Master of Business Administration / Master of Health Care Management

This combined degree is the only one of its kind in WA.

Designed to meet the changing needs of healthcare professionals today and into the future, this course offers a streamlined way to build your expertise in both healthcare and business management.

Learn the advanced business skills and specialist healthcare knowledge you need to expand your career options in local, national and global healthcare sectors and communities.

You'll gain valuable knowledge and business insights, and also develop greater self-awareness as you learn to reflect on your leader identity and leadership attributes.

3 reasons to study a combined MBA and Master of Health Care Management at Murdoch

1. This is the only combined course of its kind in WA.
2. Complete two Masters qualifications in just two years. Along the way, you'll gain a competitive advantage in your career and the skills you need for success in a challenging environment.
3. Be taught by leading healthcare academics who are qualified health professionals with experience across Australia with research expertise in patient safety, leadership, resilience, and management.

What you'll learn

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

• Strategic marketing and HR
• Business finance and accounting
• Health policy in Australia
• Bioethics and law for health care leadership
• Safety and quality in health care
• Strategies for growth and excellence

Your future career

This qualification could help you further your current career and move into a more senior role or help you change career paths to pursue new opportunities. Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) reports that postgraduates earn on average $20,000 more than those with an undergraduate degree.

Depending on your own situation and career aspirations, there are many careers and positions that this course can lead to. Careers could include:

• Nurse Director
• Quality and Risk Manager
• Service Director
• Health Care Clinic Manager
• Nurse Unit Manager

International trends suggest an increasing demand for executives, managers, professionals, administrators and analysts working in the healthcare industry – and the specialised skills you gain in this course will help you graduate with a competitive edge in your career.

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