Postgraduate Certificate in Business Studies
With the Postgraduate Certificate in Business Studies you can quickly upskill in areas of business that are of interest to you, change direction or contribute to your professional development.
This programme can be tailored to suit your goals and can cover a range of subjects including finance, international business, marketing, accounting, business statistics, management and economics. Once you have completed this postgraduate certificate, you can consider further study in one of our postgraduate diploma or master’s programmes.
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Minimum entry requirements
- Must have completed a bachelor’s degree (in any discipline)
International student entry requirements
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall with a minimum score of 6.0 in each band
Contact us to find out more
Email business.postgrad@aut.ac.nz
Phone +64 9 921 9906
You must successfully complete 60 points from the following courses. You can choose the courses that are of most interest to you. All courses are 15 points.
You can choose how many courses you take to fit around work demands and personal commitments. You can continue working full-time while completing your Postgraduate Certificate in Business Studies part-time.
Complete four courses from
- BSYS841 Managing Operations and Processes
- BSYS842 Digital Technologies and Industry 4.0
- BSYS847 Business Analytics 1: Understanding and Visualising Data
- BSYS848 Business Analytics 2: Decision Making with Data
- BSYS860 Logistics Management
- BSYS861 Strategic Procurement and Supply Management
- BSYS862 Designing Sustainable Supply Network
- BSYS864 Supply Chain Analytics: Discovering and Interpreting Data
- BSYS865 Contemporary Digital Organisations
- ECON863 Economics and Quantitative Methods
- ENTR843 Innovation Management and Strategy
- FINA861 Corporate Financial Management
- FINA862 International Financial Management
- FINA863 Investment Analysis
- FINA864 Financial Modelling and Analysis
- FINA865 Financial Risk Management
- FINA866 Financial Institutions and Markets
- FINA867 Sustainable Finance
- FINA868 Fintech and Data Analytics
- INTB860 International Business Environments and Markets
- INTB861 The International Business Toolkit
- INTB862 International Entrepreneurship in the Digital Era
- INTB866 Data-Driven Strategy and Performance
- INTB867 International Marketing and Strategy
- INTB868 Cross-Cultural Management
- MGMT861 Managing Organisations and People
- MGMT862 Managing Change
- MGMT863 Responsible Leadership
- MKTG860 Marketing Concepts and Tactics
- MKTG861 Market Intelligence
- MKTG864 Digital Marketing Architecture
- MKTG866 Marketing for Disruption
- MKTG867 Brand and Identity
- MKTG868 Creative Ideation and Innovation
- MKTG869 Strategic Digital Marketing
Study planner for this programme
Download our study planner to see what your studies will look like:
Skills you will develop
The outcomes for graduates of the Postgraduate Certificate in Business Studies are outlined in the Graduate Profile below.
- Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Finance
- Master of Applied Finance
- Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management
- Master of Business Management
- Postgraduate Diploma in Global Business
- Master of Global Business
- Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing
- Master of Marketing
- Postgraduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management
- Master of Supply Chain Management
$11,740 (for 60 points)
($11,144 tuition fees + $596 student services levy)
2026 fee:
$12,423.80 (for 60 points)
($11,813 tuition fees + $610.80 student services levy)
$19,196 (for 60 points)
($18,600 tuition fees + $596 student services levy)
2026 fee:
$19,910.80 (for 60 points)
($19,300 tuition fees + $610.80 student services levy)
- Fees shown are based on a full-time workload for the points indicated next to the fee. The exact fee charged will depend on which courses you select at the time of enrolment.
- Fees are subject to change year to year. If you are planning for study beyond the current year, fees may vary from those stated.
- There may also be other fees and charges you need to pay.
- International students' tuition fees reflect the full cost of tuition. Domestic students' tuition fees are less due to a proportion of the tuition fees being funded by the New Zealand Government.
The information on this page was correct at time of publication. For a comprehensive overview of AUT qualifications, please refer to the Academic Calendar.