The Graduate Diploma of International and Strategic Affairs is a flexible 1 year full-time (or part-time equivalent) postgraduate qualification designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills required for understanding emerging issues in international relations and strategic studies, both globally and in Asia and the Pacific.

Through a wide range of course choices, students will learn how to critically analyse international affairs and foreign and defence policies. The program will engage students in a diverse range of disciplines and explore how issues such as globalisation, development, democratisation, terrorism, human security, war and conflict drive political developments in the Asia Pacific region and around the world.

The program provides a pathway for entry into the Masters of International Relations and the Master of Strategic Studies. Students who are considering proceeding from this qualification into an approved Master program should seek academic advice from the relevant program convenor in order to ensure that the courses taken during the Graduate Diploma are eligible for credit toward their chosen Master degree.

Career Options

This program provides students with an understanding of world affairs and prepares them with the necessary skills to advance their career in a wide range of professions such as:

•   Consultancies

•   Defence

•   Diplomatic / Foreign service

•   Foreign affairs

•   Government and public service

•   Intelligence

•   International security

•   Intergovernmental agencies

•   International trade and business

•   International development and aid

•   Journalism

•   Multinational corporations

•   Private not for profit

•   Think tanks, policy institutes, and research centres