Program Overview

Professional Certificate in Leadership

Overview

The Professional Certificate in Leadership is a leadership management course designed to equip managers from diverse industries to become high performers. This program develops the core competencies essential to contemporary management and leadership.

Course Details

• Course code: PR-LDSHIP
• Duration: 6 months part-time
• Location: Online
• Intake: January, July
• Fees: AUD $9,248 (2025 indicative first year fee)
• Entry schemes: Access Melbourne is available

Course Structure

The Professional Certificate in Leadership focuses on global best practice, multi-disciplinary approaches to management and leadership, and is applicable across all industries. It uses real-life case studies to develop an advanced knowledge of core aspects of modern team management and leadership in complex and changing organisational and industry environments.

Who the Course is For

The Professional Certificate in Leadership is for working professionals who wish to develop leadership skills. The course offers a flexible online option to meet the needs of busy working professionals, allowing them to study where and how they want, connect with faculty and industry experts, and network with their cohort.

Course Aims

Through this course, students will develop and demonstrate both initiative and judgement to support and contribute to colleagues' workplace well-being and performance, developing teams to be high-performing. The learning experience features online lectures with leading experts, skills development exercises, case studies and scenarios, contemporary readings and resources, facilitated group discussions, and "hands-on" workplace interventions.

Related Study Areas

• Business and economics
  • Management, HR, and business administration

Key Competencies

• Adaptive leadership
• Team management

The program features rigorous, contemporary research-led, real-world expertise and insights from industry partners and thought-leaders, recognizing leadership and management challenges.