This program has been developed to provide an alternative pathway for students with an overseas qualification to enter postgraduate programs within the university. The preparatory program effectively allows students to undertake a year of study which will upgrade their previous degree-level studies to a standard equivalent to three-years of undergraduate study at an Australian university.

The program will provide a pathway into most coursework postgraduate programs within the University, except CQU's postgraduate accounting programs. The program consists of two terms of equivalent full-time study. There will be a common first term focusing on skills required to study at the postgraduate level. The second term is a prescribed set of courses dependent on the area of postgraduate study the student wishes to undertake.

To satisfy the requirements for this program, students must complete a program of 8 undergraduate courses (48 units of credit) which comply with the Faculty requirements.