Master of Human Resource Management
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Quick facts
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Entry score
Not applicable
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Duration
Part-time 2 years, Full-time 1.5 years or Part-time equivalent -
Location
Online, Melbourne city -
Fees
Next intake
February, July, RMIT Online Entry score
IELTS 6.5
Duration
Full-time 2 years or 1.5 years accelerated Location
Online, Melbourne city
Overview
Your global career in HR management
On completion of this degree, you will be well equipped to tackle common problems in the management of people across borders, in various legal and cultural contexts.
What you will learn in this program
Examine Human Resource Management issues in the context of global changes impacting on people in workplaces.
Study entirely online
The Master of Human Resource Management is available at the Melbourne City campus and via online delivery.
Details
RMIT’s new human resource management program is focused on enhancing and updating your knowledge and skills to develop HR practice globally.
The program focuses on a diverse global workforce. In particular, you will develop critical awareness of the legal, ethical, social, economic and environmental challenges and implications of HR strategy, operations, processes and decision making.
You will understand the application of HR practice within small and medium enterprises, including start-ups and entrepreneurial firms, and the public and not for profit sectors as well as multinational corporations.
This program is designed for people with no previous formal HR qualifications who wish to enter the HR profession, as well as people with extensive experience who wish to update their knowledge of contemporary global thinking.
The Master of Human Resource Management is available:
- at the Melbourne City campus, offering up to two intakes a year
- online, offering up to six intakes a year.
Study on-campus
Your courses may be offered during the day and late afternoon/early evening. Some advanced level workshops are offered over several days and/or weekends.
RMIT offers a variety of learning and teaching approaches including lectures, seminars, workshops, presentations and group discussions. In addition you will have access to online and digital resources through myRMIT.
College of Business educational software, the Learning Hub, other online and digital resources and printers are accessible on campus via the RMIT wireless network using your own laptop, tablet or smart phone or via computer facilities on-campus. You will be able to access the same software from home using myDesktop.
Find out more about student computing at RMIT.
Study online
Delivered 100 per cent online, you can take advantage of six intensive study periods offered each year, and learn wherever there is an internet connection. RMIT’s community-based online study lets you investigate new ideas through video, audio, and practical activities and assessments. In virtual meeting spaces and by participating in discussions forums, you will connect, interact and collaborate with expert lecturers and other professionals studying alongside you. Find out more.
myRMIT
Through myRMIT on-campus and online students can view online resources and learning activities created by lecturers, access course materials via Blackboard, collaborate with lecturers and fellow students, and access their student email account.
Study online
Delivered 100 per cent online, you can take advantage of six intensive study periods offered each year and learn in your home country. RMIT’s community-based online study lets you investigate new ideas through video, audio, and practical activities and assessments. In virtual meeting spaces and by participating in discussions forums, you will connect, interact and collaborate with expert lecturers and other professionals studying alongside you. Find out more.
Note: 100% online programs do not provide access to Australian student visas.
myRMIT
Through myRMIT on-campus and online students can view online resources and learning activities created by lecturers, access course materials via Blackboard, collaborate with lecturers and fellow students, and access their student email account.
Advisory boards consist of high-profile industry representatives who ensure links with industry standards and practice are reflected in the program. Management practitioners, lecturers from industry, guest speakers and industry-relevant projects underpin the work-integrated learning components of this program.
Work-connected and industry-relevant options available for on-campus students include:
- Working in a student team as part of the Fastrack Innovation Program. In this elective course you will work with mentors to develop and present a solution to a real problem. This form of fast-prototyping is designed so that external organisations can tap into fresh thinking from RMIT students.
- A Business Internship elective where you take up a position for one or two days per week for one semester. This position is normally unpaid and is designed to develop your soft skills and increase your overall employability upon graduation.
- BUSM4598 Business Skills for Start Ups, a course designed for students interested in starting up their own business.
Study tours are a unique feature of the on-campus program. You can combine an overseas travel and cultural experience with coursework completed in intensive mode and have this credited towards your degree. Global intensives depart during the Australian summer or winter vacations and are usually undertaken in the final semester of the master degree.
If you are planning to include a study tour as part of your program, you are advised to check that you have the required number of student electives or credit points available.
On-campus
- 1.5 years full-time or part-time equivalent (with advanced standing)
- 2 years full-time or part-time equivalent (without advanced standing)
RMIT Online
- 2 years part-time (intensive online) (with advanced standing)
For further information about advanced standing see Credits and Masters exemptions.
