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Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning is designed to develop or upgrade your investment, financial planning, taxation knowledge and skills for a career in personal financial advisory.Suitable if you are seeking an exciting career working with clients to build long lasting and trusted relationships, providing sound financial guidance and education. … For more content click the Read More button below. Taught by leading Finance and Taxation academics at UNSW Business School, this program provides you with a distinguished level of training to advance in the career of personal financial and investment advisory. Suitable for working professionals, you can choose from a combination of online and face-to-face courses to suit your work/life balance. The program offers you a challenging learning environment to achieve an integrated learning in financial planning, investment and taxation. It also provides you with the learning required for professional accreditation. Graduates develop knowledge and skills in financial markets, financial products, investment (theory, evidence, and quantitative techniques), risk management, financial planning, taxation law and strategies, compliance, ethical and professional conduct.

Learning Outcomes

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Professional skills: Grad Dip in Financial Planning graduates will be able to demonstrate effective time and task management to achieve self-direction, and personal and professional goals.
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Communication: Grad Dip in Financial Planning graduates will be able to communicate effectively and confidently in oral and written forms, in a range of contexts.
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Critical thinking and problem solving: Grad Dip in Financial Planning graduates will be able to collect, analyse and evaluate information and ideas and define and solve problems.
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Social, ethical and global perspectives: Grad Dip in Financial Planning graduates will be able to demonstrate understanding of social and global perspectives on a range of cultural, ethical, environmental and economic spheres of engagement.
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Disciplinary knowledge: Grad Dip in Financial Planning graduates will be able to apply their knowledge of financial markets, financial products, taxation, financial planning, investment valuation and strategies in their practice.
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Graduate Capabilities

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Program Structure

Students must complete 48 UOC when taken as a standalone program.

Core Courses36 Units of Credit:
Prescribed Electives12 Units of Credit:

Enrolment Disclaimer

Please note that this Handbook is a comprehensive catalogue of our offerings and includes courses that can be taken to satisfy program requirements irrespective as to their availability for a particular year. Availability of courses is best checked using filters on this site or on the class timetable site.

You are responsible for ensuring that you enrol in courses according to your program requirements and by following the advice of your Program Authority. myUNSW enrolment checks that you have met enrolment requirements such as pre-requisites for individual courses but not that you are enrolling in courses that will count towards your program requirements.

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements

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Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Students in the Graduate Diploma in Financial Planning may exit early with a Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning if they have met the requirements of that program. Please contact The Nucleus: Student Hub for further information. 

For more information on university policy on progression requirements please visit Academic Progression

Associated Programs

Nested Postgraduate Program

Graduate Certificate in Financial Planning - GradCertFinPlan7273 - Financial Planning

Professional Outcomes

Professional Recognition

Graduates seeking to obtain Tier 1 compliance towards the Australian Securities and Investment Commission Regulatory Guideline 146 and Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) accreditation, must take the following courses: FINS5510, FINS5512, FINS5513, FINS5531, FINS5537, FINS5539, TABL5511 and TABL5901. Tax Agent Service Act (2009)/Tax Practitioners Board’s Tax (Financial) Advisor requirements in commercial law (requires TABL5511) and taxation for financial planners (requires TABL5901).

Career Opportunities

Given the rapid growth in the investment management and retirement planning demand in the dynamic Australian investment and regulatory environment, ample career opportunities are available. Career prospects include Personal financial advisor, para-planner with leading organisations or financial services firms

Additional Information

Internal Online Transfer Form

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Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change.
Students are advised to follow requirements according to the year they commenced. Please refer to previous editions of the Online Handbook for your program requirements.

Contact the UNSW Business School Student Services Team for advice.
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