ACAP’s Graduate Diploma of Professional Psychology provides students with the fifth and sixth years of professional training required for general registration as a psychologist in Australia. Graduates of this course can then complete an additional one-year Psychology Board of Australia approved internship to have the fifth and sixth years of training required for general registration as a psychologist in Australia. The Graduate Diploma of Professional Psychology is conditionally accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council (APAC), the body that set the standards for psychology education in Australia. It is comprised coursework as well as a 10,000 word thesis. Graduates who complete this course and an additional one year Psychology Board of Australia approved internship and achieve general registration will be able to work as psychologists in Australia.

Psychology graduates build careers in areas where knowledge of psychology and well‑developed research and writing skills are valued, such as health and social welfare, social policy and research, market research, human services, disability and ageing, mental health services, juvenile justice, immigration and refugee support services. Some graduates continue their study in psychology with the aim of becoming registered psychologists and others undertake further specialist study for careers in diverse areas such as allied health, teaching, and business. Clinical Psychologist Educational Psychologist Organisational Psychologist Psychologist