Depending on your previous studies and experience you could also be eligible for credit towards your program. Credit granted may reduce the amount of study you need to complete.
For more information please see RMIT’s credit transfer and recognition of prior learning policy.
On-campus (Study in Australia)
- 1.5 years full-time (with advanced standing)
- 2 years full-time (without advanced standing)
RMIT Online (Study from your home country)
- 2 years part-time (intensive online) (with advanced standing)
On-campus
The master degree comprises core and elective courses.
Features
- Case studies and interactive and experiential learning activities to help you develop the capacity to identify HR challenges, propose innovative solutions, and critically evaluate the impacts of HR decisions and practices in a variety enterprises and organisations.
- Demonstrate your ability to apply key concepts in the courses Contemporary Issues in Strategic Human Resource Management and Professional Human Resource Management Practices.
RMIT Online
The online master degree comprises 11 core courses and one elective, delivered across six study periods, allowing you to focus on one course at a time.
Your elective course can be selected from any course offered in the online Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain and Logistics Management or any course offered in the online Graduate Certificate in Marketing.
In both delivery models, you will explore a complex problem, and test and evaluate potential solutions with industry and community stakeholders in the compulsory course, Business Research Design.
Program plans
Plans are variations offered for a program such as specialisations, modes of delivery or location. Browse a plan to see the courses our students are currently studying.
MC263EXE
Melbourne City Campus, Full-time 1.5 years or Part-time equivalent
Plans are variations offered for a program such as specialisations, modes of delivery or location. Browse a plan to see the courses our students are currently studying.
MC263EXE
Melbourne City Campus, Full-time 1.5 years CRICOS 088784B
MC263
Melbourne City Campus, Full-time 2 years CRICOS 088784B
Career
Human Resource Management roles include diversity management, occupational health and safety, training and development, industrial relations roles as well as HR practice.
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.
Accreditation
This program is accredited by the Australian HR Institute (AHRI).
Membership
Professional bodies may offer students and/or graduates membership, opportunities for entry into professional qualification programs and other career enhancing benefits.
For further details about accreditation and information about membership and opportunities for students and graduates, please visit our accreditation and membership page.
Admissions
- An Australian bachelor degree or equivalent, or higher level qualification, in a business (or related) discipline from a recognised tertiary institution; or
An Australian bachelor degree or equivalent in any discipline and a minimum of three years full-time equivalent management experience*; or
- The RMIT Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management.
* Applicants will be required to submit a curriculum vitae (CV).
2 year duration and Online
You must have successfully completed an Australian Bachelor degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) or higher level qualification in any discipline.
1.5 year duration and Online
You must have successfully completed:
An Australian Bachelor degree, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma or Masters degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) in Business (or a related discipline).
OR
An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent overseas qualification) in any discipline and a minimum of three years full-time equivalent management experience*.
OR
The RMIT Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management.
* Applicants will be required to submit a curriculum vitae (CV).
Entry requirements
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 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
Advanced standing
If you have completed an Australian bachelor degree or equivalent, or higher level qualification, in a business (or related) discipline from a recognised tertiary institution, you will receive exemptions from the four business enabling courses.
Masters exemptions
If you have successfully completed one of the following qualifications you will be eligible for exemptions as detailed in the table below.
The masters exemptions listed indicate the maximum exemptions offered, including advanced standing and courses where content matches previous study.
| Qualification level | Masters exemptions offered | Remaining program duration* |
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| Bachelor degree (AQF level 7) - any discipline and a minimum of three years full-time equivalent management experience | 48 credit points (equivalent to one semester [6 months] of full-time study) | 144 credit points (equivalent to three semesters [1.5 years] of full-time study) |
| Bachelor degree (AQF level 7) - business-related discipline | 48 credit points (equivalent to one semester [6 months] of full-time study) | 144 credit points (equivalent to three semesters [1.5 years] of full-time study) |
| Bachelor degree (Honours) (AQF level 8) - business-related discipline | 48 credit points (equivalent to one semester [6 months] of full-time study) | 144 credit points (equivalent to three semesters [1.5 years] of full-time study) |
| Graduate Certificate (AQF level 8) - in the same discipline | Up to 96 credit points (equivalent to two semesters [1 year] of full-time study) | 96 credit points (equivalent to two semesters [1 year] of full-time study) |
| Graduate Diploma (AQF level 8) - in the same discipline | Up to 120 credit points (equivalent to two-and-a-half semesters [1.5 years] of full-time study) | Up to 96 credit points (equivalent to two semesters [1 year] of full-time study) |
| Master degree (AQF level 9) - business-related discipline | Up to 120 credit points (equivalent to two-and-a-half semesters [1.5 years] of full-time study) | Up to 96 credit points (equivalent to two semesters [1 year] of full time study) |
* Duration indicated is the normal study duration; for some programs spring and summer semesters may be offered, reducing the study time.
