Event management opens the door to a range of travel and career opportunities.
The Diploma of Event Management aims to equip you with the skills needed for a successful career in the diverse and dynamic events industry. As your career develops, the knowledge and experience gained while studying the Diploma of Event Management could take you in many different directions, from sport to arts and culture.
The Diploma of Event Management offers you a stand-alone qualification through the Aspire Institute or, should you wish to further your studies, you could choose to use your diploma qualification as a pathway into a bachelor program at ICMS, with completed specialisations and subjects counting towards your degree. Upon successful completion of the Diploma of Event Management you will receive advanced standing for subjects in an ICMS bachelor degree.
All Aspire students are part of the ICMS student community, with lectures held at our Northern Beaches Campus and core business subjects at our new City Campus, subject to availability. Aspire students receive dedicated academic support, including study skills.
Now offered online!
What you will learn
- Develop technical and theoretical event management knowledge and concepts with some depth
- Develop basic academic and applied research skills in an event management business project brief
- Identify appropriate sources of data for problem solving in the events industry
- Explain the importance of ethical and sustainable business practices in a global events management context
- Describe solutions to routine events management situations
- Name specialist event management technology
- Present project findings in both written and personal presentation forms to diverse audiences in event management contexts
- Apply technical business knowledge to a range of event management contexts
- Use business management principles and motivational factors to diverse individuals and teams in the events management industry
- Appraise performance of self and others in event management business environments
Quick Facts
| Course Name | Diploma of Event Management |
| CRICOS Code | 0101126 |
| UAC Code | 530511 |
| Accreditation Status | Active |
| AQF Level | 5 |
| Campus | Northern Beaches Campus, Manly | Online* *core business subjects may be offered in the City Campus, subject to availability. |
| Duration | 1 year (or part time equivalent) |
| FEE-Help | DFEE |
| Study Mode | on campus | online |
| Start | Main Intakes: February, May, August Mid-Term Intakes: March, June, October & December |
| Annual Indicative Student Enrolments | 1 Diploma student + 95 ICMS Bachelor of Event Management students in 2022 |
| Entry Requirements | Domestic Students |
| Pathway option | International College of Management Sydney (ICMS) |
* In accordance with the Australian Government ESOS National Code international students on a student visa can only undertake 33% of their total enrolment load online and must be enrolled in at least one (1) on-campus subject in each compulsory study period. Learn more
Course Structure
| Term | Subject Type | Subject Code | Subject Name |
| 1 | Core | BUS101A | Pathway to Success |
| Core | MGT101A | Management Solutions for a Changing World | |
| Specialisation | THE101A | Introduction to Tourism, Hospitality & Events | |
| Core | ACC101A | Financial and Commercial Literacy | |
| 2 | Specialisation | EVT101A | Event Concept & Design |
| Core | MKT101A | Marketing | |
| Core | MGT102A | Global Citizenship | |
| Core | STA101A | Data Informed Decision Making |
Pathway Programs
Prospectus
