Graduate Certificate of Project Management

Project Management

Successfully manage people and resources in order to complete projects in a results-driven environment.

Leadership

Become a leader with a proficient skill set and the ability to communicate effectively, using sound management strategies to ensure people work to the best of their ability to achieve project-specific goals.

Problem-Solving

Solve problems with ingenuity and a solid foundation in the real-life application of project management theory.

Collaboration

Effective collaboration necessitates flexible leadership – learn to collaborate and allocate resources in a collaborative environment in order to achieve project-related targets.

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.

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 of 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 highlighting 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 of Project Management is also a pathway to further study and professional development with a Graduate Diploma of 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.

Recommended study pattern

Course 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 of 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 $16,800

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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• A recognised bachelor degree in a related discipline; OR
• A recognised bachelor degree in any discipline PLUS a minimum of two years equivalent full-time relevant professional experience.

A minimum of three (3) years equivalent full-time relevant professional experience.

Speak to one of your Course Consultants to find out more.

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

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) allows students to gain credit (advanced standing) towards their course in recognition of skills and knowledge gained through work experience, life experience and/or formal training. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Speak to a Course Consultant about applying for RPL.