Graduate Certificate in Project Management

During this course students will learn:

1. Project Management Apply coherent and advanced knowledge of key project management principles, standards, and practices.
2. Leadership Learn effective leadership techniques, enabling you to manage teams and delegate tasks.
3. Problem-Solving Evaluate project management theories, methodologies, and frameworks in business, management, entrepreneurial, and industry contexts to make informed decisions.
4. Collaboration Learn to collaborate and allocate resources in a collaborative environment to achieve project-related targets.

Lead from Ideation to Delivery

Gain the advanced problem-solving and resource-management skills required to head large-scale projects and lead teams to successful delivery. The Graduate Certificate in Project Management will teach you traditional and agile methodologies underpinning contemporary project management, and show you how to apply them in real workplace contexts. The course will build your confidence and technical expertise, as well as highlight you to employers as a valuable, skilled business professional.

Your coursework will enhance your communication and comprehensive planning skills, equipping you with problem-solving strategies that can be applied across diverse industries and projects. You will develop the ability to anticipate complications ahead of time and devise creative solutions, informed by the particular aims and constraints of a project.

Completing the Graduate Certificate in Project Management is also a pathway to further study and professional development with a Graduate Diploma in Project Management, or even a Master of Business Administration. If you transfer to the Swinburne Online MBA, any applicable units you have successfully completed will be credited towards your MBA.

Completing additional units from the Graduate Diploma (GD-PM) provides students with a pathway to automatic recognition for the AIPM Certified Practicing Project Practitioner (CPPP) register.

Why study with us?

No prior study needed

If you have three or more years of relevant work experience, you can jump directly into your Graduate Certificate in Project Management with Swinburne Online.

Study when and where you choose

With no compulsory live classes or attendance requirements, you can create a study schedule that fits around your work and family commitments.

Career growth

Accelerate your career progression and earning potential with a skillset designed to meet the business demands of the future.

Pathway to a top-tier MBA

When you have completed your graduate certificate, you may use your completed units towards Swinburne Online’s MBA. Swinburne University’s MBA has a Tier-1 rating and is in the top online MBAs in the CEO Magazine’s 2022 Global rankings.

Swinburne quality

Upon completion of your online Graduate Certificate in Project Management, you will receive exactly the same globally recognised postgraduate qualification as Swinburne’s on-campus students.

Recommended study pattern

The Graduate Certificate in Project Management consists of 4 units that can be completed in 8 months full-time, or part-time equivalent.

Core Units

Strategic Project Management (INF70005)

The Risk Management Spectrum (PRM60003)

Project Management for Innovative Outcomes (PRM60002)

Operations Management (SCM60001).

Award requirements

To qualify for the award of Graduate Certificate in Project Management students must complete 50 credit points comprising:

• Four [4] core units of study (50 credit points).

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Indicative total fee $17,508

The amount shown here is indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.

Fees may vary depending on:

• the subjects you choose
• credit from previous work experience
• your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.

To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.

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To gain entry into this course, applicants must have one of the following:

• a minimum of three years’ full-time relevant professional experience, or
• a recognised bachelor’s degree in a related discipline, or
• a recognised bachelor’s degree in any discipline plus a minimum of two years’ full-time relevant professional experience

If you are applying as an international student, please enquire about the English Language Requirements.

Credit for Prior Learning

If you have completed recent prior studies you may be eligible to request course credit or subject exemptions to reduce the duration and cost of your program.

Credit for prior learning evaluates your previous studies related to your chosen subjects.

This is assessed on a case-by-case basis, where every applicant is assessed individually.