Master of Business Administration (Global)

Get the business administration knowledge and skills you need to change your career path or launch your business career in Australia and around the world.

You'll focus on opportunities to get valuable industry experience through professional placements and applied research projects. This MBA Global could also be a step towards doctoral studies after you complete the course.

3 reasons to study a MBA Global at Murdoch

1. Put theory into practice with professional placements through our Work Integrated Learning program. Past MBA Global students have interned with local businesses and government departments.
2. 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.
3. Follow in the footsteps of other Murdoch free thinkers and become a part of a global community of leaders. Our alumni now include the CEO of an international airline, the CEO of a major Asian bank, the Managing Director of an advertising agency in Australia and more.

Develop your skills

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

• Core business – marketing, accounting and management skills
• Strategy – how business interacts with the government, society and the environment and strategy development
• Professionalism – portfolio building with career management tools 
• Specialise in areas such as people management, sustainability, health management, international marketing, non-profit management or global electives

Your future career

A postgraduate qualification can help you pursue new opportunities as you launch your career. Depending on your own situation and career aspirations, there are many careers and positions that this course can lead to. Careers could include:

• Finance Officer
• Operations Coordinator
• Marketing Assistant
• Human Resource Assistant
• Health Policy or Sustainability Advisor

Professional recognition

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

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

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