University of Canberra
Master of International Business
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Build the skills and knowledge required to lead a business and affect sustainable organisational change.

Course overview
UC’s Master of International Business degree will open numerous pathways to dynamic international careers. Building on your undergraduate studies, you’ll develop high-level theoretical and analytical skills and the ability to synthesise information, so you can become an effective leader and communicator in a wide range of multinational business and management settings.
Explore human behaviour in organisations, business decision making, service management and aspects of international law, trade and governance as well as economics and marketing for managers, and learn to provide solutions to complex problems in the international business sphere.
Key facts
2nd February, 2026
27th July, 2026
What you will study
To complete the Master of International Business, you must complete 48 credit points (CP) from the following units. Each unit is valued at three CP.
Complete the following:
- Business Finance
- Economics for Managers
- International Marketing
- Marketing
- Human Behaviour in Organisations
- Research Methods
- Institutions of Law and Government
- Business and Management in Context
- Entrepreneurship
- International Business
- Asia Pacific Business
- Business Decision Making
- Service Management
- Global e-Business
- International Economics
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
Applicants must have an undergraduate degree or equivalent as approved by the university.
English language requirements
Applicants must have an IELTS Academic score of 6.5 overall, with no band score below 6.0 (or equivalent).
Outcomes
Career outcomes
A UC Master of International Business degree is a globally recognised qualification and offers graduates the chance to explore high-level careers in large Australian and multinational companies, foreign affairs and trade agencies and small business enterprises.
Potential career pathways include:
- Entrepreneur
- Business analyst
- Agribusiness/Export manager
- Management consultant
- Border control
- International agent
- Marketing manager
- Board member
- Financial advisor
- International development advisor
- Trade relations manager
- Diplomat
- Consular officer
- Economic development manager
- Change management consultant
Learning outcomes
- Critically evaluate a range of core and contemporary concepts and theories of organisations and their management.
- Analyse and synthesise contemporary theory and practice relating to the external context in which organisations operate.
- Analyse concepts, knowledge and skills of international business including contemporary theories and their application and provide solutions to complex problems that articulate how geographical, legal, political, financial and institutional forces affect organisational practice and trade across international boundaries.
- Analyse and apply a range of contemporary entrepreneurial and enterprise skills and approaches to business innovation and organisational change.
- Apply concepts, theories and experience to business problems and propose sustainable solutions demonstrating initiative, creativity and social responsibility.
- Analyse and synthesise information and be able to critique and effectively communicate in a business and management context.
- Critically analyse and integrate theory and practice within international business to future work challenges and practices in an organisational context.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative full course fee (2025): $61,800 (domestic full-fee paying place)
Indicative annual fee (2025): $30,900 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The fees shown are the annual fee rates for the course. The annual rate is the fee that applies to standard full-time enrolment, which is 24 CP.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
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 with the cost of a university course.