Online Master of Human Resource Management
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Overview
RMIT Online’s Master of Human Resource Management gives you a comprehensive, future-focused, immediately-applicable skill-set to become a leader of real cultural change.
Learn how to lead cultural change to create a better workplace
Drive business success with strategic HR thinking and give yourself a growing number of rewarding career opportunities.

A world-class HR qualification
Gain globally-applicable skills to lead workplace culture and engage with stakeholders at all levels.
The Master of Human Resource Management gives you the tools to take on all business challenges and handle the expectations of high-level managerial roles.

Lead businesses with a competitive cultural edge
Learn the best-practice, relevant skills to create the human frameworks that give business a competitive edge.
Thrive in a changing workforce
RMIT Online’s Master of HRM gives you an extensive, future-focused skill-set for the evolving and changing modern workplace.
Choose online excellence
Accredited by the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI), you’ll learn from the highest ranked university in Australia offering a postgraduate online Master of Human Resource Management.
100% online and flexible
100% online, this leading industry program is designed to work around your lifestyle. No on-campus commitments and flexible learning.
Your online experience
The Master of Human Resource Management delivers a convenient online program without the requirement for on-campus attendance and commitments. All lecture material and content is delivered directly to you, wherever you are.

Study on campus
The Master of Human Resource Management is also available at the Melbourne City campus.

Details
Gain HR knowledge on a global scale.
The RMIT Online Master of Human Resource Management gives you the knowledge develop and use human frameworks to build exceptional teams and create sustainable value for the business.
You’ll develop the skills and formal qualifications necessary to take on the legal, ethical, social, economic and environmental challenges facing business today, and allow you to handle the expectations of all levels of management.
The 100% online, now accelerated program means your learning – and graduation – is fast-tracked and focused. You can enrol in any one of our six, seven-week teaching periods each year.
You can view online resources and learning activities, access course materials via Canvas, collaborate with lecturers and fellow students, and access your student email account anywhere, anytime.
Our online learning platform is purpose-built and brings authenticity to your learning experience, available using your laptop, tablet or smartphone. Coursework is delivered in an engaging way and easy to follow.

You will also have access to discussion boards, online forums, electronic assignment submission, the library and business journals.
Assessment is ongoing throughout the teaching period and includes essays, reports, presentations, case studies, quizzes and research projects.
Australian Student Visas
RMIT's online Master of Human Resource Management does not meet Australian student visa requirements. For an Australian student visa, you must have an on-campus place in a program of study. Find out more about RMIT's on-campus Master of Human Resource Management.
Work-connected and industry-relevant
Accredited by the Australian Human Resource Institute (AHRI), you’ll learn from the highest ranked university in Australia offering a 100% online Master of Human Resource Management.
Eligible graduates are able to enter the AHRI Practising Certification Program.
12 courses | 2 years intensive part-time
Each course is seven weeks in duration
For further information about advanced standing see pathways.
The program courses include:
Core courses:
- Key Concepts in Human Resource Management
- Professional Human Resource Management Practices
- People and Organisations
- Employment Law
- Strategic Human Resource Development
- Employment Relations from a Global Perspective
- Contemporary Issues in Strategic Human Resource Management
- Global Human Resource Managemen
- Business Research Design
- Issues in Diversity
- Human Resource Management for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Plus one of the following electives:
- Graduate Certificate in Marketing
- Graduate Certificate in Project Management
- Master of Supply Chain and Logistics Management
Career
You may work in a range of industry sectors where your skills in contemporary business and HR practice, operational leadership, problem-solving, cross-cultural awareness and persuasive communication are required for the strategic management of people in a global context.
Roles might include diversity management, occupational health and safety, training and development, industrial relations roles as well as HR practice.
Admissions
- Australian bachelor degree or equivalent, or higher level qualification, in a business (or related) discipline from a recognised tertiary institution.
OR - Australian bachelor degree or equivalent in a non-cognate discipline, plus at least three years relevant management work experience.
OR - The RMIT Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management.
- Australian bachelor degree or equivalent, or higher level qualification, in a business (or related) discipline from a recognised tertiary institution.
OR - Australian bachelor degree or equivalent in a non-cognate discipline, plus at least three years relevant management work experience.
OR - The RMIT Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management.
International students are required to provide current evidence of English language proficiency for admission to RMIT University (see below).
To study this program you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
- IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
- TOEFL (Paper Based Test): minimum score of 580 (TWE 4.5)
- TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 92 (with a minimum of 20 in all sections)
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
- Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.
For detailed information on English language requirements and other proficiency tests recognised by RMIT, visit English language requirements and equivalency information.
Don't meet the English language test scores? Complete an Advanced Plus Certificate at RMIT English Worldwide.
Pathways
The online Master of Human Resource Management encompasses courses that make up the online Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management, so if you need to exit the program early, you can earn a postgraduate qualification by successfully completing specified courses.
The Graduate Certificate is also a pathway to the Master degree for some students (see entry requirements).
Alternatively, you can gain entry from a range of RMIT undergraduate programs.
Fees
2021 tuition fees are $3,960 per 12 credit point course, totalling $47,520 for 12 courses. Fees apply to 2021 only.
Fees are adjusted on an annual basis and these fees should only be used as a guide.
See our fees page for more information.
In addition to tuition fees, you will be charged an annual student services and amenities fee (SSAF) based on your enrolment load, which is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT student. Eligible local students can apply for an SA-HELP loan to defer payment of their SSAF.
For more information about calculating your actual SSAF see Paying SSAF.
Some students may be eligible to apply to defer payment of some or all of their tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme.
Visit our HELP loans page for lots of useful information about eligibility, how to apply and payment. You can apply for FEE-HELP once you have enrolled in a program.
HELP loans are not available to international students.