QUT (Queensland University of Technology) Courses

As part of QUT's application for admission process you will be automatically assessed for the 1.5 year program. If you wish to be considered for the 2 year program only please indicate this on your application form.

Master of Business - 1.5 year program

• A completed recognised bachelor degree in business or related field with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).
• A completed recognised bachelor degree in management with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

Master of Business - 2 year program

• A completed recognised bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

You must have a recognised bachelor degree (or higher) in any discipline with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

You must have one of:

• A recognised bachelor degree (or higher) in business or a related discipline with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale); or

• A recognised bachelor degree (or higher) in any discipline with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale) followed by at least seven years full-time (or equivalent) work experience in business or a related discipline.

You must have one of:

• A recognised bachelor honours degree in human resource management industrial relations or psychology with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale); or

• A recognised bachelor degree plus graduate certificate both in human resource management industrial relations or psychology with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale); or

• A recognised graduate diploma (or higher) in human resource management industrial relations or psychology with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale); or

• A recognised bachelor degree in human resource management industrial relations or psychology with a minimum grade point average of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale) followed by at least seven years full-time (or equivalent) work experience in human resource management industrial relations or psychology.

As part of QUT's application for admission process you will be automatically assessed for the 1.5 year program. If you wish to be considered for the 2 year program only please indicate this on your application form.

Master of Business - 1.5 year program

• A completed recognised bachelor degree in business or related field with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).
• A completed recognised bachelor degree in human resource management with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.0 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

Master of Business - 2 year program

• A completed recognised bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

You must have a recognised bachelor degree or masters by coursework with at least a major in business administration or management with a minimum grade point average of 5.00 (on QUT's 7-point scale) completed within the last 2 years plus:

• Suitable honours topic
• Proposed honours supervisor

If you do not meet the grade point average requirement but you have:

• Excelled in the final semesters of your degree; or
• Completed a double degree and excelled in the business or commerce part of your double degree

you are encouraged to apply.

Places are subject to supervisor availability infrastructure and other required resources.

A recognised bachelor degree or masters by coursework with at least a major in business administration or management with a minimum grade point average of 5.00 (on QUT's 7-point scale) completed within the last 2 years plus:

• Suitable honours topic
• Proposed honours supervisor

If you do not meet the grade point average requirement but you have:

• Excelled in the final semesters of your degree; or
• Completed a double degree and excelled in the business or commerce part of your double degree

you are encouraged to apply.

Places are subject to supervisor availability infrastructure and other required resources.

You must have one of:

• A recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in any discipline; or
• A recognised diploma (or higher qualification) in any discipline followed by at least two years full-time (or equivalent) professional work experience; or
• At least five years full-time (or equivalent) professional work experience.

A completed recognised bachelor degree in any discipline.

As part of QUT's application for admission process you will be automatically assessed for the 1.5 year program. If you wish to be considered for the 2 year program only please indicate this on your application form.

Master of Business - 1.5 year program

• A completed recognised bachelor degree in business or related field with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

Master of Business - 2 year program

• A completed recognised bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average of 4.0 (on QUT's 7 point scale).

• Suitable honours topic
• Proposed honours supervisor

You must have a recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in one of the following fields:

• Biomedical medical medical electronics etc engineering
• Biophysics
• Electrical avionics etc engineering
• Geophysics
• Mechanical engineering
• Medical physics
• Physics

The following degrees (or higher qualification) are not acceptable:

• Biomedical science
• Laboratory science
• Medical imaging
• Radiotherapy
• Medical radiation
• Medical science

A completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher award) in physics with a grade point average of 4.0 or higher (on QUT's 7 point scale).

You must have a recognised bachelor degree (or higher qualification) in one of the following fields:

• Biomedical medical medical electronics etc engineering
• Biophysics
• Electrical avionics etc engineering
• Geophysics
• Mechanical engineering
• Medical physics
• Physics

The following degrees (or higher qualification) are not acceptable:

• Biomedical science
• Laboratory science
• Medical imaging
• Radiotherapy
• Medical radiation
• Medical science

A completed recognised bachelor degree (or higher award) in physics.

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

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.

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

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.

You must either have a:

• recognised bachelor degree in any field with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 4.50 (on QUT's 7-point scale) and a minimum three years full-time post degree work experience with minimum of 2 years relevant professional work experience and 1 year minimum supervisory/management experience; or
• minimum of 7 years work experience (6 years minimum equivalent professional work experience plus 1 year minimum supervisory/management experience).

You must also provide two referee reports.

