Master of Business Administration

In today’s complex and evolving corporate environment, business leaders need to be adaptable and agile thinkers, with advanced skills in analysis, decision making and communication to identify opportunities and resolve complex workplace issues.

A Master of Business Administration is an essential qualification that prepares leaders to perform at a high level in any industry. UNE’s MBA will expand your professional skills and knowledge, building on your experience to allow you to achieve your career goals and add significant value to your organisation.

Why study the Master of Business Administration with UNE?
Our MBA builds on your skills and knowledge, allowing you to confidently lead your organisation in a complex, globalised economy. You will expand your expertise to more effectively identify, analyse and resolve any management issue you encounter. You will hone your business skills in key areas of decision making, ethics, management, marketing and strategy.

We offer a diverse range of admission pathways. If you have a bachelor degree, bachelor with honours, graduate certificate or graduate diploma, plus at least two years of relevant full-time (or equivalent) professional experience, you will be eligible for admission to the MBA. If you have a master degrees, relevant professional experience is not required. Coming from work, not university? If you don’t have a bachelor’s degree, your professional experience could make you eligibility to study a graduate certificate in either accounting, agribusiness or business, enabling you to progress into the MBA.

We put you in control of your studies and provide you with a highly personalised education experience. You will study online, giving you the flexibility to balance your studies with your other work and personal commitments.

By choosing UNE, you are choosing an industry leader in the provision of online lifelong learning for aspiring and qualified businesspeople. Year after year, our students award UNE the maximum 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support in The Good Universities Guide.

What makes our course different?
Our MBA will challenge you to think in new ways and encourage you to apply that learning immediately. From day one, you will be testing your knowledge against the real world, integrating it into your thinking and becoming a more effective and adaptable manager.

Our flexible, online course gives you opportunities to:

• Choose from units across a range of areas, including accounting, business analytics, economics, finance, human resource management, management or marketing so you can tailor your degree to suit your work and career goals.
• Complete your course in as little as three trimesters or spread your studies over up to six years part-time.
• Exit the course early if you need to – if you choose not to complete the full MBA, you can exit with a Graduate Certificate in Business, Graduate Diploma in Business, or Graduate Certificate in Health Management if you have completed the requirements of one of those courses.
• Interact online with our highly-qualified teaching staff and fellow students, creating a collaborative learning community and a network of contacts you can tap into throughout your career.
• Learn from internationally recognised academics who have a strong track record in research and a wealth of experience in business and industry. UNE Business School staff are continually commended by graduates for their enthusiastic and proactive engagement with students.
• Attend optional face-to-face weekend schools across a range of units, allowing you to come together in person with other students and teaching staff.
• Apply for advanced standing to recognise your prior studies and relevant professional experience.