Programs & courses

These innovation & commercialisation training courses and degrees have been curated by our expert team and are updated regularly. The courses listed are either open now, ongoing, or recurring.
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Short Courses

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Institution
Location
Cost
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Aerospace Elevate

Learn how to start a air and/or space business and validate a market in this 2-day workshop

Institution:
Cicada Innovations
Location:
Sydney
Angel Investors Program

Developed in partnership with UNSW Founders, this course will help you learn how to identify, evaluate and manage your angel investments.

Institution:
Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM)
Location:
Sydney
Cost:
$2,860
Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP)

Industry-leading innovation program designed to advance clinician-led transformation across Australia’s healthcare workforce.

Institution:
MTPConnect and ASME
Location:
Sydney & Melbourne
Cost:
Free
Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD)

Range of programs covering foundations of directorship and governance.

Institution:
AICD
Location:
Nationwide & online
Ceri: Startup to commercialisation

A range of programs provide a cohesive and comprehensive pathway through the startup formation process, from idea to commercialisation.

Institution:
CERI
Location:
Perth
Cicada Health Tech Hub Elevate

A short course supporting early-stage innovators to build commercialisation capability through a structured workshop and coaching program.

Institution:
Cicada Innovations
Location:
Sydney
Cost:
Free
Deep Tech Elevate

Immersive 2-day workshop with a supporting e-learning course designed to empower deep tech startups and propel your businesses along the commercialisation journey.

Institution:
Cicada Innovations
Location:
Sydney
Cost:
Free
Elevate

Fully-funded, in-person 2-day intensive for researchers, innovators, and early-stage startups ready to explore commercialisation pathways in the grains sector – from soil to seed and everything in between.

Institution:
Cicada Innovations, supported by the GRDC
Location:
Sydney
Cost:
Free
Elevate: Boosting women in STEM

Awards up to 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to women and non-binary people in STEM

Institution:
ATSE
Location:
Nationwide
Going Global Export Program

4-6 month program is designed to help businesses expand into international markets with confidence and ease.

Institution:
Investment NSW
Location:
NSW
IP & Commercialisation Training

Free, foundation-level IP and commercialisation training for university researchers, staff and students. Also useful for professionals working in the broader commercialisation and innovation community. Developed by gemaker and KCA.

Institution:
Knowledge Commercialisation Australasia (KCA)
Location:
Online
Cost:
Free
Leadership Circles

The Leadership Circles program is a strengths-based, peer coaching and connection program designed for STEM leaders ready to unleash their potential and forge impactful, rewarding careers.

Institution:
WILD for STEM
Location:
Online
Cost:
$5,000
MQ Impact

A blended learning experience for researchers and HDR Candidates to actively assess the path of their research to IMPACT and turn their ideas into reality.

Institution:
Macquarie University
Location:
Sydney
Cost:
Free
NSW Health Commercialisation Training Program

Designed to help innovators commercialise health tech solutions, offering online courses and seminars.

Institution:
Cicada Innovations
Location:
Online
Ocean Impact Ideation Program (OIIP)

Helps ocean academics and university students gather the tools and know-how to generate an ocean impact startup idea, or test and develop an idea they already have.

Institution:
Ocean Impact Organisation
Location:
Online
Cost:
Fully subsidised
Perth Biodesign Course

The 7-month, part-time course brings together multidisciplinary teams to identify unmet clinical needs and work towards inventing a medical technology or digital health solution, whilst learning about the development process.

Institution:
Perth Biodesign
Location:
Perth
Cost:
$1,500 - $5,000
Product Development & Commercialisation Skills

Focuses on accelerating the commercialisation of digital health products through intensive workshops.

Institution:
MTPConnect
Location:
Melbourne & Online
The Bridge Program

Helps you gain knowledge and confidence, as well as create networks and opportunities in all areas of pharmaceutical research commercialisation. 

Institution:
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Location:
Brisbane
Cost:
$550-$750
WA Food Industry Education Collaboration Program

Provides high-quality internships and workplace skills to help businesses solve technical challenges and support tertiary students transitioning into STEM jobs after graduation.

Institution:
CSIRO
Location:
WA
WA Food Industry Education Collaboration Program

Provides high-quality internships and workplace skills to help businesses solve technical challenges and support tertiary students transitioning into STEM jobs after graduation.

