Diploma of Business Studies

Entry Requirements

Completion of Australian Year 11, or equivalent

• IELTS (Academic): Overall 5.5 (minimum of 5.0 in individual band scores)
• TOEFL (IBT): 46
• GCE ‘O’ Level /IGCSE: C
• GCE ‘A’ Levels: C
• SPM: 1119 with C grade or CEFR with Level B2
• Pearson's (PTE Academic): Overall 42 (minimum of 36 in individual band scores)

Course Details

Program overview
Your pathway to The University of Adelaide

The Diploma of Business Studies is a two-stage program. The program consists of Stage 1 (2 or 3 trimesters) and Stage 2 (a further 2 or 3 trimesters), making a total study period of 4 – 6 trimesters.

Students who have completed Year 11, or equivalent, enter Stage 1. Students who have completed Year 12, or equivalent, enter Stage 2 and receive credit for Stage 1.

The subject material covered in Stage 2 of the Diploma of Business Studies is the same as what is studied in the first year at The University of Adelaide. For the majority of programs you can enter directly into your second year bachelor’s degrees in Business, Commerce, Economics or Finance and Banking at The University of Adelaide where you can choose from several specialist majors.

Flinders University

• Bachelor of Accounting
• Bachelor of Accounting and Finance
• Bachelor of Banking and Finance
• Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
• Bachelor of Business (International Business)
• Bachelor of Business (Management)
• Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
• Bachelor of Business (Sports Management)
• Bachelor of Business Economics
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Finance
• Bachelor of Finance and Business Economics

The University of South Australia

• Bachelor of Accounting
• Bachelor of Accounting / Bachelor of Finance
• Bachelor of Aviation (Pilot) - (First Year)
• Bachelor of Aviation (Management) - (First Year)
• Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Business (Design and Marketing) - (First Year)
• Bachelor of Business (Economics, Finance and Trade)
• Bachelor of Business (Financial Planning)
• Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management)
• Bachelor of Business (Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
• Bachelor of Business (International Business)
• Bachelor of Business (Legal Studies)
• Bachelor of Business (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)
• Bachelor of Business (Management)
• Bachelor of Business (Marketing)
• Bachelor of Business (Property)
• Bachelor of Business (Real Estate Practice)
• Bachelor of Business (Sport and Recreation Management)
• Bachelor of Business (Tourism, Event and Hospitality Management)
• Bachelor of Finance
• Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - (First Year)
• Bachelor of Marketing and Communication - (First Year)

The University of Adelaide

• Bachelor of Business
• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Economics
• Bachelor of Finance and Banking