Master of Business Administration

Emerging Technology

You'll explore the power of emerging technologies like AI to drive innovation, solve real-world business challenges, and create a competitive edge. Gain the skills to lead transformation, pitch bold ideas, and design future-ready strategies with impact.

Law for Entrepreneurs

Build your business on a strong legal foundation. Learn how to navigate company structures, contracts, and intellectual property to protect your venture, reduce risk, and prepare for sustainable growth and investment.

Future-fit Innovation

Learn to innovate with foresight and purpose. Explore practical, future-focused tools to navigate uncertainty, identify opportunities across environmental, social, and economic landscapes, and create resilient innovations that consider long-term impact and consequences.

Sustainable Value Creation

Discover how to lead organisations toward long-term, sustainable growth by balancing economic success with environmental and social impact. Learn to integrate ESG strategies, apply sustainability reporting standards, and explore innovative approaches like circular economy practices and social entrepreneurship to create lasting value for business and society.

Professional development that really counts

The Master of Business Administration focuses on leadership and change, innovation and entrepreneurship, finance, ethical practices and social responsibility. It equips students with the capacity to start new ventures or initiate organisational improvements successfully by building on authentic learning experiences and solutions-driven business scenarios. It provides an excellent opportunity for students to gain holistic management and business knowledge, which prepares them for general management roles. The course design also allows the choice of electives to complete other business-related units.

Graduates can accelerate their careers in general and specialist management roles as they gain skills that are critical to the future of work, such as problem-solving, strategic decision-making, teamwork, critical thinking, managerial and technical skills. They will be well prepared for ever more complex and uncertain business environments.

Your MBA Features

The Master of Business Administration gives students a generalist business degree covering leadership, change, strategic thinking, innovation and AI, and entrepreneurship. The MBA offers students the opportunity to undertake challenge units that are industry-focused and allows students to test their knowledge by undertaking live industry projects. 

This degree provides students with the ability to pursue studies of interest or specialisations in a range of business areas. The degree is heavily industry-linked and has partners throughout who bring in live case studies or industry problems for students to deliver solutions, providing deep industry engagement and real-world problem-solving, preparing students to work as leaders.

Recommended study pattern

Core Units

The Master of Business Administration focuses on

Emerging Technology (INF60019)

Technology & Innovation Emersion (INF60020)

Law for Entrepreneurs (LAW60007)

Customer Experience Management (MKT70021)

Future-Fit Innovation (ENT60011)

Sustainable Value Creation (MGT70008)

Business Strategy (MGT80002)

Sustainable Strategy & Leadership Immersion (MGT80006)

Along with 

4 electives of your choice

OR

choose your own Specialisation:

Human Resource Management Specialisation

Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design (ENT60009)

Employee Relations (HRM60013)

Human Resource Fundamentals (HRM60018)

Managing Workplace Diversity and Inclusion (HRM20017)

Marketing Specialisation

Opportunity Discovery, Creativity and Design(ENT60009)

Data Empowered Marketing (MKT60011)

Consumer Behaviour (MKT20025)

Global Digital Marketing (MKT70017)

Project Management Specialisation

Strategic Project Management (INF70005)

Project Management for Innovative Outcomes (PRM60002)

The Risk Management Spectrum (PRM60003)

Operations Management (SCM60001)

Cyber Security Specialisation

How to Think Like a Hacker: An Anatomy of Cyber Attacks (CYB60001)

Cybersecurity Operations Management (CYB60002)

Cybersecurity Law, Policy and Ethics (CYB60003)

Networks and Cybersecurity Frameworks (CYB60004)

Award requirements

To qualify for the award of Master of Business Administration, students must complete 150 credit points comprising of:

• Eight (8) core units (100 credit points)
• Four (4) units comprising a specialisation or electives (50 credit points)

Students admitted based on successful completion of the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Business Administration are not required to repeat units completed.

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Indicative total fee $54,480

The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.

Fees may vary depending on:

• the subjects you choose
• credit from previous work experience
• your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.

To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.

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17

To gain entry into this course, applicants must have at least one of the following:

• a recognised bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
• a recognised bachelor’s degree in any discipline plus a minimum of two years equivalent full-time relevant experience
• a recognised graduate certificate in a related discipline.*

*Related graduate certificates include Swinburne Online’s Graduate Certificate of Business Administration, Graduate Certificate of Project Management, Graduate Certificate of Cyber Security and Graduate Certificate of Management. You may be exempt from some units if you have already completed them in your graduate certificate.

If you are applying as an international student, please view the English Language Requirements.

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) allows students to gain credit (advanced standing) towards their course in recognition of skills and knowledge gained through work experience, life experience and/or formal training. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Speak to a Course Consultant about applying for RPL.