Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting

This program will help you develop the skills and expertise you need for a rewarding career in accounting.

Based on our Master of Professional Accounting, but requiring fewer units of study, you will start to develop the knowledge and expertise to future-proof your career.The Graduate Diploma in Professional Accounting will expose you to the broad organisational, regulatory, market and technological contexts in which accountants operate.

You will pursue advanced learning in professional practice, the theory that underpins it and the people skills that make accounting information most effective.This course will enhance your career and enable you to progress to the Master of Professional Accounting.

Admission criteria

To be considered for admission, an applicant is required to have:

• Australian bachelor's degree or higher (minimum 60 percent average) or equivalent qualification, or
• Australian bachelor's degree or higher with a pass average (minimum 50 percent) or equivalent qualification, and satisfactory performance in the GMAT (for guidance, the class average score is 590) or equivalent Business School approved admissions test.

Students are able to apply to upgrade from the graduate diploma to the master's degree.

Any grade requirements listed are based on the University of Sydney guide to grades.

For a guide to common international qualifications and equivalent admission criteria, please download the Business School Admission Criteria (pdf, 81.2KB).

What you'll study

Units of Study