Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication

Highlights

• Provides a premium pathway into QUT's Master of Business.
• Suitable for international students who have not met the minimum English language requirements to enter the master degree.
• Advance your knowledge and skills in your chosen business discipline and develop your English language capability and academic literacy.
• Successful graduates will receive one semester of credit for prior learning (advanced standing) towards the Master of Business.

Entry requirement

You must have a completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher award) in any discipline with an overall grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

Pathways into Master of Business

1.5-year program

You have undergraduate degree in the same discipline as your nominated Master of Business major.

BS37 Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication (one semester) leading to BS11 Master of Business (Applied Finance, Human Resource Management, Integrated Marketing Communication, International Business, Management, or Marketing) (two semesters) (96 credit points of advanced standing).

2-year program

If you have an undergraduate degree in business (or related field of study) in a different discipline to your nominated Master of Business major

BS37 Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication (one semester) leading to BS11 Master of Business (Applied Finance, Human Resource Management, Integrated Marketing Communication, International Business, Management; Marketing, or Professional Accounting) (three semesters) (72 credit points of advanced standing).

2-year program

If you have an undergraduate degree in any discipline.

BS37 Graduate Certificate in Business and Communication (one semester) leading to BS11 Master of Business (Applied Finance, Human Resource Management, Integrated Marketing Communication, International Business, Management; Marketing, or Professional Accounting) (three semesters) (48 credit points of advanced standing).

We accept English language proficiency scores from the following tests undertaken in a secure test centre. Tests must be taken no more than 2 years prior to the QUT course commencement.

English Test	Overall	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
IELTS Academic / One Skill Retake	6	5	5.5	5.5	5
Cambridge English Score You must share your results with QUT through the Candidate Results Online website.	169	154	162	162	154
PTE Academic	50	38	46	46	38
TOEFL iBT	71	10	14	18	14