Western Sydney University
Master of Business Administration
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Emerge with a proven ability to solve real-world business problems and advance your career.
Course overview
This degree offers a unique range of majors, including Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, Property Management, Sustainable Business, Finance and Investment, Marketing, Information and Communications Technology and Business Analytics. Gaining practical experience is also a cornerstone of the SGSM MBA program and is supported by the university's strong links with Australian businesses, such as PWC, Linfox, Deloitte, CNHI, Morningstar and others. You will have the opportunity to complete either a business internship or a business project subject, applying the skills and knowledge you have gained during your degree.
The aim of this MBA is to ensure you emerge with a proven ability to solve real-world business problems and advance your career. You don’t need to have studied business before or have relevant work experience. We help you develop your expertise as you work through the program. You’ll finish your Master's program ready to take on the world. Note: Not all subjects are available on the listed campuses. Please refer to the university's handbook for more information.
The Master of Business Administration develops successful, thoughtful business leaders and managers who create value for their organisations and their communities. Through immersion in complex business projects, students learn to innovate, lead responsibly and navigate change to build the capabilities needed for success in a disrupted future of business and society. The program foregrounds critical engagement with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and provides the knowledge and professional skills needed to evaluate economic, social and environmental complexities to influence sustainable business operations. The program is co-created with diverse industry partners, ensuring the learning is relevant and applied to real-world challenges.
Key facts
Sydney City
22nd June, 2026
14th September, 2026
What you will study
Qualification for this award requires the successful completion of 160 credit points. Each subject is worth 10 credit points.
Business Domain Knowledge Subjects - Two-year pathway
Students who are completing the two-year pathway must complete the following subjects. Students who are eligible for the 1.5-year Pathway are not required to complete the following.
- Contemporary People Management
- Economics
- Marketing Systems
- Introduction to Finance
Applied Integrative Knowledge Subjects - 1.5 and two-year pathways
All students must complete the following:
- Financial Reports for Decision Making
- Integrated Business Experience 1
- Strategic Business Management
- Leading for Social Impact
Entry requirements
Applicants must have successfully completed an undergraduate degree, or higher, in any discipline.
English language requirements
Applicants who have undertaken studies overseas may have to provide proof of proficiency in English. Contact the university for further information.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL), formerly known as transfer credit or advanced standing, is a way of recognising your previous study or work experience by granting credit towards your current program.
When your CPL application is approved, it means you've already demonstrated the knowledge, understanding and skills that match the learning outcomes of similar subjects or programs at WSU.
For more information, contact the university or visit its website.
Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:
- Produce authentic resources or artefacts that express complex ideas using discipline-appropriate written and verbal skills suited to multiple audiences and contexts.
- Demonstrate ability to effectively perform different roles in teams, with changing membership roles and in complex contexts.
- Produce and justify a complex argument in a professional or enterprise context using multiple sources of relevant, discipline-appropriate information (textual or numerical).
- Plan a project and propose a well-formulated solution, including its contingencies and future implications, to a professional or enterprise problem that considers multiple professional or enterprise contexts (including global).
- Evaluate professional or enterprise practice in relation to culture and diversity in discipline-appropriate contexts (including First Peoples Global) and make recommendations, including contingencies, alternatives and future implications.
- Evaluate economic, social and environmental decisions and practices and make recommendations, including contingencies, alternatives and future implications, for professional or enterprise practice.
- Engage in professional practice that respects and values Indigenous Australian peoples and communities and their ways of knowing, being and doing.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative annual fee in 2026: $35,840 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The fee estimate provided is indicative only and subject to change. This estimate is based on the current fee structures for a normal full-time study load.
A student’s fee may vary depending on:
- Specific subjects chosen.
- Duration and timing of study.
- Annual fee adjustments.
Please note that this estimate does not include the Student Services and Amenities Fee.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students.