Human Resource Management
Inspire, manage and lead in a fast-growing sector.
Lead in a growth industry
Become a strong leader in a fast-growing HR sector and advance how you manage the people and organisational cultures at the heart of all businesses.
Be a smart, sophisticated HR specialist
With our human resources management programs, you’ll graduate as a practitioner adept at using HR systems and fully equipped to drive successful future business strategies that embrace the radical, emerging shifts in the way we work.
Industry co-creation and co-delivery
You’ll develop the best, highly relevant industry-leading knowledge and skills because we’ve created our postgraduate HR suite in partnership with Medibank and the Australian HR Institute (AHRI) accredited courses. This means, on top of academic learning and grounding in legal and regulatory frameworks, you’ll develop practical skills, be inspired by industry-relevant insights and deepen your industry knowledge.
Real-world projects
Your assignments in the Master of Human Resource Management and Graduate Certificate of Human Resource Management will focus on real-world issues. You’ll see firsthand how our partners’ most senior HR managers rapidly identify and address ongoing issues and adapt to systemic disruptors.
Balanced diversity, enhanced learning
Our HR programs attract Australian and international students with varying levels of life and work experience, which offers opportunities to understand the people and cultures that are so crucial to Human Resource Management.
Courses available
Give your people and culture management skills a boost or kickstart a career change with our industry co-designed and run, academically strong, human resources management foundations.
| Graduate Certificate of Human Resource Management | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location Hawthorn Campus |
Duration 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time |
Delivery Blended mode |
Intakes 03 March 2025 04 August 2025 22 September 2025 |
Course fee (per year if studying full-time)* |
* Fees are annual full-time estimates for students commencing in 2024 only: Tuition fees as published are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. These fees apply for units studied in 2024 only and may change for units studied in future years. If part-time study is permitted, annual fees will be proportionally lower based on the number of units taken per semester.
Learn to manage and bring out the best in people and organisational cultures. Experiential, current, industry relevant and academically robust course co-created and run with partners, Siemens and Medibank.
| Master of Human Resource Management | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location Hawthorn Campus |
Duration 1 year, 1.5 years or 2 years full-time or equivalent part-time (dependent on prior qualifications and experience) |
Delivery Blended mode |
Intakes 03 March 2025 04 August 2025 22 September 2025 |
Course fee (per year if studying full-time)* A$33,680 |
* Fees are annual full-time estimates for students commencing in 2024 only: Tuition fees as published are subject to change given individual circumstances at enrolment. These fees apply for units studied in 2024 only and may change for units studied in future years. If part-time study is permitted, annual fees will be proportionally lower based on the number of units taken per semester.
Give your people and culture management skills a boost or kickstart a career change with our industry co-designed and run, academically strong, human resources management foundations.
| Graduate Certificate of Human Resource Management | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location Hawthorn Campus |
Duration 6 months |
Delivery Blended mode |
Intakes 03 March 2025 04 August 2025 22 September 2025 |
Course fee (per year if studying full-time)** A$23,280 (total for 2024) |
Learn to manage and bring out the best in people and organisational cultures. Experiential, current, industry relevant and academically robust course co-created and run with partners, Siemens and Medibank.
| Master of Human Resource Management | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location Hawthorn Campus |
Duration 2 year/s |
Delivery Blended mode |
Intakes 03 March 2025 04 August 2025 |
Course fee (per year if studying full-time)** A$46,560 |
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Master of Human Resource Management
Find out from the people who co-created the Master of Human Resource Management how it is both industry relevant and academically sound. Discover how vital HR roles are in times of uncertainty; how this course aims to prepare you for leadership roles, and the broad number of opportunities available in the HR field.
Speakers:
Professor Anne Bardoel, Course Director, Master of Human Resource Management
Melissa Wong, General Manager, People & Culture, Medibank.
Nicolette Barnard, Head of Human Resources – Australia & New Zealand, SIEMENS
Learn with Industry Partners
Find out from the people who co-created the Master of Human Resource Management how it is both industry relevant and academically sound. Discover how vital HR roles are in times of uncertainty; how this course aims to prepare you for leadership roles, and the broad number of opportunities available in the HR field.
Speakers:
Professor Anne Bardoel, Course Director, Master of Human Resource Management
Melissa Wong, General Manager, People & Culture, Medibank.
Nicolette Barnard, Head of Human Resources – Australia & New Zealand, SIEMENS
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