The Postgraduate Diploma in Business (PGDipBus) is designed to enable students to develop the generic and discipline specific skills and knowledge sought-after by employers around the world. The degree is also an entry pathway to the Master of Business (MBus). The PGDipBus normally requires two semesters (9 months) of full-time, or equivalent part-time, study. It offers specialisation in a variety of subjects that are completed through a series of taught papers. These papers mix papers that are generic to the Business School and papers that are specific to subject specialisations.
The normal admission requirement is a degree with a minimum grade of B, though some subjects require more specific student backgrounds.
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Programme details
Regulations for the Postgraduate Diploma in Business (PGDipBus)
Admission to the Programme
Every applicant must have been awarded a bachelor's degree with an average grade of at least B or have alternative qualifications or experience acceptable to the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce).
In addition to clause 1(a) applicants seeking admission to the subject of:
Accounting and Finance must hold a bachelor's degree with a sciences or quantitative focus
Economics must hold a bachelor's degree including both econometrics and mathematical economics
Finance must hold a bachelor’s degree with a sciences or quantitative focus
Philosophy, Politics and Economics must hold either a bachelor’s degree with a major in the interdisciplinary subject of Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE); or, alternatively, a bachelor’s degree in any subject and have completed the equivalent of 300-level study (at least one paper) in each of three fields: Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
Admission to the programme shall be subject to the approval of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce).
Subjects of Study
The degree may be awarded in any of the subjects for the degree of Master of Business listed in the Master of Business Schedule or may be awarded in the subject of Sustainable Business. With the approval of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce), the diploma may be awarded without a named subject.
Structure of the Programme
The programme of study:
shall consist of approved 400- and 500-level papers, to the value of 120 points, selected from the papers specified in the coursework option within the Master of Business schedule for the subject concerned, or shall consist of approved 400- and 500-level papers, to the value of 120-points, selected from papers specified in the coursework option of the Master of Sustainable Business schedule
may, with the approval of the Head of Department or Programme Coordinator concerned, include papers worth up to 40 points from 400-and 500-level papers other than those specified in the Master of Business schedule for the subject concerned or the Master of Sustainable Business schedule.
A candidate who has completed the requirements for the Postgraduate Certificate in Business shall be exempted from those papers in the programme for the diploma which have been previously passed for the certificate.
Prerequisites, Corequisites and Restrictions
Every programme of study shall satisfy the requirements for prerequisites, corequisites, and restrictions set out on the Prescriptions (published in the Guide to Enrolment).
Duration of the Programme
A candidate for the diploma shall normally follow a programme of study for not less than two semesters of full-time study or the equivalent in part-time study.
Level of Award of the Diploma
The diploma may be awarded with distinction or with credit.
Diploma in a Second Subject
A student who has obtained the diploma in one subject may become a candidate for the diploma in any other subject.
Variations
The Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Commerce) may in exceptional circumstances approve a course of study which does not comply with these regulations.
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Regulations on this page are taken from the 2025 Calendar and supplementary material.
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