Master of Business Administration
Postgraduate
2025
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You're considered an International student if you are:
Postgraduate
2025
DMMA
AUD$ 43,800 per annum (per 1.0 EFTSL) for students enrolled in 2025
048635B
1Ranked 8th, 2023 QS Global MBA Rankings: Oceania. 22018 Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA). 32024 CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings. 4Ranked #5, Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business Schools List 2023. 5UniSA Business is one of just 13 institutions in Australia and approximately 200 globally (from over 25,000 universities) to be EQUIS accredited. EFMD, March 2024. 2023 QS Stars Business School Ratings. 6UNSTOPPABLE® is a Kellogg Company trade mark used under licence. Ranked #43, 2024 THE Young University Rankings.
The UniSA Master of Business Administration (MBA) has been designed for experienced managers and enterprising leaders. It has a strong practical focus on senior management decision-making and embeds the latest in management and leadership research.
As part of your studies, you will gain real-world insights through access to academic and industry experts, benefit from a curriculum informed by world-class research, and further your professional practice to maximise your career progression. You will have the opportunity to engage with a diverse cohort of highly experienced peers from a wide range of industry backgrounds in an engaging learning environment.
Deepen your expertise in fields such as strategy, marketing, finance, leadership, international business, ethics, governance and sustainability, and gain invaluable learnings you can apply in real time to transform your career.
You will also have the opportunity to study the Company Directors Course embedded within your MBA through a unique partnership with the Australian Institute of Company Directors – UniSA is the only university with a partnership of this kind in Australia.
Our fully-flexible MBA allows you to tailor your studies to suit your individual needs with the option to study face-to-face (including intensives and evening classes), online or in mixed mode, as well as full-time or part-time.
You can study a general MBA or choose to specialise in Marketing, Finance or Human Resource Management.
As a guide, full-time MBA students generally undertake two courses per study period and part-time students undertake one course per study period. Studying the MBA full-time will normally take 18 months, but there are opportunities to fast-track your study. Part-time students taking one course per study period will typically complete the MBA in three years.
The MBA degree comprises eight compulsory core courses, three electives and a final capstone experience. The MBA academic year is divided into four study periods of 10 weeks each. Courses are delivered in the evenings over the 10-week period, or can be studied in intensive mode if you require more flexibility.
All MBA courses have an applied focus. They draw on real-life business case studies, and you are encouraged to draw on your own industry and workplace-based scenarios for assessment tasks. Courses also feature visiting industry leaders, who will lead discussions around contemporary business problems.
You will be able to tailor your study plan based on your career needs and interests by choosing the order in which you study your courses, and can choose three electives from a wide range of business and management courses.
The program offers two capstone options: the Company Directors Course or a Strategic Industry Project. Learn the principles and practices of good governance with the preeminent governance qualification in Australia, the Company Directors Course delivered through our unique partnership with the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
The Strategic Industry Project is an opportunity to demonstrate the proficiency and integrative knowledge you’ve gained through your MBA studies, where you’ll be required to plan and prepare a strategic report focusing on a contemporary business problem. This course is an opportunity to apply your knowledge, engage in real-world learning experiences, and stimulate personal and professional development.
UniSA Business is ranked in the top one per cent worldwide and awarded five stars1, and is recognised and respected globally for its excellence.
Our MBA is also been ranked in the top 10 in Australia2 and has been consistently awarded by leading bodies nationally and overseas. It offers a dynamic, engaging and completely flexible program that delivers invaluable networking opportunities with both your peers and industry executives, preparing you to think and act as a global business leader.
We understand the demands on busy professionals and provide you with the flexibility to tailor your studies. Choose to learn face-to-face (including evening classes and intensives), online or in mixed mode, as well as full-time or part-time.
As part of this degree you can choose to complete the Company Directors Course, designed to strengthen your understanding of the principles of good governance. Delivered through a unique partnership with the Australian Institute of Company Directors, this course is highly regarded and UniSA is the only university in Australia with a partnership of this kind.
Two-week international study tours are also available (subject to Australian Government travel advice) including the European Summer School of Advanced Management.
UniSA Business is the only business school in South Australia accredited by both AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and EFMD (EQUIS) – the world’s leading accreditation bodies recognising excellence in business education and research at a global level. These dual accreditations demonstrate the high standards we hold across all areas such as teaching, student learning and research, as well as our commitment to continually improving the quality of our programs.
If you are driven to create new solutions, lead innovative teams and deliver exceptional results in the context of disruptive change and global uncertainty, the UniSA MBA is the next step for you.
1UniSA Business is one of just 13 institutions in Australia and approximately 200 globally (from over 25,000 universities) to be EQUIS accredited. EFMD, March 2024. 2023 QS Stars Business School Ratings. 2Ranked 8th, 2023 QS Global MBA Rankings: Oceania.
How to apply for international students will give you helpful information about the application process at the University of South Australia. When you are ready, apply through our International Application System. If you would like to talk to someone near you about studying at the University of South Australia, we have agents all over the world who can assist you. Find an Education Agent in your country.
Australian
If you would like to strengthen your business knowledge with a shorter qualification, the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (four courses) or the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (eight courses) may suit you. They provide a pathway into, and credit towards, this MBA.
Both can be studied face-to-face, online or a combination of both.
International
If you would like to strengthen your business knowledge with a shorter qualification, the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (four courses) or the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (eight courses) may suit you. They provide a pathway into, and credit towards, this MBA.
International short-term and full semester exchanges, as well as intensive study tours can open doors to new possibilities and experiences. The University of South Australia has strong connections with prestigious universities in Europe, Asia and the Americas – there are over 25 countries and 60 universities to choose from.
Travelling and studying with leading academic staff and your peers is a wonderful opportunity to develop first-hand knowledge of the international business environment. You’ll find the experience invaluable for your personal and professional development, and gain a global perspective.
Study tours
The European Summer School of Advanced Management is a two-week study tour that gives 100 of the world’s outstanding MBA students an intensive international business experience. It has previously been hosted in London, Glasgow and Copenhagen.
The Business in China Intensive School is a two-week study tour and project, offered in partnership with Peking University – a leading international business school.
There are also a range of international study grants available, making study abroad much more accessible.