee in 2026: $24,000 (Full-fee paying place)
Indicative annual fees are based on your first year of study.
A student’s annual fee may vary by:
- The number of units studied.
- 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 program.