Master of Business Administration

Entry to the MBA is via the Graduate Certificate in Management and Graduate Diploma in Management. If you have at least five years of management experience (full-time equivalent) within the 10 years prior to application, with at least two years of specified management responsibility, you are eligible for admission. You will need to supply your CV with a personal statement/cover letter and a letter of support from your employer.

The Master of Business Administration consists of 120 credit points. The first 40 credit points comprise the Graduate Certificate in Management, which are supplemented by a further 40 credit points that comprise the Graduate Diploma in Management. Finally, students undertake either a coursework pathway or a research pathway of 40 credit points to complete the MBA.

The coursework pathway includes the units Research Methods in Business (BZ690), Business Process Management (BZ678), Strategic Management (BZ679), and Capstone Project (BZ693). The research pathway includes Research Methods in Business (BZ690), Research Project Design (BZ696), and an Extended Research Project (BZ697, worth 20 credit points). Both pathways are worth 40 credit points.

Graduates of the MBA can pursue a range of careers including Business Consultant, Business Development Manager, Entrepreneur, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief of Staff, HR Manager, Healthcare Administration Manager, Marketing Manager, Sales Manager, and Senior Management roles.

Applicants for whom English is not their first language must provide certified documentary evidence that their secondary schooling or tertiary studies of at least one year was conducted in English, or provide satisfactory results in an acceptable English Language Proficiency examination. Minimum requirements include: IELTS (Academic) 6.5 (at least 6.0 in all subtests), PTE (Academic) 59 (at least 51 in all subtests), TOEFL (PBT) 577, or TOEFL (IBT) 90 (at least 16 in Listening, Reading; 21 in Writing; 18 in Speaking). Results must be no more than two years old at the commencement of the course.