Graduate Certificate in Business (Applied Finance)

The finance industry is vibrant, ever-evolving, and fast-paced. If you're eager to work in a lucrative market where each day presents new challenges and opportunities, consider enrolling in QUT's Graduate Certificate in Finance.

This program is an excellent choice for individuals with limited finance experience looking to pivot their careers or progress into managerial finance roles.

As part of this program, you'll gain a fundamental understanding of applied finance. You'll explore how finance can be used in a commercial sense and how this impacts important organisational and managerial decisions in today's complex and demanding financial landscape.

Moreover, you'll also delve into economics and gain a broad understanding of the economic forces that impact business and government. This will equip you with knowledge, technical and problem-solving skills that will be further developed throughout your studies. You will also be introduced to key concepts of both microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Finally, as you progress through your studies, you'll examine the approaches and technologies used by enterprises to investigate business issues and develop insights for effective business strategy. Through hands-on application of key theories and business research tools, you'll gain skills in collecting and analysing data about the business environment (e.g., consumers and competitors) as well as its internal processes and generate insights to help businesses create value through innovation, product development and process improvement.

Flexible delivery

Units in this postgraduate program are delivered using a mix of face-to-face, online and blended learning technologies. All course materials are placed online including course lecture materials, practical session guides, readings and help guides.

Careers and outcomes

Upon completing QUT’s Graduate Certificate in Business (Applied Finance), you'll possess a comprehensive understanding of the principles and practice of finance and have substantial conceptual and applied finance knowledge. With this expertise, the degree will unlock numerous opportunities in finance, banking, and investment, providing a wide variety of career options.