Diploma in Innovation
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Innovation for a better world
Innovation can be a fresh solution or a significant improvement to an existing problem or an unknown need.
It can be new product development (think re-usable water bottles or even the humble zipper). It might be a new service (for example telehealth), a new business model (hello, fresh dinners!), or a new way of doing things (think circular economies). It could be a new tool (where would we be without pdf makers?) Or an important social innovation (eg, mobile showers for the homeless).
This course is designed to build your capability to tackle complex issues in creative ways, underpinned by business smarts.
Part of the Transdisciplinary School.
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Diploma in Innovation
CODE
UTS: C20060 (version 2)
DURATION
3 years part time
INTAKE
July Session 2026\ December Session 2026\ July Session 2027\ December Session 2027
COURSE FEES
Indicative total tuition fee for government-supported domestic students\ $17,399.00
LOCATION
City campus
What you'll study
This course will solidify how bold new ideas are born, bred, developed and delivered. You will learn by doing. You’ll work in a creative and entrepreneurial environment, prototyping ideas using design thinking principles, building MVPs, testing, and iterating. You’ll learn about business strategy, funding options and pitching.
The chance to collaborate and engage in practical group work with people from all walks of life will only serve to evolve your worldview. It’s one of the things our grads say they value the most about this course.
Typical course program
The Diploma in Innovation is exclusively available as a companion degree. During the Winter and Summer sessions, you’ll take your subjects in three-week blocks. You can complete Diploma subjects within the duration of your core degree and get a second qualification when you graduate. Subjects can be taken in any order, although we do recommend starting with Innovation in Complex Systems.
Course structure
- 20+4 : Your “Core degree” subjects (compulsory plus electives)
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4+2 : Diploma in Innovation subjects (compulsory plus electives)
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First year
In the July session, you’ll complete Innovation in Complex Systems, followed by Futuring for Innovation with Impact in the December session. 2. #### Second year
In the February session, you’ll choose an elective to complete, and then in the July session you’ll study Creating and Commercialising Ideas. 3. #### Third year
In the July session, you’ll study Navigating Innovation Networks, followed by an elective in the December session.
First year
In the July session, you’ll complete Innovation in Complex Systems, followed by Futuring for Innovation with Impact in the December session.
Second year
In the February session, you’ll choose an elective to complete, and then in the July session you’ll study Creating and Commercialising Ideas.
Third year
In the July session, you’ll study Navigating Innovation Networks, followed by an elective in the December session.
See typical course program in the UTS Handbook
Course highlights
Study the fundamentals of innovation. Learn to bring your best ideas to life. Discover how to navigate the entrepreneurial landscape, and how to ‘frame’ innovation. Take electives to learn more about funding platforms or how to position yourself as a strategic leader in any field with skills such as:
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What really attracted me to being part of the Diploma of innovation was the opportunity to actually be part of something different. What this course is, is a really good in-depth kind of workshop experience. I love the way that they've kind of made this course different to your tutes, different to your lectures. We’re told to come up with any question and be creative with anything and everything. We’re just bouncing ideas off each other, we get a lot more opportunities for growth. We've met a bunch of people, become super close in the intensive block mode and we’re brainstorming a bunch of different things. And that really got us on the path to think everyone can make a difference and we can actually all impact change. I would definitely do this course to learn all of the different transferable skills that you can definitely take out into the workplace. We’ve grown together and we’re all different years as well so we're just learning off each other and how we're thinking, we're giving advice, we’re taking advice. It's been super insightful to collaborate with students across multiple disciplines. The coordinators and the tutors made it more engaging for us and it's so much more interesting than a standard subject now I would say. It’s a really great opportunity to come here and study. 10/10 would recommend.
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Year 12 adjustment factor scheme
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Transdisciplinary Electives at UTS
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Important notes
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Entry schemes and pathways
At UTS, we understand the dedication it takes to reach your current position – forging a path through prior study, work, and diverse learning experiences.
If you're Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, Jumbunna is an alternative application process for our courses that emphasises diverse pathways to success.
You can apply for our courses using your previous study. You may even be eligible for recognition of prior learning, so you won’t need to repeat subjects.
Careers
Your future career
Dial up your credibility with future employers or business partners.
Many future-of-employment reports conclude that all the skills you’ll develop in the Diploma in Innovation are highly valued in all lines of work. But particularly across the STEM, health, and sustainability arenas.
DipInn graduates tend to perform better in interviews than the average graduate (especially in those gruelling team-based challenges).
No matter what you want to be or do in the future, a UTS qualification in Innovation will set you up for success in ways you haven’t yet begun to imagine.
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Where you’ll study
Our world-class facilities support your future-focused learning and high-impact research. They enable effective partnerships with industry and provide services to our community.
Our campus is a base for your academic, professional and social life.
Find your perfect study spot and enjoy the quiet away from the campus bustle.
Conduct breakthrough research in the Hive Super Lab.
Why UTS?
Why study Transdisciplinary Innovation at UTS
Learn how to solve society’s most complex challenges through creativity, innovation and collaboration.
Our transdisciplinary degrees respond to the future of work and are about building expertise beyond discipline-specific approaches. You'll gain practical, in-demand skills that cross all industries and sectors.
Highest-performing university
in Australia under 50 years of age
Times Higher Education Young University Rankings 2024
46% of Australian businesses
classified as innovation-active
ABS, 2023
$15bn government investment
to support sectors accelerating innovation
Jobs and Skills Australia
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