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QUT (Queensland University of Technology)

  • 17% international / 83% domestic

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  • Masters (Coursework)

Key details

Degree Type
Masters (Coursework)
Duration
1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time
Course Code
045502F
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Mar, Sep

About this course

Highlights
  • QUT's Business School has been ranked number 1 in Queensland and number 3 in Australia for postgraduate studies in AFR's BOSS Best Business School 2022 rankings.
  • A range of new scholarships are available to support future leaders from diverse backgrounds to gain their MBA.
  • The opportunity to undertake a two week Immersion Program at MIT in Boston developing skills and capability in the areas around entrepreneurship and digital transformation.
  • Students will complete their MBA with a workplace project that will offer them the opportunity to creatively plan for a new venture or to engage in a consultancy project for an organisation.

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Highlights
  • QUT's Business School has been ranked number 1 in Queensland and number 3 in Australia for postgraduate studies in AFR's BOSS Best Business School 2022 rankings.
  • A range of new scholarships are available to support future leaders from diverse backgrounds to gain their MBA.
  • The opportunity to undertake a two week Immersion Program at MIT in Boston developing skills and capability in the areas around entrepreneurship and digital transformation.
  • Students will complete their MBA with a workplace project that will offer them the opportunity to creatively plan for a new venture or to engage in a consultancy project for an organisation.

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Entry requirements

Entry requirements

You must have a:

  • recognised bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.50 (on QUT's 7-point scale); and
  • minimum 3 years full-time post degree work experience with minimum of 2 years relevant professional work experience and 1 year minimum supervisory/management experience.

You must also submit responses to following mandatory reflective questions:

  1. Motivation to complete the QUT MBA
  2. Intended contribution to the cohort
  3. Work/life/study balance strategy
  4. Current leadership philosophy
Work experience

Relevant work experience indicates applicants will be able to contribute to class discussion. A minimum of three years full-time equivalent professional or managerial work experience is required after the completion of an undergraduate degree. To enable us to assess your work experience a current curriculum vitae providing details of your roles responsibilities and achievements is required.

Additional entry requirements

You may be required to attend an interview with the MBA Director to demonstrate relevant work experience.

Pathways

You may be admitted to the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration with a minimum of 7 years work experience (6 years minimum equivalent professional work experience plus 1 year minimum supervisory/management experience). Upon completion of the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration with a GPA 4.50 (or higher) students can articulate into the Master of Business Administration.

Academic entry requirements

A completed recognised bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.5 (on QUT's 7-point scale); and

A GMAT score of at least 550; and

A minimum three years full-time equivalent relevant managerial or professional work experience post-degree; and

You must submit responses to following mandatory reflective questions:

  1. Motivation to complete the QUT MBA
  2. Intended contribution to the cohort
  3. Work/life/study balance strategy
  4. Current leadership philosophy
Additional entry information

You may be required to be available for an interview with the MBA Director to demonstrate relevant work experience.

Study locations

Gardens Point

What you will learn

QUT's MBA will teach you to challenge conventions and go beyond established pathways equipping you to lead and manage decisively in a complex business world. As a QUT MBA student you will critically analyse business situations and develop innovative solutions to real-world cases.

Through flexible and innovative units you will develop the skills essential to becoming a global business professional. The practical nature of this course enables you to apply concepts and management techniques learned in class directly to your workplace.

Our MBA program is designed to transform your thinking expand your skills and open the way to confident leadership to make an impact in an ever-changing world.

Study at a globally-ranked business school

Taking your next career step can be both exhilarating and daunting. The QUT MBA gives you the confidence to elevate your career by transforming your thinking and broadening your capability set.

Tailor your MBA to your career aspirations and engage in flexible study with short teaching periods after-hours classess and part-time learning options.

Join a university in the top 1% of business schools worldwide. QUT was the first and is one of only three Australian business schools to be awarded triple international accreditation. This means that our courses are recognised globally allowing your career to advance wherever life takes you.

Develop your real-world skills

With practical coursework and our immersive real-world delivery style our MBA is desigend to grow your confidence and broaden your capability. The program draws together all disciplines and arms you with the ability to analyse quickly and act decisively.

In the final stages of the program these skills are applied in a real venture or for a project with an organisation.

Discover our real-world learning.

Build your connections

Build your network by studying with like-minded peers who will challenge you with unique perspectives from a range of industries and backgrounds. You will also be taught by industry-proven business professionals who are leaders in their fields. They will inspire you to consider new ways of thinking and responding to complex problems.

Find out more about our career support.

Global learning opportunities

MIT Immersion Program

In an Australian-first initiative MIT Sloan School of Management and QUT Business School are collaborating with a focus on an innovative immersion program for QUT MBA students.

