The Graduate Certificate of Public Policy provides knowledge and professional skills for those who wish to broaden and deepen their general or technical skills in public policy. The Graduate Certificate provides students with a wide menu of choice of Crawford School master degree courses. Students who are thinking of later proceeding on to a Master degree should consider the course-selection requirements appropriate to the various Master degrees. Course advising is available to help with these choices.

Graduates from ANU have been rated as Australia's most employable graduates and among the most sought after by employers worldwide.

The latest Global Employability University Ranking, published by the Times Higher Education, rated ANU as Australia's top university for getting a job for the fourth year in a row.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of foundational issues in the field of public policy, in Australia and globally
2. Reflect critically on public policy issues and practical challenges in diverse contexts
3. Demonstrate familiarity with research principles relevant to the field of public policy
4. Identify appropriate analysis and research methods for public policy challenges
5. Analyse political, technical or institutional policy problems from multiple perspectives
6. Develop and communicate policy analysis or recommendations in changing policy environments
7. Understand challenges relating to management, implementation and evaluation of public policies