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The tabs below outline the minimum education requirements for entry into our postgraduate courses.
Alternative entry pathways may be available to you if you don’t meet the minimum education requirements. In addition, other entry requirements, such as English language proficiency, may apply to you depending on your academic background.
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The qualifications listed as minimum education requirements must be from a recognised Institute of Higher Education. Overseas qualifications will be assessed on a case-by-case basis using the Country Education Profiles (CEPs) qualification recognition tool provided by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment.
You’ll be required to provide Kaplan Professional with supporting documentation as evidence that you meet the entry requirements for your course. Please send certified copies of your documents to enrolments@kaplan.edu.au. For more information, please review the Provision of Entry Requirement Documents.
If you do not meet the entry requirements for your course, you may wish to consider enrolling into a lower AQF level nested qualification within the same stream and then progressing to a higher AQF. You may, for example, apply for admission into the Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning with the objective of progressing through to the nested Master of Financial Planning Qualification upon completion of the Graduate Diploma.
You may also be eligible for admission into one of our courses through one of the alternative entry pathways offered by Kaplan Professional.
Kaplan Professional recognises applicants may not meet the minimum entry requirements for a course due to experiencing significant educational disadvantages. The Access and Equity pathway has been established by Kaplan Professional to grant special consideration in the admission process to applicable applicants by allowing admission into a Kaplan Professional qualification on a provisional basis.
Applied Finance Allows an applicant to enrol into up to two (2) x FIN100-level subjects on a provisional basis in the Graduate Certificate of Applied Finance only.
Financial Planning Allows an applicant to enrol in up to two (2) subjects on a provisional basis in the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Financial Planning only.
The following categories of disadvantage may be considered when granting special consideration for admission:
Evidence required:
To apply for admission through the Access and Equity pathway, you’ll need to submit a written statement explaining how the disadvantages you’ve experienced have impacted on your educational performance.
Your statement will need to be accompanied by supporting evidence, such as a statutory declaration from an individual who’s not your direct relative or medical documentation where applicable.
Any applications for special consideration not accompanied by supporting documentation will not be approved.
Admission to Kaplan Professional through the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathway is exclusively for people of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage who may not otherwise qualify for admission to Kaplan Professional.
An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is acknowledged as someone who:
Evidence required
Applicants applying for admission to Kaplan Professional under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pathway are required to either:
As the declaration requires you to state that you are of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, some, or all of your ancestors must be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. The declaration also requires you to state that you identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person and that you are recognised by your community as a person who is of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent.
For further information regarding obtaining proof of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage, please refer to the “Family History – Before you start” section of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies website https://aiatsis.gov.au/
Kaplan Professional has designed the HEADSTART pathway for students who are in the final stages of completing a related undergraduate degree, or a Diploma / Advanced Diploma at Kaplan.
Successful applicants under this pathway will receive a letter of offer which will allow them to start their postgraduate course either immediately after, or during, the final stages of their current studies
To enrol in the HEADSTART pathway, you must be currently enrolled in either:
Applied Finance
Allows applicant to enrol into two (2) FIN100-level subjects on a provisional basis in Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma only.
Financial Planning
Allows applicant to enrol in two (2) subjects on a provisional basis in Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma only.
To apply for admission through the HEADSTART pathway, applicants must submit the following documents:
For applicants completing a related undergraduate qualification:
For applicants completing a Kaplan Professional Diploma or Advanced Diploma:
If your undergraduate degree wasn’t completed in English, or your work in the finance industry wasn’t carried out in English, you must demonstrate English proficiency to the overall band score of 6.5 in the IELTS test, with a minimum score of 6.0 for each section of the test.
A minimum score of 6.0 in each of the IELTS bands is needed due to the components of the courses, and the need to communicate in a verbal and written form that requires superior understanding of the English language.
A minimum score of 575 on the paper-based TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) with a TWE rating of 5, or a minimum score of 233 on the computer-based TOEFL with an essay rating of 5, or a minimum score of 91 on the internet-based TOEFL with an essay rating of 5, will also be accepted.
You must submit a certified copy of the IETLS or TEOFL results with your enrolment form and other entry requirement documentation as applicable. Please note English language tests have a currency of approximately two (2) years.
For details relating to technology skills and access for study and completing online exams visit the minimum technology requirements page.