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Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business

  • Graduate Certificate

The Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business is designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and training to integrate sustainability issues and frameworks into business considerations.

Key details

Degree Type
Graduate Certificate
Duration
1 year part-time
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Jul

About this course

The Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Business is designed to provide graduates with the knowledge and training to integrate sustainability issues and frameworks into business considerations. The subjects in this course adopt an interdisciplinary, international, and evidence-based approach to respond to the complex and growing sustainability challenges and opportunities facing businesses in a range of fields and industries.

Study locations

Parkville

What you will learn

The course requires completion of 50 credit points of study, representing a choice of four electives from a suite of six subjects. These subjects are offered through traditional classroom teaching during normal semester times.

As a specialist certificate, this course is offered to domestic students only in conjunction with the Master of Management suite, Master of International Business and Master of Digital Marketing programs and is also available to students in other graduate programs at the University.

Career pathways

Subjects are taught by leading academics in the disciplines of Business & Economics, including accounting, finance, economics, management, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Students will be provided with opportunities to develop expertise in sustainable business across a range of business and economics disciplines, supporting their career pathways and to address the increasing sustainability challenges and opportunities in the organisations in which they work.

As a specialist certificate, this course is offered in conjunction with the Master of Management suite and Master of International Business programs and is also available to students in other graduate programs at the University.

On successful completion of this degree, graduates will be:

  • Critical thinkers and problem solvers in relation to sustainable business and economics related issues and in developing sustainable solutions to problems in organisations and in society.
  • Effective decision makers in sustainable business and economics.
  • Knowledgeable in the core areas of sustainable business.
  • Competent in critical evaluation of evidence in support of an argument or proposition;

Clear in articulating sustainable business issues, ideas theories and solutions to a range of audiences in written and oral form.

How to apply

Domestic applicants are Australian citizens and permanent residents, New Zealand citizens, and holders of a permanent humanitarian visa and can apply online.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at University of Melbourne.
82.5%
Overall satisfaction
84.4%
Skill scale
70.1%
Teaching scale
90.4%
Employed full-time
$120k
Average salary