The Graduate Diploma in Arts offers people who already hold a bachelor's degree (such as a Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Fine Arts or Bachelor of Science) an opportunity to study arts in-depth. The GradDipArts is designed to provide a qualification for graduates seeking to qualify for entry to postgraduate qualifications in Arts, or to extend or upgrade their existing qualifications.

Postgraduate study can bring many career benefits eg, specialist skills and enhanced knowledge, entry into specific occupations, higher starting salary/progression rates, research capability/achievement and evidence of high academic attainment/self-discipline.