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University of Canberra

Suburb , ACT ,Australia

Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries (ARC401.1)

Unleash your creative potential

As the demand for creative professionals expands worldwide, it is more important than ever for aspiring professionals to polish their creative skill set. UC’s Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries will fine-tune your skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, technical experimentation, and cultural awareness. It will also help you to build the professional judgement needed to navigate the complexities unique to the creative and cultural sectors with ease. 

With flexible and online learning, this course is designed to be studied part-time and fit in seamlessly with your lifestyle. What's more, you can tailor your degree to play to your existing strengths with a broad range of creative elective units on offer.

Study a Graduate Certificate in Creative Industries at UC and you will:

  • Reflect on contemporary issues for today’s creative industries.
  • Analyse and apply professional knowledge, skills, key techniques, and approaches relevant to a specific area of creative and professional practice, including Indigenous approaches to knowledge and creativity.
  • Work independently and collaboratively to develop creative solutions to real-world problems and develop an entrepreneurial approach to implement these solutions.
  • Evaluate and apply strategies for creative communication across a range of professional and community contexts.

Campus Information

Canberra, Bruce

The University of Canberra is located in the suburb of Bruce in the Australian Capital Territory. Surrounded by Lake Ginnindera, the new suburb of Lawson, Radford college and residential housing, regular public buses can drop you right on campus. Open space, natural calm, tall trees and wildlife. Close to the city. Convenient to shopping. Great food, cool cafes, events and markets; a buzzing social hub with something for everyone. Student accommodation, an on-campus medical and counselling centre, the Australian Institute of Sport, Calvary Public Hospital, Belconnen Shopping Mall and a variety of restaurants are all within walking distance.

Intakes

  • Feb
  • July

Application Processing Time in Days: 14

Application Process

More Information required
10 Days
Possible interview call from institution
10 Days
Provisional/ unconditional offer
20 Days
Visa process
30 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

  • Creative Entrepreneur
  • Creative Agency Director
  • Exhibition Producer
  • Campaign Manager
  • Executive in the GLAM sector
  • Creative Director
  • Publicist 
  • Communication Strategist
  • Public Servants working in creative and cultural areas

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

  • Applicants must have an undergraduate degree (AQF level 7) or equivalent as approved by the University Admissions.

 

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