Online Graduate Certificate in Marketing

Online Graduate Certificate in Marketing

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Develop the skill set and mindset that businesses demand.

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8 months intensive part-time
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AU$16,800 (2025 total)

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January, March, May, July, September, October
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Duration:
8 months intensive part-time
Fees:

AU$16,800 (2025 total)

Next intake:
January, March, May, July, September, October
Location:
Online

Overview

Develop your strategic thinking skills to make an impact on the success of a business.

You want to understand the principles behind marketing tactics and strategy. You want to improve your personal management skills and increase your understanding of the relationship between marketing and other functional areas of management.

Designed by recognised academics and top-quality online designers, RMIT Online’s Graduate Certificate in Marketing will allow you to gain a deeper understanding of the role of marketing within an organisation. 

Our Graduate Certificate in Marketing not only has the added convenience of being intensive and completely online, but it also provides an excellent pathway to the Master of Marketing.

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Your pathway towards directing and implementing marketing strategy

RMIT’s online Graduate Certificate in Marketing is designed for those looking to increase their knowledge in line with an all-of-business approach to marketing.

Become a decision-maker at the C-Suite table

Develop a clear understanding of key strategic marketing principles, and how they apply to bigger business functions. Earn your place as a leader when critical, top-level business decisions are made.

Get recognised for your skillset

Learn to apply proven marketing theory in a digitally-dominated world successfully. Develop strategic expertise, and the capability to strategically plan, direct, implement and improve marketing campaigns, and apply them where it counts.

Stay relevant in rapidly changing industry

Learn classic marketing principles to become an effective marketing expert as the landscape continues to shift. Be an agile thinker with strong foundations to draw from.

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Study on campus

The Graduate Certificate in Marketing is also available at the Melbourne City campus.

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What you will study

Learn the capabilities and competencies required to be a leader of tomorrow. Study a combination of soft skills and big-picture thinking to prove you’re ready to walk into exciting marketing roles.

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Become the marketer that businesses demand

The Graduate Certificate in Marketing offers an efficient way to advance your career. You can finish your online Graduate Certificate in Marketing in just eight months, thanks to our innovative intensive learning model. Offering six intakes per year, our study periods run for seven weeks each, focusing on one course at a time for fast-tracked, consolidated learning.

This format helps you learn, grasp and apply each new concept before beginning the next.

We believe in work-connected learning. This means you can take everything you learn in the virtual classroom to the workplace - straight away. You don’t have to wait to finish your program to start applying your new skills and knowledge.

Doing post-graduate study doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice your lifestyle or cut back at work. Forget weekend intensives or classes that start the second you leave work - online study is ready whenever and wherever you are.

While you will have online assessments, RMIT delivers a convenient online program without the requirement for on-campus attendance and commitments. All lecture material and content is delivered directly to you, wherever you are.

As well as our intensive, online study model, this program is also available on campus.

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You’ll learn from globally-recognised experts who will help you see the role of marketing in new unimagined ways.

Our online courses allow you to develop a breadth of knowledge and focus on learning that applies to your personal career aspirations, so you can keep moving ahead.

You can view online resources and learning activities, access course materials via Canvas, collaborate with lecturers and fellow students, and access your student email account anywhere, anytime.

Our online learning platform is purpose-built and brings authenticity to your learning experience, available using your laptop, tablet or smartphone. Coursework is delivered in an engaging way and easy to follow.

You will also have access to discussion boards, online forums, electronic assignment submission, the library and business journals.

Assessment is ongoing throughout the teaching period and includes essays, reports, presentations, case studies, quizzes and research projects. 

The driving force behind our marketing program is the industry connections that inform the design and delivery.

Not only will you be learning from renowned academics, but you can also be confident that the quality and relevance of our program has the backing of an advisory board of notable industry leaders.

Industry experts deliver interactive online content and webinars to expose you to current developments in marketing, ensuring links with industry standards and practice remain up-to-date.

4 courses | 8 months intensive part-time
Each course is seven weeks in duration and requires a minimum of 15-20 hours a week study.

On successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

  • Outline the components of the integrated marketing communications planning process and demonstrate the strategic interaction between these aspects and their relationship to the marketing plan;
  • Critically assess and apply integrated marketing communication theories and practices to identify appropriate target audiences, suitable objectives and contextually appropriate communication approaches that build brand equity.
  • Design ethically appropriate creative messages that reflect suitable positioning and which affect (target audience) behaviour through interrelated marketing communication activities; and
  • Evaluate markets in various forms in order to identify strategically appropriate communication channels that permit effective media utilisation and planning.

This course enables you to approach marketing communications planning from a strategic perspective.

You’ll develop a theoretical appreciation and practical understanding of contemporary concepts, in particular, communication techniques that lead to the establishment of strong brand equity.

For more information about these courses, download our program brochure.

Career

This program will deliver specialist knowledge to prepare you for a career in marketing.

Advertising and marketing professionals have enjoyed excellent job growth at 20.3 per cent over the past five years. Graduates are encouraged to progress to the Master of Marketing.

Employment for advertising and marketing professionals is expected to grow by 15.5%, or more than 8500 new jobs, over the next five years according to the Australian Government. Equipping yourself with a Graduate Certificate in Marketing could help propel you to the front of the pack in this growing industry.

This program will deliver specialist knowledge to prepare you for a career in marketing. For students already employed in the industry, you can further hone your marketing knowledge and develop strategic business skills to:

  • obtain promotion to a more senior position

  • be more effective in a marketing role

  • contribute more to strategic business planning

Career pathways include:

  • marketing management

  • brand management and consulting

  • stakeholder engagement and reputation management

  • strategic marketing and consulting

  • product management

  • communications management

  • market research, market modelling, forecasting and analysis

  • pricing and promotions research

  • product testing and product innovation

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The RMIT online Graduate Certificate in Marketing is an AMI accredited course. Students and graduates may be eligible for student membership of the Australian Marketing Institute and the Australian Market and Social Research society.

Entry requirements and admissions

An Australian bachelor degree or equivalent (or higher level qualification) in any discipline from a recognised tertiary institution.

If you do not meet the above entry requirement for the Graduate Certificate, you may be considered if you have five years of work experience.

An Australian bachelor degree or equivalent (or higher level qualification) in any discipline from a recognised tertiary institution.

If you do not meet the above entry requirement for the Graduate Certificate, you may be considered if you have five years of work experience.

International students are required to provide current evidence of English language proficiency for admission to RMIT University (see below).

To study this course you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:

  • IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
  • TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 79 (with minimum of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)
  • Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
  • Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.

For detailed information on English language requirements and other proficiency tests recognised by RMIT, visit English language requirements and equivalency information.

Don't meet the English language test scores? Complete an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) Advanced Plus at RMIT University Pathways (RMIT UP).

Pathways

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Marketing you can continue your studies in the following programs with 48 credit points (4 courses) worth of credit:

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2025 tuition fees:

  • AU$4,200 per course
  • Total AU$16,800 for 4 courses.

Fees apply to 2025 only.

Fees are adjusted on an annual basis and these fees should only be used as a guide.

In addition to tuition fees, you will be charged an annual student services and amenities fee (SSAF) based on your enrolment load, which is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT student. Eligible local students can apply for an SA-HELP loan to defer payment of their SSAF.

For more information about calculating your actual SSAF see Paying SSAF.

Some students may be eligible to apply to defer payment of some or all of their tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme. 

Visit our HELP loans page for lots of useful information about eligibility, how to apply and payment. You can apply for FEE-HELP once you have enrolled in a program.

HELP loans are not available to international students.

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2025 tuition fees:

  • AU$4,200 per course
  • Total AU$16,800 for 4 courses.

Fees apply to 2025 only.

Fees are adjusted on an annual basis and these fees should only be used as a guide.

In addition to tuition fees, you will be charged an annual student services and amenities fee (SSAF) based on your enrolment load, which is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT student. Eligible local students can apply for an SA-HELP loan to defer payment of their SSAF.

For more information about calculating your actual SSAF see Paying SSAF.

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Use our Frequently Asked Questions to learn about the application process and its equity access schemes, find out how to accept or defer your offer or request a leave of absence, discover information about your fees, refunds and scholarships, and explore the various student support and advocacy services, as well as how to find out more about your preferred program, and more.

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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.

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