Graduate Certificate in Tourism and Destination Management
Program Overview
The Graduate Certificate in Tourism and Destination Management is a 0.5-year program delivered in a hybrid mode at Victoria University's City Campus. It consists of 48 credit points of core units in leadership, tourism concepts, business events, and hospitality operations management. The program equips students for roles in various tourism and event sectors, including tourism planning agencies, promotion agencies, attraction management, marketing and communication, and travel planning.
Program Outline
Outline:
The Graduate Certificate in Tourism and Destination Management is a 0.5-year full-time or part-time program delivered in a hybrid mode at Victoria University's City Campus. It consists of 48 credit points of core units:
- Art and Practice of Leadership (12 credits)
- Tourism and Events: Core Concepts and Theory (12 credits)
Careers:
The Graduate Certificate in Tourism and Destination Management equips students for roles in various tourism and event sectors, including:
- Tourism planning agencies
- Tourism promotion agencies, such as "Destination Melbourne"
- Managers of attractions
- Marketing and communication (events)
- Planners within the travel sector (airlines and other major transport providers)
- Self-employment through tourism management businesses
For more than 100 years, Victoria University (VU) has offered accessible education to students in Melbourne’s west and beyond. Victoria University aims to continue creating positive outcomes for education, industry and our community into the future.
Services
Housing services
Victoria University is pleased to offer guaranteed accommodation to new and continuing full-time domestic and international students. This offer is in partnership with UniLodge, our accommodation provider.
UniLodge Victoria University offers modern purpose-built student accommodation apartments in Footscray with excellent facilities and a community environment – all within a short walking distance to classes!
Library services
Our online resources are available 24 hours a day from wherever you are. You can also visit any of our seven campus libraries for help with your information needs, access to a PC or a quiet place to study.
Student Life
Campus life
Victoria University has campuses across Melbourne's CBD and western suburbs. International students can also choose to study at VU Sydney, VU India or partner institutions overseas.
Our flagship campus is located in Footscray - study with us in Melbourne's western cultural and creative epicentre.
- City Flinders
- City Flinders Lane
- City King
- City Queen
- Footscray Nicholson
- Footscray Park
- St Albans
- Sunshine
- Werribee
- VU at MetroWest (Footscray)
- VU Sydney
Sports facilities
There are plenty of options for staff and students wanting to join a sporting club and play in local competitions.
Joining a Victoria University sport club helps keep you fit while doing something you love. You will also get to meet new people and maybe do some travelling too.
Student clubs
VU organises a range of activities on- and off-campus, including:
- Orientation Parties
- Annual Ball
- Mental Health training (subsidised)
- Be a Better Human Festival
- De-stress Festival
- Queernival
Entry Requirements:
Applicants for this course will need to meet the entry criteria outlined below. If you don’t meet the entry criteria, you may be able to gain entry by first completing a different course. We call this a ‘pathway’. Applicants with a minimum of five (5) years of approved work experience will be considered for admission to this course.
Admission Criteria:
- Completion of an Australian Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a similar discipline.
