Master of Business Administration

You will experience a variety of teaching and learning approaches, including lectures, tutorials, working collaboratively and independently. Lectures deliver comprehensive reviews of the world's best practice, while tutorials offer facilitated discussion. Fact-based case studies are important elements of study, and bring authenticity to your learning experience.

Assessment is ongoing throughout the semester and includes examinations, essays, reports, presentations, group projects, research projects and practical assignments. While group assignments are an important component of every course, the focus of the assessment is weighted towards individual performance.

In face-to-face learning, you’ll be taught in small groups and surrounded by peers from various educational backgrounds, including architecture, engineering, science, business and arts. Your fellow students will come from a range of cultural backgrounds as well, with many students from Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Africa.

This degree is also offered at RMIT's Vietnam campus.

Work-connected and industry-relevant opportunities available include:

Postgraduate Business Internship Elective

Take up a position in a partner organisation for one or two days a week over a semester. This position is normally unpaid, and is designed to develop your soft skills and increase your overall employability.

Business Consulting

Working in teams, you will choose from a list of exciting business briefs, and undertake a piece of professional business consultancy for a live client. This capstone subject is your chance to apply everything you’ve learned from your MBA journey and prove you have the skills, knowledge and mindset to perform in a demanding and challenging business problem. 

Industry partners

The RMIT MBA has industry partnerships with several global organisations, ensuring our students graduate with industry-informed knowledge and important professional connections.

MBA Advisory Board

This degree is supported by an advisory board that helps steer curriculum development to ensure that graduates are work-ready and prepared to take up challenging positions within the rapidly changing landscape of business management.

The Program Advisory Board is made up of members from Capgemini Australia, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group, KPMG, Australian Super, The Lens Group, National Australian Bank (NAB), Medibank Private, Banksia Foundation, Bank of America, Vollie, and Oxfam Australia.

We encourage our  students to undertake international study tours that are offered by other schools in the College of Business in a variety of locations, including Spain, the US and China, where students can combine travel and cultural experiences with intensive coursework, and for which you can earn course credit.

Every year, we offer a study tour elective in Vietnam focusing on the Asian management issues. This seeks to help you develop a range of perspectives and skills to improve your understanding of the complexities of managing a business in a developing economy in Asia. 

Students also have the opportunity to participate in virtual international experiences delivered online through central university international activities.

Other global mobility options available include:

• Student exchange 
• Global Entrepreneurship and Internship Program (GEIP)
• ACICIS Business Professional Practicum

Our MBA degree consists of 12 subjects delivered across two study periods.

Full-time students complete four subjects per study period, with classes typically held during the day.

Part-time students complete two or more subjects per study period with classes usually held in the evening.

You may also be interested in studying some or all of your subjects online.

This degree comprises of 12 subjects.

Your journey begins with core subjects in design thinking, leadership and management, marketing for managers, and financial analytics. You will then be immersed into management of technology and innovation, strategy, and business data analytics.

After completing your core subjects, you can tailor your MBA by selecting one of the two discipline minors (Technology and Innovation or Leadership). These aim to sharpen your capabilities, expose you to new perspectives, and help you navigate the challenges that modern businesses face. Alternatively, you can choose any four postgraduate business elective subjects offered by the College of Business and Law and tailor your learning around your future career aspirations, in areas including marketing, finance, entrepreneurship, HR and law. 

The final stage of your journey is the Business Consulting subject, in which you will learn how to effectively design, research, and manage a business-consulting project that meets a real client’s needs. 

You may also undertake and receive course credit for a business internship or a study tour. 

Course accreditation or membership offered by professional bodies signals to employers the quality and relevance of RMIT's courses and opens up career pathways and networks.

Professional bodies accredit or recognise courses as meeting professional and academic standards deemed to be essential for a new graduate entering into that profession. An accredited course will either enable the graduate to enter directly into a professional qualifications program or provide the graduate with exemptions or credit towards a post university professional qualification.

Statutory accreditation

This type of accreditation is where a statutory body must approve a course of study in order for a graduate to practise in that profession.

Membership

Professional bodies or associations are representative organisations of professions that provide membership and other career development support to its members. Many professional bodies offer membership opportunities for students and new graduates with benefits such as career advice, networking within the profession and access to resources not available through the university. The aim of these benefits is to assist with your transition from university into the profession.

Master of Business Administration

Current course accreditations and information about membership and development opportunities for students and graduates.

Institute of Managers and Leaders (IML)

Membership and opportunities

• Students may be eligible for membership category: Affiliate, Member or Associate Fellow (depending on experience)
• Graduates may be eligible for membership category: Affiliate, Member or Associate Fellow (depending on experience)

Visit the Institute of Managers and Leaders website