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Job Ready Graduates Package Short Courses

Upskill or kickstart your career in 2021 with the latest Australian Government Job-Ready Packages, offering undergraduate and postgraduate approved short courses. Gain your first or next university qualification in as little as six months and improve your employability in a high priority industry. You can also use the opportunity to test a field of study or earn credits for further study while benefiting from the fee subsidy for eligible students.

Apply soon before places fill up. Applications for term 1 close Friday, 5 March 2021.
Explore and navigate to the approved courses below to view information on entry requirements, availabilities, fees and to begin your application or register your interest.

BHP Future of Work Scholarship

If you are currently enrolling, or are seeking to enrol, in any of CQUniversity's approved short courses listed below, and reside in one of the specified regional areas, you can apply for the opportunity to have your student contribution covered. You may also be eligible for assistance relating to other expenses.

To view the scholarship criteria including a list of eligible regional areas, or to apply, view the online application form. Applications have been extended until Friday, 12 March 2021. For any enquiries, email Regional Future of Work.

JOB-READY GRADUATE CERTIFICATES

Graduate Certificate in Tertiary and Adult Education

Promote your professional development in your current role as a tertiary educator.
Indicative fee: $1,972

Graduate Certificate in Information Systems

Equip yourself with the skills to solve and manage information systems problems.
Indicative fee: $4,398

Graduate Certificate in Information Technology

Gain a broad understanding within the field of Information Technology.
Indicative fee: $4398.

Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing

This course provides advanced nursing knowledge and skills relevant to beginning registered nurses.
Indicative fee: $1972.

Graduate Certificate in Correctional Nursing

Study this Certificate to acquire knowledge and skills to provide care to the offender population.
Indicative fee: $1972.

Graduate Certificate in Mental Health Nursing

This Certificate is ideal for registered nurses looking to develop their mental health credentials.
Indicative fee: $1972.

Graduate Certificate in Nursing (Re-Entry)

If you are a registered nurse whose registration has lapsed, this course will enable you to regain full registration.
Indicative fee: $1973.

Graduate Certificate in Domestic and Family Violence Practice

Gain crucial skills in men's behaviour change and domestic violence and help reduce family violence across Australia.
Indicative fee: $7248.

Graduate Certificate in Gerontology

This course provides a strengths-based and holistic view of the ageing process.
Indicative fee: $5929 to $7248.

Graduate Certificate in Tactical Medicine

This innovative postgraduate course will be of interest to first responders.
Indicative fee: $3972.

Graduate Certificate in Public Health

This innovative course will introduce you to the social-ecological model of health.
Indicative fee: $3972.

Undergraduate Certificates

Undergraduate Certificate in Bioscience for Chiropractic

This course will provide you with the fundamental skills and knowledge in biosciences.
Indicative fee: $3,972

Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Science

Kickstart your career in biotechnology, clinical measurement, nutrition or pathology with this short course.
Indicative fee: $3,972

Undergraduate Certificate in General Science

Equip yourself with the fundamental skills and knowledge to kickstart your study in the field of science.
Indicative fee: $3,972.

Undergraduate Certificate in Introductory Engineering

Gain entry into a higher education degree or upskill in resource systems and mining to advance your career.
Indicative fee: $3,472

Undergraduate Certificate in Information Technology

This course provides you with practical skills and knowledge to kickstart or upskill your IT career.
Indicative fee: $3,972

Undergraduate Certificate in Drama

Gain fundamental knowledge and skills to kickstart your career in creative industries.
Indicative fee: $3,972

Undergraduate Certificate in Music

This course provides fundamental skills and knowledge in the discipline of music.
Indicative fee: $3,972

Undergraduate Certificate in Music Theatre

This course will provide you with the fundamental skills and knowledge in the field of music theatre.
Indicative fee: $3,972

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To understand whether you are eligible for Commonwealth support and pay the reduced student contributions, please visit our fees page for details on eligibility for Commonwealth support.

The Undergraduate Certificate is a higher education qualification, formally recognised under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Undergraduate certificates are accredited by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA).

The Undergraduate Certificate is a higher education qualification of six months duration (full-time) covered by an existing higher education qualification at AQF levels 5, 6, or 7. Course content will be drawn from existing higher education bachelor degrees, to ensure students have the option to transition to the AQF level 5, 6 or 7 qualification on completion of the Undergraduate Certificate.

Fees for undergraduate certificates are based on 2021 student contributions for students eligible for a Commonwealth supported place. To work out fees for your course of interest, view the cost per unit schedule. Units for undergraduate certificates can be found on the course page.

In 2021, selected graduate certificates have been approved to offer Commonwealth Supported Places presenting significant fee savings for students.

Eligible students will pay the student contribution amount, rather than full tuition fees. Click through to the course page to see the total student contribution for your course of interest, or search the units in the cost per unit schedule. Remember, funding has only been confirmed for 2021 so all units would need to be completed in 2021.

Our undergraduate and graduate certificates are available to start in Term 1 (March) with full-time and part-time study options. You can also apply to start in Term 2 (July) for some courses. Please note, students commencing mid-year will need to be able to study full-time to complete all four units in 2021.

For more information on availabilities visit the course page using the links above.

Yes. Upon completion of an undergraduate certificate you will be eligible to receive credit for four units toward the relevant bachelor degree.

You will also be able to articulate directly into the relevant bachelor degree upon completion of the undergraduate certificate. For example, if you complete the Undergraduate Certificate in Information Technology you will be eligible to articulate into the Bachelor of Information Technology and receive credit for four units.

If you study a graduate certificate, you will also be eligible to articulate into the related graduate diploma or masters degree, receiving credit for the four units completed.

Our approved graduate certificates are a great way to take advantage of significant fee savings in 2021, and articulate into a masters degree.

CQUniversity, in partnership with the Australian Government, has made additional Commonwealth supported places (CSP) available in 2021 for selected undergraduate and postgraduate short courses. This means eligible students can study these courses in 2021 and pay reduced student contribution fees.

No funding has been committed for 2022 so fees for units commenced in 2022 will not be Commonwealth supported, and will revert to full tuition fees.