No. 1 in Australia

The University is ranked first in Australia and fourth in the world for graduate employability in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2020.

 Top 25 in Asia-Pacific

The Financial Times ranked the University of Sydney Business School as 15th in Asia-Pacific in their top 25 business schools in 2018.

Whether you are already engaged in or contemplating a career in human resource management, industrial relations or a related area, this is the specialist qualification you need.

Our graduate diplomas provide you with core knowledge in your chosen study area. You will develop specialist skills and knowledge, enhancing your career and enabling you to progress to a masters qualification. Based on our Master of Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, but requiring fewer units of study, you will develop the skills to respond to the rapid changes reshaping local and international work practices.

The Sydney Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations will prepare to further your career in traditional IR organisations such as unions, employer bodies and government as well as in HRM, research, policy development, consultancy work, industrial law and many aspects of private and public sector management.