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University of Adelaide

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Graduate Diploma in Project Management

  • Graduate Diploma

Project management is about delivering successful results for business, government and the community. It requires passion, resolve and vision. This one-year degree will set you up to manage projects at whole new scales and levels of complexity.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Diploma
Duration
1 year full-time
Course Code
3GD130
Intake Months
Jan, Sep

About this course

Scale up

Project management is about delivering successful results for business, government and the community. It requires passion, resolve and vision. This one-year degree will set you up to manage projects at whole new scales and levels of complexity.

What will you do?

Our Graduate Diploma in Project Management places a strong emphasis on holistic and systems-based project management. You will:








Where could it take you?

You could organise major sporting events or coordinate living arts festivals. You might manage megaprojects in healthcare, science, manufacturing, catering, entertainment or the defence sector. Perhaps you'll head a marketing team in Silicon Valley or oversee the development of a multi-storey tower in Dubai. The graduate diploma can also lead into our Master of Project Management.

*PMI and PMBOK are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.










^Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities, 2017

Study locations

North Terrace

North Terrace Campus

What you will learn

  • learn scalable project management concepts, methodologies and tools
  • build your understandings around world-leading practices (PMBOK Guide and PRINCE2)*
  • take courses in Enterprise Transformations, and Portfolios and Programs Management
  • specialise in either complex project management or project management controls
  • confidently apply your learning to meet professional and organisational goals
  • develop the leadership skills required for large-scale projects.

Career pathways

  • Australia's #1 University for Entrepreneurship Education^
  • AACSB accredited
  • Accredited Program - PMI Global Accreditation Centre

^Accreditation Council for Entrepreneurial and Engaged Universities, 2017

Course structure

Students will commence the program by taking four core courses that provide basic skills in planning linear projects, addressing risks in linear projects, leading projects, and an introduction to complex systems generally.

Students will then progress to courses in Enterprise Transformations, and Portfolios and Programs Management which all extend knowledge gained in the earlier courses.

At this point in the program, students will choose to undertake the course:

  • Complex Project Management 1 (for students operating in complex environments such as enterprise focused, software, defence, entrepreneurial and most government-initiated social programs), or
  • Project Management Controls (for students that operate in linear projects, such as construction, ship building etc).

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at University of Adelaide.
82.5%
Overall satisfaction
84.2%
Skill scale
73.7%
Teaching scale
85.7%
Employed full-time
$100k
Average salary