Master of Business
Postgraduate | GRF-BUS-MAS | 2022
Course information for 2022 intake View information for 2024 course intake
Take your next step as a manager
Stand out as a business leader with this competitive postgraduate qualification. Choose from 17 majors, including marketing, digital business and human resource management. Learn how to lead during times of change and solve complex organisational problems.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Total subjects
- 16
- Price from
- $55,000
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Master of Business
About this degree
The Master of Business is a program designed for professionals aspiring to make the move to management roles, for current managers seeking formal qualifications and for those looking to move careers. This degree is designed to help you master essential business concepts and provide you with the frameworks and creative problem solving skills to enable you to operate effectively in the dynamic, global business economy.
This program will help you to further develop your business and management skills, build specialist knowledge within your chosen area, and accelerate your career.
Our partnership with the Institute of Managers and Leaders Australia and New Zealand (IML ANZ) allows graduates to be awarded with the internationally recognised professional designation immediately after graduation*. Accrediting management and leadership excellence, Chartered Manager will help you to gain global recognition, professionalise your leadership skills, increase your employability and differentiate you from other managers.
The Master of Business is a program designed for professionals aspiring to make the move to management roles, for current managers seeking formal qualifications and for those looking to move careers. This degree is designed to help you master essential business concepts and provide you with the frameworks and creative problem solving skills to enable you to operate effectively in the dynamic, global business economy.
This program will help you to further develop your business and management skills, build specialist knowledge within your chosen area, and accelerate your career.
Our partnership with the Institute of Managers and Leaders Australia and New Zealand (IML ANZ) allows graduates to be awarded with the internationally recognised professional designation immediately after graduation*. Accrediting management and leadership excellence, Chartered Manager will help you to gain global recognition, professionalise your leadership skills, increase your employability and differentiate you from other managers.
Award requirements
To be eligible for the award of Master of Business (MBus), a student must successfully complete 160 credit points including:
- 60 credit points for core courses; and
- 40 credit points for one major or 40 credit points from across the majors; and
- 40 credit points for a second major, electives or the dissertation pathway; and
- 20 credit points of electives.
To be eligible for the award of Master of Business (MBus), a student admitted with 40 credit points of advanced standing must successfully complete 120 credit points including:
- 20 credit points for core courses; and
- 40 credit points for one major or 40 credit points from across the majors; and
- 40 credit points for a second major, electives or the dissertation pathway; and
- 20 credit points of electives
To be eligible for the award of Master of Business (MBus), a student admitted with 80 credit points of advanced standing must successfully complete 80 credit points including:
- 20 credit points for core courses; and
- 40 credit points for one major or 40 credit points from across the majors; and
- 20 credit points of electives
This degree may be awarded with Distinction where a student achieves a minimum program GPA of 6.5 with no failed courses. The words 'This award was achieved with Distinction' will be recorded on the testamur.
Degree structure can be found here
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- 20
How to apply
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Entry requirements
To be eligible for admission to the Master of Business, a student must:
- hold any Bachelor degree (or higher) from a recognised university (or another tertiary institution of equivalent standing) with a minimum GPA of 4.0 (using a 7.0 point scale); OR
- hold a related Bachelor degree or Graduate Certificate (or equivalent) from a recognised University (or another tertiary education institution of equivalent standing) with a minimum GPA of 4.0 (using a 7.0 point scale) - students will be eligible for 40 credit points of advanced standing; OR
- hold a related Bachelor Honours or Graduate Diploma (or equivalent) from a recognised university (or another tertiary institution of equivalent standing) with a minimum GPA of 4.0 (using a 7.0 scale) - students will be eligible for 80 credit points of advanced standing; OR
- hold a Griffith Graduate Certificate in Policy Analysis (or equivalent) with a minimum GPA of 4.0 (using a 7.0 scale) - students will receive 40 credit points of credit; OR
- have a combination of alternative admission criteria such as formal, informal and non-formal learning deemed to be equivalent to one of the above.
Note: Relevant work experience will be considered as part of an application.
English language requirements apply to International applicants and other applicants whose previous study was undertaken in a language other than English. The minimum English language requirements for such applicants for entry to this program are as follows:
- A minimum overall band score of 6.5 on IELTS (Academic) with no sub-score of less than 6.0
- OR a minimum score of 575 on TOEFL
- OR an internet-based (iBT) TOEFL score of 79 (no sub-score less than 19)
- OR no score less than 3+ in each skill of the ISLPR (conducted by ISLPR Language Services only)
- OR a minimum overall score of 176 (no score less than 169) on C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English) or C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English)
- OR an overall score of 58 in the Pearson Test of English (Academic) with no score less than 50.
English test results must be no more than two years old.
Griffith University grants credit and recognition of prior learning which may relate to prior formal learning or prior informal and non-formal learning. For more information, please visit the following website:
Career opportunities
A business degree gives you the foundation to advance your career in a range of industries and professions. You will be prepared to use your extensive business skills in increasingly diverse settings including not-for-profit, government and corporate organisations.
Students who complete the Dissertation pathway may be eligible for further Higher Degree Research study such as the Master of Philosophy or PhD program.
Career outlook
- Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Managers:
- Over $120K
- Finance Managers:
- Over $120K
- Human Resource Professionals:
- $75K to $93K
- Management Consultants:
- $93K to $120K