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The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is the national policy for regulated qualifications in Australian education and training. It incorporates the qualifications from each education and training sector into a single comprehensive qualifications framework. Under the AQF, all qualifications of a comparable level share a defined set of entry requirements and learning outcomes which make moving between Australian institutions easier, and transferring to international institutions less complicated.

Further information can be accessed via theAQF website.

The AQF level for your program will appear alongside other program information on the University’sPrograms and Courseswebsite.

All bachelor honours degrees are awarded with a class of honours. The classes of honours available are honours class I; honours class II (A or B); honours class III (A or B). The standard cut-offs for classes of honours are outlined in theBachelor Honours Degree Procedure.

Relevant discipline

To be eligible to complete a 2 year postgraduate program in 1.5 years, or a 1.5 year postgraduate program in 1 year, applicants must have completed a previous degree that is considered to be within a relevant discipline.

Definitions of "relevant discipline":

Business School - study areas deemed to be relevant disciplines

Program

Program code

Areas of study or work experience deemed to be "relevant disciplines"
Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics/Master of Business Analytics 5726/5188

Bachelor degree specialising in at least one of the following areas:

  • accounting
  • advertising
  • business
  • business administration
  • business technology administration
  • commercialisation
  • computer science
  • economics
  • engineering
  • entrepreneurship
  • events management
  • finance
  • hotel or tourism management
  • human resource management
  • information systems/information technology
  • international business
  • international development
  • innovation management
  • management
  • marketing
  • mathematics/statistics
  • operations/project management
  • physics
  • science
  • strategy
  • sustainability
Master of Business 5583 Bachelor degree specialising in at least one of the following areas:
  • accounting
  • advertising (business degree related only)
  • business
  • business administration
  • business information systems
  • commercialisation (business degree related only)
  • economics
  • entrepreneurship
  • finance
  • human resources
  • international business
  • international hotel and tourism management (UQ BIHTM or BTHEM and Griffith University BITHM degrees permitted, others considered on a case by case basis)
  • management
  • marketing
  • strategy
  • sustainability (business degree related only)
Master of Commerce 5584 Bachelor degree specialising in at least one of the following areas:
  • accounting
  • advertising (business degree related only)
  • business
  • business administration
  • business information systems
  • commercialisation (business degree related only)
  • economics
  • entrepreneurship
  • finance
  • human resources
  • international business
  • international economics and trade
  • management
  • marketing
  • strategy
  • sustainability (business degree related only)
Graduate Certificate in Finance and Investment Management / Master of Finance and Investment Management 5764/5765
  1. A bachelor or bachelor honours degree in accounting, commerce, economics, finance, mathematics or quantitative methods; or
  2. A bachelor or bachelor honours degree containing at least 5 courses in the following areas:
  • calculus or advanced mathematics or high mathematics or mathematical analysis
  • finance or financial management
  • accounting or accounting management
  • business analytics or business information systems
  • algebra
  • probability or statistics
  • statics
  • ordinary differential equation or numerical analysis or differential equations or multivariate analysis

Relevant work experience should typically be post-graduation and includes work in finance, funds management, debt/liquidity management, broking, bank/corporate treasury, trading, business partner (accounting, economics or finance), origination, and investment banking in various types of roles (front office, middle office and relevant support functions e.g. legal), or project management roles (with financial, venture capital or quantitative responsibilities).
Master of Tourism, Hotel and Event Management 5585 Bachelor degree specialising in at least one of the following areas:
  • event management
  • hospitality management
  • hotel management
  • tourism management
Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation/Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation 5689/5690 Bachelor degree specialising in at least one of the following areas:
  • biotechnology
  • business
  • commerce
  • commercialisation
  • computer science
  • data analytics
  • economics
  • energy studies
  • engineering (business administration)
  • entrepreneurship
  • environmental management
  • food sciences
  • health services/health practitioners
  • international development or international relations
  • information systems
  • innovation
  • management
  • science
  • strategy
  • sustainability
  • technology (agricultural, information, nano, bio)
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School of Economics - study areas deemed to be relevant disciplines

Program

Program Code

Areas of study or work experience deemed to be "relevant disciplines"

Graduate Certificate in Economics

5010
  1. a bachelor degree in economics, business, or commerce; or
  2. a bachelor degree containingat least 4 coursesin any3 of the following areas:
  • microeconomics
  • macroeconomics
  • statistics
  • mathematics

Master of Economics (#24)

5601
  1. a bachelor degree in economics, business, or commerce; or
  2. a bachelor degree containingat least 4 coursesin any3 of the following areas:
  • microeconomics
  • macroeconomics
  • statistics
  • mathematics

Master of International Economics and Finance (#24)

5185
  1. a bachelor degree in economics, business, or commerce; or
  2. a bachelor degree containingat least 4 coursesin any3 of the following areas:
  • microeconomics
  • macroeconomics
  • statistics
  • mathematics
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School of Law - study areas deemed to be relevant disciplines

Program

Program Code

Areas of study or work experience deemed to be "relevant disciplines"

Master of Laws (#16)

5191

A student seeking admission on the basis of work experience would typically have undertaken full-time work experience, inter alia, as:

  • solicitor
  • barrister
  • in-house legal practitioner
  • legal consultant with a major consulting firm
  • contracts officer or claims manager within a commercial entity
  • bank, finance or insurance officer
  • research officer within a legal practice, law reform commission or public advocacy organisation
  • legal studies teacher or legal academic

Master of International Commercial Law

5695

Bachelor degree or three years of professional full-time work experience (or equivalent) specialising in at least one of the following areas:

  • law
  • accounting
  • advertising (business degree related only)
  • business
  • business administration
  • business information systems
  • commercialisation (business degree related only)
  • economics
  • finance
  • international business
  • international economics and trade
  • entrepreneurship
  • human resources
  • management
  • marketing
  • strategy
  • sustainability (business degree related only)
  • international hotel and tourism management (UQ and Griffith University BITHM degrees permitted, others considered on a case by case basis)
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