Institution:
CSIRO
Location:
WA

Higher Education Degrees

Bachelor of Business (Entrepreneurship & Innovation)

Provides you with the skills needed to succeed in either a start-up environment or within an organisation embarking on significant change. You’ll investigate business behaviour, such as creativity, risk taking and sustainability, in a range of contexts and environments, and will develop a solid grounding in business theory.

Institution: University of Canberra
Location: NSW
Timeframe: 3 years full-time
Bachelor of Engineering Honours and Bachelor of Commerce

Offers extensive knowledge of your chosen engineering stream complemented by a strong grounding in business. You will gain technical skills and learn to manage innovative projects.

Institution: University of Sydney
Location: NSW
Timeframe: 5.5 years Full-time
Bachelor of Innovation

Learn how to innovate ethically, engage globally, and use technology decisively to deliver solutions with positive social and industry impacts.

Institution: Curtin University
Location: WA
Timeframe: Full-time
Bachelor of Innovation with Honours

Develops skills in communication, digital engagement, problem solving, taking initiative and teamwork, enabling you to apply research and creativity skills across a range of contexts.

Institution: Southern Cross University
Location: Online
Timeframe: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time
Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Innovation

Learn the principles and legal frameworks of innovation and commercialisation and gain the first qualification needed to practise as a lawyer in Australia.

Institution: Curtin University
Location: WA
Timeframe: 4.5 years full-time
Bachelor of Science (Nutrition and Food Science), Bachelor of Innovation

Gain the skills to identify novel opportunities, develop disruptive technologies, and create new products or services that transform businesses and societies. You might start your own ventures based on scientific discoveries or bring fresh perspectives to existing industries through innovative approaches.

Institution: Curtin University
Location: WA
Timeframe: Full-time
Certificate in Commercialisation of Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices

Learn the fundamentals of commercialisation in the health industry: prototyping, patents, IP, regulatory and clinical strategies. You’ll get an overview of reimbursement, business and funding strategies and learn about manufacturing and marketing medical and pharmaceutical products.

Institution: University of Sydney
Location: NSW
Timeframe: 1 year part-time online
Diploma in Business Innovation

Kickstart your business career in just one year. Enter the business field with a broad introduction to the core ideas that drive growth, including entrepreneurship, marketing, management, and more.

Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC)
Location: Online
Timeframe: 1 year full-time or equivalent part-time
Diploma of Entrepreneurship

Designed to provide hands-on training and experience in turning ideas into reality and bringing them to the market. Learn ideation, design thinking, customer research, storytelling, and business commercialisation, and develop your entrepreneurial skills and mindset in this practical course.

Institution: Alphacrucis College
Location: NSW (+1 other campus)
Timeframe: 1 year Full-time
Entrepreneurial Commercialisation

The aim of this course is to equip students to demonstrate advanced and integrated understanding in the complex field of entrepreneurial commercialisation, to demonstrate the ability to analyse and evaluate commercialisation situations, and to plan and execute professional project-based research in this field, with the aim of developing a realistic commercialisation and marketing plan for a new venture, whether in the for-profit sector, or in the field of social entrepreneurship.

Institution: University of South Australia
Location: SA
Entrepreneurial PhD

The Entrepreneurial PhD empowers innovators to develop research-led ventures that deliver social, economic or environmental impact.

Institution: University of Technology Sydney
Location: Sydney
Fundamentals of Future Energy Storage
Institution: University of Newcastle
Location: Online
Timeframe: Self-paced
Graduate Certificate in Business Innovation and Leadership

Designed to build the knowledge and skills needed to lead an innovative, agile and sustainable business enterprise in today’s digital business environment.

Institution: University of the Sunshine Coast (UniSC)
Location: Online
Cost: $13,920
Timeframe: 6 months full-time or equivalent part-time
Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Gain the skills to lead innovation, harness the power of technology and apply the latest thinking to improve business productivity, global competitiveness and create change.

Institution: The University of Queensland
Location: QLD
Cost: $25,280
Timeframe: 0.5 years full-time
Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability

Learn to foster an entrepreneurial mindset and adopt creativity and design thinking approaches to drive innovation and address sustainability challenges within the corporate, government and not-for-profit sectors

Institution: CQUniversity Australia
Location: Online
Cost: $15,990
Timeframe: Part-time
Graduate Certificate in Intellectual Property

Professionals seeking registration as Trans-Tasman patent attorneys or Australian trade marks attorneys will benefit from this course, which is part of the suite of course in the UTS Intellectual Property Program

Institution: University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Location: Online
Cost: $20,952
Timeframe: 0.5 years full time or 1 year part time
Graduate Certificate in Pharmaceutical Industry Practice

Provides you with industry-ready skills to support a career in the medicines and devices development sector.

