The Graduate Diploma of Social Impact is designed for professionals who are looking to upskill and increase their knowledge of social impact. Designed for a new generation of leaders, you will learn to build the professional capacity of private, public and social sectors of the future, enhance your capacity to lead organisations creating social and environmental value and to operate in a changed cross-sector social landscape where the dynamism of the market is also directed at social innovation. This program also offers a pathway into the AGSM MBA (Social Impact).

The Graduate Diploma in Social Impact develops socially responsible leadership abilities in private, public, and social sector professionals. You’ll create social and environmental value and drive innovation in dynamic, cross-sector social landscapes. 

The diploma offers seven elective courses from industry-relevant topics related to social entrepreneurship. Your chosen electives are supported with one compulsory course in social impact. 

You can choose electives to suit your goals and interests in leading change for sustainability, social investment, corporate responsibility and accountability, designing for social innovation, and more. 

Visit the Graduate Diploma in Social Impact Handbook for detailed course information.

This diploma provides advanced knowledge to implement social change within organisations or your own enterprise. 

UNSW Business School students have access to Career Accelerator, a suite of professional development opportunities including:  

• Global work and study experiences  
• Internships integrated with the degree for course credit   
• Career mentors and industry networks 

Potential careers

The UNSW Graduate Diploma in Social Impact leads toward further studies in social impact, that move you toward rewarding and purposeful careers opportunities in: 

• Executive Roles in Not-for-Profit and Community Organisations  
• Public or Social Sector Managers and Leaders  
• Social Policy Managers in the Corporate Sector  
• Social Entrepreneurs  
• Foundation Executives and Managers  
• Social Business Executives and Administrators  
• Corporate Community Engagement Executives and Professionals  
• Social and Ethical Investment Professionals  

The Graduate Diploma in Social Impact has three categories of entry: Category A Applicants require a recognised bachelor degree (or equivalent qualification) with a credit average (65% or hi

IELTS: 7.0 overall (min. 6.0 in each subtest); TOEFL IBT (Internet Based): 94 overall (min. 25 in writing, 23 in reading, listening and speaking); Pearson (PTE - Academic): 65 overall (min. 54 in each subtest); C1 Advanced Cambridge: 185 overall (min. 169 in each subtest); C2 Proficiency Cambridge: 185 overall (min. 180 in each subtest); UNSW Global University English Entry Course (UEEC): Successful completion with a minimum overall grade of B and a minimum grade of C in the writing component.