Melbourne Business School
Master of Business Administration
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Change the way you think about business with an MBA designed for maximum career impact.
Course overview
Designed with a focus on practical skills for any business application, the full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) offers a breadth of knowledge, tools and opportunities to apply what you learn in a real-world setting.
You can choose to study over two years, embracing the full MBA experience or accelerate your pace to move through your subjects quicker, allowing more time for internships, exchange opportunities and career development.
Flexible Length
The program pace can be tailored to match your needs. Study for over two years, embracing the full MBA experience or accelerating your pace to move through your subjects quicker, allowing more time for internships, exchange opportunities, and career development.
Key facts
What you will study
To earn the Master of Business Administration, you must complete the 13 core subjects and six electives.
- Leadership
- Data Analysis
- Managing People
- Managerial Economics
- Innovation Bootcamp
- Managerial Ethics and the Business Environment
- Financial Accounting
- Finance
- Marketing
- Immersive Business Experience
- Operations
- Business Strategy
- MBA Capstone
Entry requirements
To be considered for entry into this course, you must have:
- An undergraduate degree.
- At least two (2) years of documented professional work experience.
- A GMAT/GMAT Focus Edition or GRE score. As a guide, recent students have achieved an average GMAT of 695 or higher.
Applicants who hold an undergraduate degree awarded from an Australian or New Zealand university and do not wish to apply for scholarships are not required to have a GMAT/GMAT Focus Edition/GRE.
You must submit:
- An up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV).
- Four personal statements relating to your goals and how you can contribute to the program.
- Evidence of all qualifications completed and incomplete, including academic transcripts with grading schema.
- A valid passport or verified document showing current citizenship/residency status.
- The names and contact details of two professional referees.
English language requirements
All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including a recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores below:
- IELTS: Academic English test with a minimum score of 7.0 overall and with no individual band score less than 6.5.
- TOEFL: Minimum score of 102 (written score minimum 24 and no individual score lower than 21).
- Pearson: 72 + written communicative skill of 65 and no other communicative skill below 64.
- Cambridge: N/A
Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.
Contact the university or visit their website for more information.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Credit (recognition of prior learning) may be considered based on your professional qualification(s) or prior study of relevant subject(s) at a recognised academic institution. You can apply for credits for core subjects from these programs: Part-time MBA and Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (both face-to-face and online), Master of Marketing and Graduate Diploma in Marketing. The eligible core subjects are:
- Business Strategy / Strategic Management
- Data Analysis / Data Analytics for Decision Making
- Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Managing People
- Managerial Economics
- Marketing
- Operations
No other subjects are eligible for credit. Time limitations as well as a credit cap will apply according to the school's policy.
Contact the university for more information.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative total program fee in 2025: $112,500 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The program fee covers all program costs for the two years and can be paid in instalments.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students.