Program Overview

Graduate Certificate in Corporate Innovation

Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Corporate Innovation is a six-month course designed to equip students with the skills and knowledge to drive innovation and creative change in their organisations. The course focuses on entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, and design thinking, and is suitable for those who aspire to lead innovation or business development in major corporations.

Admission Criteria

Applicants require a bachelor degree in any discipline, or at least 3 years of relevant work experience. Applicants must also meet Curtin’s English language proficiency requirements.

English Requirements

• IELTS Academic (International English Language Testing System)
  • Writing: 6
  • Speaking: 6
  • Reading: 6
  • Listening: 6
  • Overall band score: 6.5

Fees and Scholarships

• Domestic fee paying postgraduate: $16,170 (2025 Fee year, based on a first-year full-time study load of 100 credits)

Location

• Curtin Perth

How to Apply

Please review information on how to apply for the campus of your choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How does the Graduate Certificate in Corporate Innovation ensure I'm industry ready?
  • In this practical course, you’ll learn from entrepreneurs and explore real-life scenarios. You’ll gain commercialisation and managerial skills that can be applied to international business.
• What kind of industry networking opportunities can I expect from the Graduate Certificate in Corporate Innovation?
  • You’ll connect with the innovation networks at Technology Park and learn more about intellectual property commercialisation. In your final semester, you can choose between a start-up project or a start-up study tour to India, Singapore or the US.

Course Structure

• Duration: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time study
• Credit: 100 credits
• CRICOS: F
• Location: Curtin Perth

What You'll Learn

• Engage critically and reflectively with contemporary knowledge and skills relating to entrepreneurship and apply them to professional practice
• Develop entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial and innovation skills and utilise these skills effectively to generate innovative solutions
• Make evidence-based judgments and ethically aware business decisions through sophisticated evaluation and synthesis of information from a range of credible sources
• Communicate professionally and effectively through written and oral means to culturally diverse stakeholders
• Consider sustainability and impact of the business environment and society when using new and established technologies
• Employ entrepreneurship/intrapreneurship and innovations skills to engage responsibly with industry partners

Career Opportunities

• Innovation manager
• Business development manager
• Stakeholder engagement manager
• Government advisor
• Business owner

Industries

• Agriculture
• Banking
• Construction
• Education
• Government
• Healthcare
• Insurance
• Logistics
• Mining
• Retail and transport

Why Study at Curtin?

• Global recognition: Study at Western Australia's only triple-accredited business school
• International experience: Join an exciting study tour to India, Singapore, or the US
• Connect with tech: Gain real-world experience with our industry partners and innovation networks

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Specialisations

• Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Chinese Language Specialisation
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital Design Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Geography Specialisation
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• History Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Journalism Specialisation
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Professional Writing Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Commerce Specialisations

• Actuarial Financial Mathematics Specialisation
• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Anthropology and Sociology Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Chinese Language Specialisation
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital Design Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• English and Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Geography Specialisation
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• History Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Journalism Specialisation
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Professional Writing Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation

Bachelor of Innovation Specialisations

• Advertising Design Specialisation
• Animation and Game Design Specialisation
• Asian Studies Specialisation
• Biological Diversity Minor
• Climate Change Science Minor
• Construction Management Specialisation
• Corporate Screen Production Specialisation
• Creative Writing Specialisation
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication Specialisation
• Designing Fashion Specialisation
• Digital and Social Media Specialisation
• Environmental Management Minor
• Environmental Planning Specialisation
• Fashion Design Specialisation
• Fine Art Specialisation
• Food Science Minor
• Forensic Studies Minor
• Geophysics Minor
• Geospatial Technology Minor
• Go Global – Internship Specialisation 1
• Go Practice – Internship Specialisation 1
• Graphic Design Specialisation
• Graphics Specialisation
• Illustration Specialisation
• Indigenous Australian Cultural Studies Specialisation
• Interior Architecture – Applied Interior Design Specialisation
• Interior Architecture Specialisation
• International Development Specialisation
• Landscape Restoration Minor
• Landscape and Natural Resource Management Specialisation
• Mapping and Land Planning Minor
• Metallurgy Minor
• Mining Minor
• Optimisation Minor
• Photography Specialisation
• Principles of Planning Specialisation
• Screen Production Specialisation
• Social Inclusion and Equity Specialisation
• Social Justice Specialisation
• Strategic Studies Specialisation
• Theatre Arts Specialisation
• Urban Design and Planning Specialisation
• Web Media Specialisation
• Web Presence Specialisation