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Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting
A Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting is usually a conversion course for graduates of other fields who want to move into accounting.
- How long it takes
- 12 to 18 months
- full time
- Level
- Graduate diploma
- University
- Leads on to
- Financial Accountant
- $104,200 median pay
- Taught by
- 6 providers
- 6 states and territories
Is this course right for you?
What the Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting 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
Jobs this qualification is a recognised route into, and the study that can follow it.
Jobs you can do with it
Financial Accountant
Financial accountants prepare the statements and reports a business uses to meet its tax and reporting obligations.
What else you need
Complete the accounting units and relevant professional subjects. Professional designations, statutory audit sign off and tax agent registration have further requirements; this course does not confer them.
Median pay$104,200
Management Accountant
Management accountants work out what a business's products, contracts and units cost to run, then build the budgets and analysis managers use to make decisions.
What else you need
Complete the accounting units and relevant professional subjects. Professional designations, statutory audit sign off and tax agent registration have further requirements; this course does not confer them.
Median pay$104,200
Pay is the median for everyone in the job, and “In demand” means the job is on the national shortage list.
Where you can study this course
There are 6 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 Deakin University (opens in a new tab)
Deakin University
Deakin University, Melbourne Burwood, VIC
4.4from 2,192 Google reviews
What students like
- Lecturers are approachable, supportive and knowledgeable
- Support services are helpful for students
What to weigh up
- Enrolment and admin can be slow
- Website for University of Tasmania (opens in a new tab)
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Launceston, TAS
4.2from 775 Google reviews
Swinburne University of Technology
Hawthorn Campus John Street Hawthorn Swinburne University, VIC
4.0from 1,190 Google reviews
- Website for ACAP University College (opens in a new tab)
ACAP University College
5 campuses
3.4from 205 Google reviews
What students like
- Lecturers are supportive and qualified
- Admin staff are helpful and supportive
- Course content is engaging and enjoyable
What to weigh up
- Enrolment and admin can be slow
- Poor communication from admin
Federation University Australia
5 campuses, NSW, SA, VIC
4.2from 562 Google reviews
Central Queensland University
Brisbane C.Q.U., Melbourne C.Q.U, Sydney C.Q.U., NSW, QLD, VIC
What you’ll learn
The main topics covered in the Graduate Diploma of Professional Accounting.
- Financial and management accounting
- Auditing and assurance
- Taxation law
- Corporate and business law
- Corporate finance
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?