Master of Business Administration

Embark on a journey of personal and professional growth where you'll be supported to pursue your career goals. Gain valuable knowledge and business insights, and develop greater self-awareness as you learn to reflect on your leader identity and leadership attributes.

You will work closely with our academic team and choose electives from business management, economics and health management to create a specialist qualification to suit your career aspirations. Learn how Eva is using her MBA to advance her leadership capabilities in the health sector. 

3 reasons to study an MBA at Murdoch

1. Choose full-time, part-time, on-campus or online options to help you fit study into your working life. If you're an international student, you'll need to study full-time to meet your visa requirements.
2. This course can be completed in as little as 12 months (in accelerated mode) and your previous study and experience might mean you can gain credits for some units and graduate faster.
3. Take advantage of free workshops and seminars to help you with writing, statistics and data analysis, ethics, how to run surveys and research as a postgraduate student.

Develop your skills

Build essential skills and knowledge to meet your career or study goals. Topics you'll cover include:

• Business context – innovatively applying theories to resolve problems in challenging international business situations
• Business competencies – interrogate information to assist in management decision-making
• Leadership and strategy – lead and manage the modern enterprise as it develops people and engages with society in its pursuit of organisational goals
• Stakeholder management – develop positive relationships with stakeholders and display the capability to think inclusively across cultures and contexts

Your future career

A postgraduate qualification can help you further your current career and move into a more senior role, or help you change career paths to pursue new opportunities. Depending on your own situation and career aspirations, there are many careers and positions that this course can lead to. Careers could include:

• Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
• Chief Operating Officer (COO)
• Marketing Director
• Strategy Director
• Business Operations Manager.

Good management is needed across all industries. You could find yourself working in government, media, advertising, finance, other areas of business or non-government organisations (NGOs).

Note: We offer this Master of Business Administration (MBA) for experienced candidates. We also offer a Master of Business Administration Global (MBA Global) for early career achievers.

For admission into one of our postgraduate degrees, you must provide evidence of the successful completion of a relevant degree from a recognised university, in addition to meeting Murdoch’s prescribed English Language requirements. At a minimum, to qualify for one of our postgraduate degrees, you must meet one of the following requirements.

Please note that entry requirements are dependent on the course you wish to study and as such, your specific course may have different entry requirements:

• A qualification equivalent to an AQF Associate Degree
• Bachelors degree of AQF Level 7 in relevant discipline
• Bachelors degree of AQF Level 7 with relevant work experience
• Bachelors degree of AQF Level 7 with specific professional registration
• Postgraduate qualification of AQF Level 8 or above
• Submission of a Portfolio and/or substantial work experience