Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Entrepreneurship has been developed specifically to enhance your employability under our Graduate Guarantee. From 2022, if you successfully complete any of our undergraduate degrees and you are not able to secure part-time or full-time employment in a relevant field within six months, our Graduate Guarantee will support your continued learning at no cost.
The course will introduce you to key concepts in business leadership, entrepreneurship and social and business innovation. The units within the Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Entrepreneurship are drawn from our well-regarded MBA (Leadership) to offer you up-to-date and industry-relevant knowledge to complement your discipline. You'll study entirely online via our hyperflexible Be Different platform.
To apply to study the Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Entrepreneurship for free under the Graduate Guarantee you must:
You will need to apply between six and 12 months after graduation.
You will have up to twelve months from accepting your offer to complete all four units of this course and study fee-free. If you need to take longer, any remaining units after twelve months can be purchased.
Not eligible for the Graduate Guarantee?If you are interested in these units and do not meet the conditions of the Graduate Guarantee, you may be interested in our suite of postgraduate business courses, open to all students.
All domestic and international, onshore and offshore undergraduate students who commence from Term 1, 2022 and study at least two years (FTE) with CQUniversity are eligible.
Successful enrolment in the degree will be subject to the conditions of the Graduate Guarantee Offer which are:
Students must apply for enrolment into the free, hyperflexible degree (Graduate Certificate) by completing an application confirming their inability to achieve relevant employment (neither part-time nor full-time) since their official undergraduate degree conferral date. Graduates must apply between six and 12 months after graduation and must complete their free Graduate Certificate within 12 months of commencement.
Security RequirementsNot applicable.
Health RequirementsNo information available at this time.Assumed KnowledgeWe recommend that you study the course units in the following order:
Graduates will be able to apply the knowledge and skills they learn in this course in disruption and entrepreneurship, human resources, marketing, and social and business innovation to their current work in organisational settings, or to new initiatives requiring an innovation mindset. Students will be able to articulate into the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration (Leadership) or MBA (Leadership) for further extension at higher levels of study.