Four reasons to choose RMIT for your business master’s degree

There are many reasons to consider a master’s degree in business. From enhancing your earning potential to preparing for more senior leadership roles, a postgraduate degree in business can help give you the edge to stand out in a competitive job market.

At RMIT, our accredited business courses are forged by insight, innovation and industry connection, and underpinned by sustainability, social impact and ethical practice. Our business master’s courses empower graduates to deliver both economic and social value, and drive business solutions that create a fairer future for all.  

With a range of courses on offer, you can specialise in a field of business that’s aligned to your interests and career aspirations.

Here are four reasons to study postgraduate business at RMIT. 

Opportunities to connect with industry are built into RMIT’s postgraduate business courses to ensure students graduate with plenty of real-world experience and a network of valuable connections. 

In capstone courses featuring Work-Integrated Learning, you’ll work with industry on projects to solve or improve an element of a business. The curriculum of your master’s degree is influenced by the latest industry trends, and courses are co-designed with industry leaders; this means you get practical skills and learn from experts in your field. 

Purvang, a Master of Business Information Technology student from Gujarat, India, says the highlight of his studies was successfully completing his capstone project.

“We built a tech solution for an RMIT internal challenge, and had the surreal opportunity to pitch it to none other than the CTO of Microsoft Australia. In another unit, Data-Driven Decision Making, we built a machine learning model to predict NYC taxi demand and presented our solution to senior Microsoft data strategists. And in Business Research Design, I worked on a case study project focused on DiDi Australia, exploring how data shapes their local market strategy."

In a recent report^1, LinkedIn identified 15 in-demand skills that are defining the future of work. Conflict mitigation, adaptability, innovative thinking, public speaking and stakeholder management were all listed, and highlight the need for business graduates to develop their ‘soft’ or ‘human’ skills, in addition to technical skills. 

Changting, a graduate of the accredited Master of Commerce, from China, believes three main elements of his studies at RMIT prepared him to join a Fortune 500 bank as his first job after graduation: professional knowledge, time management skills, and public speaking.  

"The theoretical knowledge I gained about commerce made me stand out in job applications. The project management unit taught me how to plan my own time better for job hunting. Finally, a large part of the school's courses require presentations, which have honed my public speaking skills and helped me stand out during the group discussion stages of interviews."

At RMIT you can undertake a business master’s degree with flexible study options to suit your lifestyle, allowing you to juggle the demands of work and personal life with study. RMIT offers flexibility around the number of units you can choose, seminar times, weekend or evening classes, and options for leave of study for 6–12-month breaks.  

RMIT’s postgraduate business courses are also flexible in their curriculum, and can be tailored to suit your career aspirations. For example, in the accredited Master of Business Administration, students select one of the two discipline minors (Technology and Innovation, or Leadership).  Alternatively, they can choose any four postgraduate business electives offered by the College of Business and Law, in areas including marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, human resources and law. This means you can customise your degree to give you an edge in your chosen field.