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Direct applications to Deakin for Trimester 2 2025 close 22 June 2025
Direct applications to Deakin for Trimester 3 2025 close 26 October 2025
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Course overview
Enhance your undergraduate degree with versatile business expertise. Deakin’s Graduate Diploma of Business Administration is designed to provide you with a global business perspective, broadening your career options and paving the way to take on our Master of Business Administration (MBA) – ranked the best online MBA in Australia.
This one-year course covers a broad range of topics relating to all aspects of organisational management, as well as the development of the creative, analytical and interpersonal capabilities crucial to business leadership, including people management and marketing.
The course will prepare you for roles relating to business management and marketing across a range of settings. The business skills gained in this qualification can also lead to progression in your current career.
The Graduate Diploma of Business Administration allows articulation into the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and combined MBA courses.
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- Award granted
- Graduate Diploma of Business Administration
- Year
- 2016 course information
- Deakin code
- M601
- CRICOS code?
- 035038G
Course structure
To complete the Graduate Diploma of Business Administration, students must attain a total of 8 credit points, consisting of 5 credit points of core units and 3 credit points of elective units. Most units (think of units as 'subjects') are equal to 1 credit point.
Core units
Plus one unit from:
# MPT code denotes study tour version of the unit.
~ MPT code denotes study tour version of the unit. These tour units are not available from trimester 2 2016.
* MPR code denotes residential version of the unit.
^MPM701A is a Start Anytime unit.
Elective units
Students may select any three postgraduate units.
Intakes by location
The availability of a course varies across locations and intakes. This means that a course offered in Trimester 1 may not be offered in the same location for Trimester 2 or 3. Check each intake for up-to-date information on when and where you can commence your studies.
Workload
As a student in the Faculty of Business and Law, you can expect to participate in a range of teaching activities each week. This could include classes, seminars, practicals and online interaction. You can refer to the individual unit details in the course structure for more information. You will also need to study and complete assessment tasks in your own time.

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Postgraduate bursary
If you’re a Deakin alumnus commencing a postgraduate award course, you may be eligible to receive a 10% reduction per unit on your enrolment fees.
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For more information on the application process and closing dates, see the How to apply webpage. If you're still having problems, please contact us for assistance.
Contact information
Faculty of Business and Law - student advisers
Tel 03 9244 6555
Email buslaw@deakin.edu.au
Course learning outcomes
Deakin's graduate learning outcomes describe the knowledge and capabilities graduates can demonstrate at the completion of their course. These outcomes mean that regardless of the Deakin course you undertake, you can rest assured your degree will teach you the skills and professional attributes that employers value. They'll set you up to learn and work effectively in the future.
Graduate Learning Outcome | Course Learning Outcome |
Discipline specific knowledge and capabilities | Interpret fundamental and complex organisational issues by applying business theories and concepts to existing professional knowledge and experience. |
Communication | Demonstrate advanced skills in communicating to a range of business audiences. |
Digital literacy | Use digital technologies to obtain, organise and disseminate complex business ideas. |
Critical thinking | Critically analyse complex business ideas and theories. |
Problem solving | Apply problem solving skills to analyse, develop and recommend solutions for complex business issues. |
Self-management | Work and learn independently and take responsibility for personal actions. |
Teamwork | Not explicitly addressed as a learning outcome in this award. |
Global citizenship | Demonstrate understanding of global business issues. |
Approved by Faculty Board October 2014. |
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