You may also be required to:

• sit the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) the worldwide standard in aptitude assessment for admission to postgraduate management programs and achieve a minimum score of 550. GMAT details (PDF file 271.78 KB).
• attend an interview with the Course Coordinator or nominee.

Upon successful completion of the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration with a minimum overall grade point average of 4.50 (on QUT's 7 point scale) you can articulate into the Master of Business Administration.

You must have one of:

• A recognised bachelor degree in a relevant discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale); or
• A recognised bachelor honours graduate certificate graduate diploma master or doctorate degree in any discipline area with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale); or
• A recognised bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale) followed by at least three years full-time (or equivalent) work in a relevant field.

• Behavourial science psychology
• Biomedicine biomedical medical science
• Counselling
• Education
• Human services
• Human resources management
• Health (eg nursing medicine public health etc)
• Leisure management
• Social science sociology
• Social youth etc work

Relevant work experience could include:

• The facilitation and management of ongoing helping relationships that employs intentional use of therapeutic conversation and a therapeutic relationship; and/or
• Volunteer or community work that is supervised/mentored within an ethical framework; and/or
• Work that provides opportunities and support for professional development and reflective helping practice including the provision of feedback and training.

You will need to provide with your application your CV plus statements of service for most recent relevant employment. If you have been employed for less than one year full-time in most relevant employment you will need to provide a statement of service from your previous relevant employer.

You must:

• Provide a personal statement (PDF file 186 KB)
• If shortlisted attend in-person group interview to assess your suitability for the program and interpersonal skills in a counselling context.

We will consider equivalent overseas qualifications for admissions purposes. If you have tertiary qualifications from countries where English is not the standard language of instruction you must provide evidence of English language proficiency.

We require students to demonstrate they can speak write read and comprehend academic English to a specified standard.

Our English proficiency requirements for this course are:

• IELTS (Academic): 7.0 or better overall with no subscore below 7.0
• PTE: 65 or better overall with no subscore below 65
• TOEFL (IBT): 98 or better overall with a writing subscore of 27 or better listening and reading subscore of 24 or better and speaking subscore of 23 or better
• Cambridge English Score: 185 or better overall with no subscore below 185

The test must have been completed within 2 years prior to the proposed course start month.

• 1 July: applications open
• 30 September: final date to apply and provide all required supporting documentation. Applications or supporting documentation received after this date will not be considered.

Suitable applicants are shortlisted or placed on a wait list for an interview based on the responses in their personal statement.

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted in mid-October to attend the in-person group interview at the Kelvin Grove campus in late October/early November. Wait listed applicants may be interviewed in late November/early December should places remain available.

Interviewed applicants will receive notification on the outcome of their application two weeks after their interview.

You must provide your academic record for all studies attempted up until semester 1 this year by 30 September. If your application is successful you will receive a conditional offer that will stipulate when your final results and course completion must be provided to confirm your place.

If you have summer/semester 3 (or equivalent) studies you will need to apply for entry next July for the year after you complete your studies.

You must have one of:

• A completed recognised bachelor degree in a relevant discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale); or
• A completed Australian honours bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 on QUT's 7-point scale; or
• A completed recognised graduate certificate graduate diploma master or doctorate degree in any discipline area with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale); or
• A recognised bachelor degree in any discipline with a minimum grade point average (GPA) score of 4.00 (on QUT's 7 point scale) followed by at least three years full-time (or equivalent) work in a relevant field.

• Behavourial science psychology
• Biomedicine biomedical medical science
• Counselling
• Education
• Human services
• Human resources management
• Health (eg nursing medicine public health etc)
• Leisure management
• Social science sociology
• Social youth etc work

Relevant work experience could include:

• The facilitation and management of ongoing helping relationships that employs intentional use of therapeutic conversation and a therapeutic relationship; and/or
• Volunteer or community work that is supervised/mentored within an ethical framework; and/or
• Work that provides opportunities and support for professional development and reflective helping practice including the provision of feedback and training.

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 five years full-time post degree work experience with minimum of three years relevant professional work experience and two years minimum supervisory/management experience.

You must also submit responses to the 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

Relevant work experience indicates applicants will be able to contribute to class discussion. A minimum of five 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.

You may be required to:

• sit the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) (the worldwide standard in aptitude assessment for admission to postgraduate management programs) and achieve a minimum score of 550. GMAT details (PDF file 271.8 KB).
• attend an interview with the MBA Director to demonstrate relevant work experience.

If you do not have bachelor degree please consider the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration if you have a minimum of 9 years work experience (6 years minimum equivalent professional work experience plus 3 year minimum supervisory/management experience). Upon completion of the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration with a GPA 4.50 (or higher) you can articulate into the Executive Master of Business Administration.