Overview

The Graduate Certificate of Social Impact is designed for professionals looking for career advancement in the philanthropy, not-for-profit, social enterprise, social innovation and entrepreneurship sector. Learn the skills required to lead people effectively in a changing social economy and develop innovative responses to complex social and business problems. Upon graduating, students can seek jobs within the commercial and public sectors.

View the Graduate Certificate of Social Impact course handbook

Upgrade your skills

  • Ability to organise for social impact
  • Communicate for social impact
  • Entrepreneurial thinking and social innovation
  • Knowledge of ethics relating to social impact

Stretch your career further

Students can enhance their career opportunities by gaining additional leadership and management skills – an important asset in a today’s complex and changing business environment. The below examples demonstrate the types of roles graduates can attain.

  • Social impact
  • Social innovation
  • Social investment
  • Social entrepreneurship

Key codes

CRICOS course code
095160J
International student visa

International students in Australia who hold student visas are required to study full-time and on campus. Courses that are taught entirely online are only available to international students studying outside Australia or those in Australia who are not on a student visa. Online courses are not available to international students in Australia who hold a student visa.

Professional accreditations and course industry partners

Why Swinburne?

Top 5% of the world’s higher education business schools

91.1% of graduates found employment within 4 months of finishing.

The median income for PG graduates one year out is $79.5K

Business graduate employers include Telstra, NAB, ANZ and IBM