Overview

The Graduate Certificate in Taxation is designed for taxation specialists and practitioners wanting to gain deeper tax knowledge and advanced professional skills.

The program may also be suitable, if you do not meet the entry requirements, as a pathway into the Master of Taxation.

Learning Outcomes

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Graduates will be able to identify, research and analyse complex taxation law issues and problems in business and will be able to propose well justified solutions to them.
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Graduates will be able to identify and apply current knowledge and professional practice in taxation law in a business context.
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Graduates will be able to produce written and oral presentations that communicate complex ideas and information in relation to taxation law effectively for the intended audience and purpose.
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Graduates will be able to participate collaboratively and reasonably in teams, will reflect on their own teamwork, on the team's processes and the team's ability to achieve outcomes.
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Gradutes will identify and assess ethical and social implications of taxation law as applied in the business context.
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Program Structure

Students must complete 24 UOC when taken as a standalone program.

Taxation Law

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
Limitations on Recognition of Prior Learning

Program Requirements

Progression Requirements

Articulation into the Master of Taxation requires an achievement of 65 Weighted Average Mark (WAM).

On successful completion of the Graduate Certificate you will need to complete an Internal Program Transfer (IPT) request. Further information is available from The Nucleus: Student Hub website.

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

Associated Programs

Nested Postgraduate Program

Master of Taxation - MTax9250 - Taxation

Additional Information

Flexible Online Delivery

All courses are offered in distance or in hybrid (distance and face to face) mode. This means that apart from your assessment responsibilities, you can work through the course content at your own pace within the term. You are provided with:

  • A suggested study schedule
  • Comprehensive course materials that have been developed by experts in the field of study
  • Activities embedded into the course materials to enable you to consolidate your learning
  • A course UNSW website (Moodle) where you will find all of the course resources and ways to engage with your lecturer and peers
  • Fortnightly synchronous conference-tutorials you can attend where your lecturer will guide you through the course content and where you have the opportunity to interact with your lecturer and peers. Additionally, these conferences are recorded and available for you to review at any time throughout the term.
  • Courses in the Graduate Certificate in Taxation will have a take home exam as the final assessment. 

There are also course offerings in face-to-face mode during the evening in the UNSW CBD campus. During these weekly classes you are provided with the same resources as above, however, weekly lectures/tutorials in the UNSW CBD campus replace the fortnightly conferences. Attendance at CBD classes is compulsory and frequent failure to attend will result in exclusion from the examination.

From time to time courses are offered in intensive mode. If enrolled this requires you to attend 3-4 full consecutive days of lectures at the UNSW Kensington campus. You are provided with the same resources as above however, the intensive lectures replace the fortnightly conferences. You have access to the materials at the beginning of the summer session, allowing you to work through them to meet your assessment requirements whilst attending the intensive lectures.

Throughout your program you will have access to highly qualified teaching and professional staff who are dedicated to these distance programs.

Please note for international students, there may be restrictions on the amount of online study that may be undertaken due to visa requirements. Please ensure that you check the latest requirements on the Australian Home Affairs website.

Further Information

Please note that these requirements may be subject to change. Students should always follow the program requirements according to the year they started their degree. For more information please visit previous UNSW online handbooks


Contact The Nucleus: Student Hub for advice.
Tel: + 61 2 9385 8500
Location: The Nucleus: Student Hub, Level 2, in the Main Library (UNSW map location F21)

Click here to view the Progression Plan for your program

Program Fees

At UNSW fees are generally charged at course level and therefore dependent upon individual enrolment and other factors such as student's residency status. For generic information on fees and additional expenses of UNSW programs, click on one of the following:

Pre-2019 Handbook Editions

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