Institution: The University of Queensland
Location: QLD
Cost: $23,600
Timeframe: 0.5 years full-time
Graduate Certificate in Social Innovation Leadership

Gain a strong foundational knowledge in social innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills and study a range of topics including design thinking, disruptive innovation, group dynamics, innovation and entrepreneurship for leaders.

Institution: CQUniversity Australia
Location: Online
Cost: $7,602
Timeframe: Part-time
Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property

Designed for professionals aiming to become registered patent and trade mark attorneys in Australia and New Zealand, as well as those in the arts, media, commercial and legal sectors seeking to enhance their intellectual property expertise.

Institution: University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Location: Online
Cost: $31,428
Timeframe: 1 year full time or 1.5 years part time
Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law

Ideal if you’re seeking accreditation as a patent and/or trade marks attorney in Australia and New Zealand, or seeking to develop and expand your expertise in intellectual property law generally.

Institution: University of Melbourne
Location: Melbourne
Cost: $23,488
Timeframe: 6 months full time / 1 year part time
Intellectual Property and Commercialisation

The course outlines the principles and policies governing intellectual property rights and how they may be commercialized and advances student skills in the legal aspects of business innovation and the management of rights in the information economy.

Institution: University of South Australia
Location: SA
Introduction to Patents for Recycling and Clean Energy
Institution: UNSW Trailblazer for Recycling and Clean Energy (TRaCE)
Location: Online
Master of Business (Research)

This course is designed for aspiring researchers and professionals seeking to deepen their expertise in business research. Opt for this programme to enhance your research skills and acquire advanced knowledge, setting a solid foundation for a PhD or a career in research.

Institution: University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Location: NSW
Timeframe: 2 years full time
Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Gain hands-on experience applying the latest innovative thinking, test new ideas, hone your creative problem-solving skills, and drive business growth in any organisation or industry.

Institution: The Australian National University (ANU)
Location: ACT
Cost: Dom. $75,040 / Int. $106,740
Timeframe: Full-time
Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Equips graduates and professionals from any discipline to become evidence-based decision-makers, innovative problem solvers, responsible social citizens, and future leaders.

Institution: The University of Queensland
Location: QLD
Cost: $75,840
Timeframe: 1.5 years full-time
Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Gain the skills of entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, business creativity and innovation, and international marketing positioning and engagement. You’ll learn how to utilise those skills to unlock innovative opportunities and generate competitive solutions to complex issues in international business and entrepreneurship.

Institution: Curtin University
Location: WA
Cost: Dom. $59,862 / Int. $66,190
Timeframe: 2 years full-time
Master of Intellectual Property

The first course at an Australian university that can provide the entire educational requirements for registration as a registered Trans-Tasman patent attorney in Australia and New Zealand under the Trans-Tasman IP Attorneys Board, as well as registration as an Australian trade marks attorney.

Institution: University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Location: Online
Cost: $43,344
Timeframe: 1 year full time or 2.5 years part time
Master of Intellectual Property Law

Available for both law and non-law graduates and its flexible structure makes it ideal for working professionals looking to immerse themselves in the study of intellectual property law.

Institution: University of Melbourne
Location: Melbourne
Cost: $46,976
Timeframe: 1 year full time / 42 months part time
Master of Marketing and Innovation Management

Learn the skills and knowledge required for a career in customer, product, brand and revenue management, and the skills to research the needs of customers, bring new and innovative products to market

Institution: Edith Cowan University (ECU)
Location: Online
Cost: Dom. $58,300 / Int. $76,700
Timeframe: Part-time
Master of Science in Agricultural Innovation

Working in multidisciplinary teams on industry projects, graduates will translate research and theory into real-world outcomes, gaining industry relevant skills and a deep understanding of the challenges faced by industry.

Institution: The Australian National University (ANU)
Location: ACT
Cost: Dom. $70,980 / Int. $106,740
Timeframe: Full-time
Master of Technology Innovation and Leadership

This course is uniquely tech-commerce-focused, with practical activities integrating high-level business theory.

Institution: University of Adelaide
Location: SA
Timeframe: 2 years full-time (or part-time equiv)
Science Commercialisation & Innovation

Provide students with an understanding of the innovation process and key components of commercialisation, with particular emphasis on science and technology-based innovation.

Institution: University of Adelaide
Location: SA