COURSE PROFILE

QUT Master of Business Administration (MBA)

QUT Business School
MBA
On Campus
QLD
CRICOS: 045502F
Course Code: GS75

Delivered by the triple-international accredited QUT Business School, QUT’s MBA is offered at their Gardens Point campus in the Brisbane CBD. The 1.5 year full-time course will teach you to challenge conventions and go beyond established pathways, and equip you to lead and manage decisively in a complex business world.

QUT’s MBA elevates your thinking, sharpens your focus and gives you the insight you need to make it real. You’ll have access to advanced learning spaces and some of the best minds in the business.

Course Facts

18 months

Full Time Duration

36 months

Part Time Duration

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Domestic Fees (2025)

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International Fees (2025)

March, August

Commencements

Course Overview

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 2023 rankings.

We are also the top ranked Queensland business school for quality and career impact, achieved through our innovative approach to learning and our graduates’ significant employment prospects.

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

Systems Thinking for Managers
Investment Strategies for Technology
Negotiation Skills and Strategies
Stakeholder Engagement and Media Principles
Improving Business Operations
Advanced Strategy for Global Business

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 – Integrated Workplace Project – 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.

Entry Requirements

Academic Entry requirements

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 two years relevant professional work experience and one year minimum supervisory/management experience; or
recognised postgraduate degree in any field with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 5.50 (on QUT’s 7-point scale) and a minimum three years full-time post degree work experience with minimum of two years relevant professional work experience and one year minimum supervisory/management experience.

Additional entry requirements

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

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.

Reflective Questions

You must submit responses to the following mandatory reflective questions:

Motivation to complete the QUT MBA
Intended contribution to the cohort
Work/life/study balance strategy
Current leadership philosophy

Pathways

Applicants 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 one-year minimum supervisory/management experience). Upon completion of the Graduate Certificate in Business Administration with a GPA 4.5 (or higher) students can articulate into the Master of Business Administration.

About QUT Business School

QUT Business School

At QUT’s Graduate School of Business we are leaders in life-long learning, enabling our students to reach their full potential. Our mission is to co-create accessible and impactful executive education experiences alongside industry, government, non-profit sectors and our community. These industry-collaborated programs aim to benefit organisations and society in our complex world. We achieve this by working with our partners to design and deliver research-led programs that aim to develop high-performing, future-focused leaders who can respond with agility to changing operating environments.

Contact Details

Association of Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business

Association of MBAs

European Quality Improvement System

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AFR BOSS Best Business Schools (2024)

Awards

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