- How long it takes
- 6 months
- full time
- Level
- Graduate certificate
- University
- Leads on to
- Financial Analyst
- $109,200 (estimate) median pay
- Taught by
- 5 providers
- 4 states and territories
Is this course right for you?
What the Graduate Certificate in Finance asks of you, and what you might want to check first.
Before you start
Each provider sets its own entry requirements, so check the ones you are considering.
Where this course can take you
The study that can follow this course.
Jobs you can do with it
Financial Analyst
Financial analysts build the forecasts and models a business uses to decide where its money goes.
A step towards this job. What else you need
Median pay$109,200 (estimate)
Pay is the median for everyone in the job, and “In demand” means the job is on the national shortage list. Pay marked as an estimate is our own analysis, not a published figure.
Where you can study this course
There are 5 places you can study this course. When you compare them, check they teach it the way you want to study, how far you'd be from a campus, what it will cost you and what past students say about the teaching and support. They're listed by how often people search for them, and none of them pays to be here or to move up.
- Website for Curtin University (opens in a new tab)
Curtin University
Perth Campus (Graduate School of Business), WA
4.2from 1,745 Google reviews
What students like
- Staff are helpful and welcoming
- Support services help students through hard times
What to weigh up
- Enquiries can take a while to answer
- Website for University of Technology Sydney (opens in a new tab)
University of Technology Sydney
University of Technology Sydney (City Campus), NSW
4.2from 906 Google reviews
What students like
- Lecturers and support staff are approachable and helpful
What to weigh up
- Admin replies can be slow
- Website for The University of Western Australia (opens in a new tab)
The University of Western Australia
The University of Western Australia, WA
4.5from 1,048 Google reviews
What students like
- Staff are friendly and understand student concerns
Le Cordon Bleu Australia
Chadstone, TAFE NSW - NSI Ryde College, TAFE SA Regency Campus SA, NSW, SA, VIC
4.2from 219 Google reviews
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
RMIT University - 124 Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VIC
What you’ll learn
The main topics covered in the Graduate Certificate in Finance.
- Corporate finance and valuation
- Financial markets and institutions
- Investment analysis
- Financial risk management
Questions to ask before you enrol
Providers run this course differently, so the answers change from one to the next.
- When is the next intake, and how many are there each year?
- What is the total cost, including materials, checks and any placement costs?
- Can I study part time or online, and how does that change the length?
- Do the units count towards a higher qualification if I go on to study further?