If you have a major in a non-business discipline and do meet meet the management experience requirement, you will begin your studies at graduate certificate level. The graduate certificate provides an entry pathway that considers non-managerial work experience and tertiary studies other than in a business-related discipline.
Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management you will be admitted to the Master program, which requires the successful completion of further courses.
Credit
You may also be eligible for further credit. Learn more about eligibility for credit transfer and recognition of prior learning.
Exemptions from this program will be assessed consistent with the principles of the RMIT Credit Policy.
Fees
2019 indicative fees:
- Study on campus - full-fee: AU$30,720* per annum
- Study online - 2019 full-fee: AU$3,840 per 12 credit point course
- Study online - 2018 full-fee: AU$3,720 per 12 credit point course
Study on campus
This program is offered on a full-fee paying basis only. If you are offered a place, you will need to pay the full tuition costs of your program. However, eligible students (such as Australian citizens or holders of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa) may apply to defer payment of some or all of their tuition fees via the Commonwealth Government’s FEE-HELP loan scheme.
*Fees shown above apply to 2019 only and are based on an annual full-time study load of 96 credit points unless otherwise noted. A proportionate fee applies for more or less than the full-time study load. Tuition fees are adjusted on an annual basis and these fees should only be used as a guide.
For more information and to learn how to calculate your exact tuition fees see postgraduate study fees.
Study online
The online accelerated part-time Master of Human Resource Management program consists of 12 courses, which are 12 credit points each, delivered over 2 years. The tuition fee for 2019 is $3,840 per 12 credit point course.
Fee applies to 2019 only. Fees are adjusted on an annual basis and this information should only be used as a guide.
How does a HELP loan work?
If your FEE-HELP and/or SA-HELP loan application is successful, the Australian Government will pay RMIT, on your behalf, up to 100% of your fees. This amount will become part of your accumulated HELP debt.
You only start repaying your accumulated HELP debt to the Australian Government once you earn above the minimum income threshold for repayment, which is set each year by the Australian Government (this also applies if you are still studying). The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) will calculate your compulsory repayment for the year and include this on your income tax notice.
For more information about loan repayment options see Commonwealth assistance (HELP loans) or Study Assist.
This program is approved for income support.
You may be eligible for student income support payments from the Commonwealth Government if you are undertaking a graduate certificate, graduate diploma or an approved professionally oriented masters by coursework program. For more information see Income support for Masters students.
If you are enrolled in an eligible program you will also need to satisfy all other student payment eligibility requirements. You can contact Centrelink or the Department of Human Services for further information about student income support entitlements, your eligibility and how to apply.
In addition to tuition fees, you will be charged an annual student services and amenities fee (SSAF), which is used to maintain and enhance services and amenities that improve your experience as an RMIT student. The SSAF is calculated based on your enrolment load and the maximum fee for 2019 is $303.
You may be eligible to apply to defer payment of the SSAF through the SA-HELP loan scheme. If you use SA-HELP, the amount will be added to your accumulated HELP debt.
For more information about calculating your actual SSAF see Paying SSAF.
You may also be required to purchase other items related to your program, including field trips, textbooks and equipment. These additional fees and expenses vary from program to program.
International onshore students
- The annual tuition fee for 2019 is AU$35,520.
- The total indicative tuition fee for 2019 commencement is AU$72,960 (full 2 year program plan MC263).
- For students who meet the entry requirements for the 1.5 years program (program plan MC263EXE), the total indicative tuition fee for 2019 commencement is AU$54,240.
- If you do not meet the entry requirements, you will be offered a place in the full two year program.
Online students
- Fees for international students studying online in your home country in 2019 are AU$3,720 per 12 credit point course.
- Fees for studying online in your home country in 2018 are AU$3,720 per 12 credit point course
Learn more about fees for online study.
In addition to tuition fees you also need to pay for:
- Student services and amenities fee (SSAF) in each calendar year.
- Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) - Student visa holders must have cover for the total duration of their visa.
- Some programs incur additional expenses.
You also need to account for your living expenses. Estimate the cost of living in Melbourne.