For two weeks selected QUT students will immerse themselves into the MIT ecosystem where they will be taught by leading global academics. The immersion program focuses on leadership entrepreneurship and digital transformation. This will equip you with the digital leadership skills to innovate and problem solve with emerging technologies.

Short-term exchanges

Study with some of the most prestigious global business schools with QUT's online short-term international exchange program. QUT MBA students have participated in exchange opportunities through Copenhagen Business School and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management amongst others.

Explore our global opportunities.

Career pathways

Possible careers
  • Account executive
  • Chief executive officer
  • Chief financial officer
  • Chief operating officer
  • Executive project manager
  • General manager
  • Project manager

Course structure

The MBA program is made up four components that build on each other to provide you with an integrated and multi-disciplinary curriculum to equip you to take on the challenges and opportunities of a complex business environment.

Each MBA unit of 6 credit points is delivered in a seven-week module (six weeks teaching with final assessment in week seven).


1. Building Foundations
  • Strategic Management
  • Communicating to Influence
  • Economics in Business
  • Problem Framing for Creative Action
  • Accounting for Decision Making
  • Marketing Strategically
  • Personal Leadership and Change
  • Data Analysis and Decision Making
2. Multi-Disciplinary Decision Making
  • Understanding and Leading Others
  • Business Law
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Financial Management
  • Contemporary Human Resources Management Issues
  • Managing Technological Innovation
  • Understanding Leadership and Complexity
  • Corporate Governance and Accountability
3. Concentrations

Students can then add greater depth in an area of interest by choosing a concentration in Leadership and Strategy or a specific discipline pathway from within the QUT Business School's postgraduate offerings or from other schools and faculties at QUT.

Leadership and Strategy

You will be able to select 36 credit points from the following list of units:

  • Systems Thinking for Managers
  • Investment Strategies for Technology
  • Negotiation Skills and Strategies
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Media Principles
  • Business Process Design
  • Advanced Strategy for Global Business
  • Smart Decision Making: Beyond Digital and Big Data

If you complete the Leadership and Strategy concentration the title will appear on your academic transcript.

Discipline-specific concentration

Students may choose 36 credit points of MBA units and/or 36 credit points from a specific area of interest in a discipline. Discipline areas could include Accounting Human Resource Management Marketing Finance or Healthcare.

4. Integrated Workplace Project

The final component of the MBA program is made up of one capstone unit which provides you with the opportunity to apply what you have learned in the program to real opportunities in a new venture or within an organisation.

  • Integrated Workplace Project

The MBA program is made up four components that build on each other to provide you with an integrated and multi-disciplinary curriculum to equip you to take on the challenges and opportunities of a complex business environment.

Each MBA unit of 6 credit points is delivered in a seven-week module (six weeks teaching with final assessment in week seven).


1. Building Foundations
  • Strategic Management
  • Communicating to Influence
  • Economics in Business
  • Problem Framing for Creative Action
  • Accounting for Decision Making
  • Marketing Strategically
  • Personal Leadership and Change
  • Data Analysis and Decision Making
2. Multi-Disciplinary Decision Making
  • Understanding and Leading Others
  • Business Law
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Financial Management
  • Contemporary Human Resources Management Issues
  • Managing Technological Innovation
  • Understanding Leadership and Complexity
  • Corporate Governance and Accountability
3. Concentrations

Students can then add greater depth in an area of interest by choosing a concentration in Leadership and Strategy or a specific discipline pathway from within the QUT Business School's postgraduate offerings or from other schools and faculties at QUT.

Leadership and Strategy

You will be able to select 36 credit points from the following list of units:

  • Systems Thinking for Managers
  • Investment Strategies for Technology
  • Negotiation Skills and Strategies
  • Stakeholder Engagement and Media Principles
  • Business Process Design
  • Advanced Strategy for Global Business
  • Smart Decision Making: Beyond Digital and Big Data

If you complete the Leadership and Strategy concentration the title will appear on your academic transcript.

Discipline-specific concentration

Students may choose 36 credit points of MBA units and/or 36 credit points from a specific area of interest in a discipline. Discipline areas could include Accounting Human Resource Management Marketing Finance or Healthcare.

4. Integrated Workplace Project

The final component of the MBA program is made up of one capstone unit which provides you with the opportunity to apply what you have learned in the program to real opportunities in a new venture or within an organisation.

  • Integrated Workplace Project

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Business & Management courses at QUT (Queensland University of Technology).
87%
Overall satisfaction
81.8%
Skill scale
77.4%
Teaching scale
91.4%
Employed full-time
$115k
Average salary