The Graduate Certificate in Commerce, UNSW Sydney, builds the framework to support and strengthen your career progression, and provides a pathway to further study. Tailor your education to suit your goals - choose courses from a wide variety of business areas, including Finance, Analytics, Marketing, Management and more.
The flexible course selection offers two outcomes for your study – gain a contemporary understanding of a preferred business topic, or a broad understanding of key business practices and theories.
In less than a year, graduates gain the critical thinking and decision-making skills to underpin their future career success.
Why choose this graduate certificate?
No need to have completed a bachelor's degree – the Graduate Certificate in Commerce is designed for professionals who are looking to upskill in a range of business areas.
Gain exposure to business thinking, principles and their application in Accounting, Analytics, Finance, International Business, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Risk Management or Business Law.
See the program structure for detailed information.
Subject to meeting entry requirements, successfully completed courses from the graduate certificate are transferrable to the
Master of Commerce.
The skills and insights gained from your Graduate Certificate in Commerce can have an immediate positive effect on your career. Your education is shaped by industry leaders and world class academics – experts who recognise the future will present career opportunities that don’t exist today - and your potential professional network extends to more than 90,000 Business School alumni worldwide.
Who is this degree for?
- Professionals with more than 5 years of work experience but no bachelor’s degree
- Those interested in developing capabilities in a particular business area
- Those seeking a pathway to a postgraduate qualification in business
Job and career prospects
The graduate certificate can be a gateway to further studies in business, which will create career opportunities including:
- Business Analyst
- Consultant
- Customer Experience Manager
- Data Analyst
- Digital Innovation Manager
- Entrepreneur
- Financial Advisor
- Financial Technology Developer
- Human Resource Consultant
- Investment Banker
- Marketing Analyst
- People and Culture Specialist
- Portfolio Manager
- Product Manager
- Risk Analyst
- Social Entrepreneur
- Strategist
- Venture Capitalist
Why the Business School?
UNSW Business School is a leading business school in the Asia-Pacific, with our subjects consistently ranking within the top 50 worldwide. Within Australia we rank 1st for Accounting and Finance, and 2nd for Business and Management studies. Worldwide, these subjects rank within the Top 50 along with Economics and Econometrics, and Computer Science and Information Systems. Read more about our rankings and reputation.
The Business School offers students a suite of professional development opportunities with Career Accelerator. With Career Accelerator you can build industry connections through networking and
mentoring, and you can undertake
internships and
global business practicums for credit towards your degree.