Fashion entrepreneurs provide leadership while continuously questioning the status quo to create value for brands and businesses.

This graduate diploma will extend your skills as a creative and business-minded thinker, to recognise opportunities, understand risk, be resourceful, be passionate, and understand your capacity within your industry.

This course is designed for local students who are interested in entering the fashion industry, or those who are already working in the field and are looking to build on their existing knowledge.

The content you will cover in this graduate diploma is aligned with the first two semesters of the Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship), giving you the opportunity to explore graduate study in this field under flexible circumstances. You also have the option to learn and partner with industry to gain practical, current skills and experience.

Upon graduation, you will have gained an understanding of the global fashion system, including lifestyle and customer behaviour. You will be well-versed in entrepreneurial practices and strategies, which may allow you to develop an independent fashion venture, and work collaboratively to plan and produce projects for a fashion business. 

Successful completion of this graduate diploma provides a pathway to the MC213 Master of Fashion (Entrepreneurship).

Graduates can find careers in many areas of the fashion industry, or else launching their own enterprise. Potential careers include:

• merchandise planner
• fashion buyer
• digital and e-commerce marketer
• fashion retail manager (both digital and store-based)
• data analyst