Master of Business Administration
PostgraduateSWI-MBA-MAS2025
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
Chart your path towards business leadership
Become an innovative leader. You’ll study core business subjects including marketing, accounting, and economics. Delve deeper into business or choose the project management stream. Build executive skills and get strategic about your business future.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Credit available
- Yes
- Duration
- Approx. 1.5 years full time or part time equivalent
- Total subjects
- 12
- Available loans
- Australian Higher Education Loan Program (HELP)
Master of Business Administration
About this degree
Leadership
Lead a high performance workplace towards success and innovation.
Innovation
Develop entrepreneurial strategies and identify trends to grow a business.
Marketing
Strategically position an organisation in a competitive environment through marketing channels.
Risk Management
Minimise business threats while maintaining an innovative and entrepreneurial culture.
Performance
Evaluate business performance in a range of diverse environments.
Professional development that really counts
Equip yourself with the skills needed to thrive in your industry and achieve your unique career goals. Our Master of Business Administration (MBA) is all about growth. Scale up your skillset and your earning potential as you are expertly guided through the key steps to exponential growth: strategy, innovation, marketing and management. Harness your entrepreneurial drive with cutting-edge business insight that will allow you to make crucial business decisions with confidence and lead teams to success.
There’s no need to put your career on hold while you study. Our MBA is 100 per cent online, making it the most convenient way to gain an industry-recognised, AACSB accredited master’s degree. Plan your learning around your existing work, family and personal commitments, and study on your terms.
Why Swinburne Online:
- Tailor your master’s: Gain a well-rounded overview of all aspects of business by selecting business electives, or gain expert knowledge in the Project Management or Cybersecurity Management specialist streams.
- Award winning, top-tier MBA: Receive exactly the same globally recognised master’s qualification as Swinburne’s on-campus students. Swinburne University’s MBA has a Tier-1 rating and is in the top Online MBAs in CEO Magazine’s 2022 Global Rankings.
- Multiple entry and exit points: Choose to complete your MBA in as little as 16 months, or tackle your course in bite-sized chunks of four units: graduate certificate (four units), graduate diploma (eight units), then master’s (12 units).
Recommended study pattern
Core Units
Business Strategy (MGT80002)
Economics (ECO80001)
Opportunity Discovery (ENT60006)
Corporate Financial Management (FIN80005)
Behaviour in Organisations (HRM60016)
Marketing Management (MKT60010)
Leadership for Innovation (ORG80008)
Accounting Systems and Reporting (ACC60008)
Business stream. Choose four (4) of the following:
Designing for Change (FST80008)
Strategic Project Management (INF70005)
Operations Management (SCM20001)
Corporations and Contract Law (LAW60003)
Leading Innovation in the Workforce (MGT60044)
Project Management for Innovative Outcomes (PRM60002)
The Risk Management Spectrum (PRM60003)
Leading Complex Projects (PRM70002)
Project Governance and Resource Management (PRM80002)
Governing Technology for Business Environments (INF80042)
All Project Management stream students must complete Strategic Project Management. Choose four (4) of the following:
Project Management for Innovative Outcomes (PRM60002)
The Risk Management Spectrum (PRM60003)
Leading Complex Projects (PRM70002)
Project Governance and Resource Management (PRM80002)
Operations Management (SCM60001)
Strategic Project Management (INF70005).
All Cybersecurity students must complete all four (4) of the following units:
How to Think Like a Hacker: An Anatomy of Cyber Attacks (CYB60001)
Cybersecurity Operations Management (CYB60002)
Cybersecurity Law, Policy and Ethics (CYB60003)
Networks and Cybersecurity Frameworks (CYB60004)
Award requirements
To qualify for the award of Master of Business Administration, students must complete 150 credit points comprising of:
- Nine (9) core units (112.5 credit points)
- Two (2) elective units (25 credit points).
Students admitted based on successful completion of the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma of Business Administration are not required to repeat units completed.
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Indicative first year fee
$36,320
Indicative total fee $54,480
The amounts shown here are indicative for an Australian citizen studying full-time, which is typically 8 subjects per year.
Fees may vary depending on:
- the subjects you choose
- credit from previous work experience
- your eligibility for government funding loans or subsidies such as HECS-HELP or a Commonwealth supported place.
To learn more, go to Fees or contact a student advisor.
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- Times Higher Education Ranking 2024:
- 14
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Entry requirements
To gain entry into this course, applicants must have at least one of the following:
- a recognised bachelor’s degree in a related discipline
- a recognised bachelor’s degree in any discipline plus a minimum of two years equivalent full-time relevant experience
- a recognised graduate certificate in a related discipline.*
*Related graduate certificates include Swinburne Online’s Graduate Certificate of Business Administration, Graduate Certificate of Project Management, Graduate Certificate of Cyber-security and Graduate Certificate of Management. You may be exempt from some units if you have already completed them in your graduate certificate.
If you are applying as an international student, please view the English Language Requirements.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) allows students to gain credit (advanced standing) towards their course in recognition of skills and knowledge gained through work experience, life experience and/or formal training. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Speak to a Course Consultant about applying for RPL.
Career opportunities
Your Master of Business Administration will give you the decisive vision and professional agility needed to stand apart from your peers. Gain the advanced skills essential to excelling as a leader in business. Leverage your MBA to grow your business as an entrepreneur, or step up into a senior management position, such as:
- Senior Associate
- Strategic Manager
- Executive General Manager
- Managing Director
- Chief Operating Officer
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Jobs looking for you
A survey of recent Swinburne Online graduates revealed that 90% of Business alumni were employed full-time. This comes as no surprise as the 2021 GMAC Corporate Recruiters Survey revealed that worldwide, 91 per cent of recruiters planned to hire MBAs that year, and that demand for graduate management talent has now returned to pre-pandemic levels.
With a new job title, you can expect an increased salary. Australian Financial Review reported in its 2019 MBA Rankings that Australian MBA graduates see an average salary increase of 28 per cent to reach $157,000 within three years of completing their course.
Launch your own business
Swinburne Online’s MBA is not only for those wanting to open doors to upper-management positions in their industry. If you are an entrepreneur or business owner ready to upscale your team, output, customer base and profit margin, our MBA can offer you a clear and practical pathway to take your business to the next level. No matter the size of your business, we can equip you with the skills you need to realise your capabilities and potential.
A ready-made professional network
When you complete an MBA with Swinburne Online, you will be rewarded with not only a top-tier master’s qualification, but also a valuable network of like-minded business professionals. Forge connections, motivate one another and share opportunities and ideas that you can continue to draw upon long after graduation.
Australian job snapshots
Data sourced from Australian Jobs 2023.
Role | Earnings | Employment change |
|---|---|---|
Chief Executives and Managing Directors | N/A^ | Up 10.8% |
Corporate General Managers | N/A^ | N/A^ |
General Managers | N/A^ | Up 59.7% |
Management Consultants | N/A^ | N/A^ |
^ There is no data available