text: The Master of Business Administration is generally regarded as the premier business qualification for practising managers and leaders. The MBA is a course for students from different countries with prior work experience and varying employment backgrounds. The MBA will greatly assist your understanding and application of best-practice management and business knowledge, from a strategic perspective, to improve organisational effectiveness. While undertaking the MBA, you will gain differing perspectives and approaches to current and emerging business issues through interaction with academics, colleagues and members of the business community, thus enabling you to competently lead, manage, and facilitate organisational change in a global context. An MBA provides the opportunities, skills and knowledge for you to develop your management and leadership responsibilities in a broad range of areas including strategy, marketing, people management, operations management, finance and change management.
  The Masters of Business Administration is regarded as the premier business qualification for practicing managers and leaders in contemporary organisations. Successful completion of this course will equip graduates with the requisite knowledge and skills that provide the opportunities for advancement within organisations and/or the development and successful implementation of strategies designed to advance business and organisational opportunities.
  Duration | 1.5 years full-time or 3 years part-time |
  Credit Points that Must be Earned | 72 |
  Number of Units Required | CQUniversity uses the concept of credits to express the amount of study required for a particular course and individual units. The number of units varies between courses. Units in postgraduate courses normally consist of 6 points of credit or multiples thereof (e.g. 12, 18, 24). |
  Expected Hours of Study | One point of credit is equivalent to an expectation of approximately two hours of student work per week in a term. |
  Course Type | Postgraduate Award |
  Qualification (post nominal) | MBA |
  AQF Level | Level 9: Masters Degree (Coursework) |
  Course Fees |
  Indicative Year - 2025
  Indicative Year - 2024
  Indicative Year - 2023
  Indicative Year - 2022
  Prospective students must satisfy at least one of the following criteria to enrol in this course:
  Prospective students should include a one page statement as to the relevance of this course to their future career.
  Interim Awards | CC52 - Graduate Diploma of Business Administration CC51 - Graduate Certificate in Business Administration |
  Exit Awards | CC52 - Graduate Diploma of Business Administration CC51 - Graduate Certificate in Business Administration |
  Optional Residential School | All students commencing the Master of Business Administration will be offered the opportunity to attend two residential schools for the commencement unit MGMT20129 Managing People, Organisations and Context and the capstone unit MGMT 20133 Strategic Business Management and Change. |
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  MGMT20133 - Class content and assessment requires students to analyse real organisations as live cases, solve problems and issues and propose recommendations from a strategic perspective. |
  MGMT20135 - Class content and assessment requires students to analyse real organisations using critical thinking and problem solving techniques,to analyse and solve problems and issues and propose recommendations |
  MGMT20130 - Class content and assessment requires students to analyse operational issues in real organisations, use data analytics to address and solve problems and issues and propose recommendations |
  MGMT20131 - Class content and assessment requires students to analyse real organisations as live cases, reflect on their own leadership practice, solve problems and issues and propose recommendations |
  ECON20040 - Class content and assessment requires students to analyse real organisations as live cases, the economy and sources of finance and how they affect organisations and their performance. |
  LAWS20063 - Class content and assessment requires students to analyse real organisations as live cases and the legal issues they face, the laws that affect their operation and how to insure the organisation and its employees act with in both the spirit and the letter of the law. |
  MGMT20146 - Class content and assessment requires student to analyse real organisations as live cases, solve problems and issues and propose recommendations. |
  ACCT20077 - Class content and assessment requires students to analyse accounting issues in real organisations, solve problems and propose recommendations |
  MGMT20124 - Class content and assessment requires students to analyse real organisations as live cases, reflect on their own management practice, solve problems and issues and propose recommendations |
  Year | Number of Students |
  2024 | 48 |
  2023 | 54 |
  2022 | 48 |
  2021 | 45 |
  2020 | 53 |
  Please note that in some instances there may be similarities between course, entry and inherent requirements.
  If you experience difficulties meeting these requirements, reasonable adjustments may be made upon contacting email@example.com. Adjustment must not compromise the academic integrity of the degree or course chosen at CQUniversity or the legal requirements of field education.
  Course Learning Outcomes | ||||||
  Australian Qualifications Framework Descriptors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
  1. KNOWLEDGE Have a body of knowledge that includes the understanding of recent developments in a discipline and/or area of professional practice | ||||||
  2. KNOWLEDGE Have an understanding of research principles and methods applicable to a field of work and/or learning | ||||||
  3. SKILLS Have cognitive skills to demonstrate mastery of theoretical knowledge and to reflect critically on theory and professional practice or scholarship | ||||||
  4. SKILLS Have cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate, analyse and synthesise complex information, problems, concepts and theories and to apply established theories to different bodies of knowledge or practice | ||||||
  5. SKILLS Have cognitive, technical and creative skills to generate and evaluate complex ideas and concepts at an abstract level | ||||||
  6. SKILLS Have communication and technical research skills to justify and interpret theoretical propositions, methodologies, conclusions and professional decisions to specialist and non-specialist audiences | ||||||
  7. SKILLS Have technical and communication skills to design, evaluate, implement, analyse and theorise about developments that contribute to professional practice or scholarship | ||||||
  8. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to use creativity and initiative to new situations in professional practice and/or for further learning | ||||||
  9. APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to use high level personal autonomy and accountability | ||||||
  10 APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Be able to plan and execute a substantial research-based project, capstone experience and/or piece of scholarship. | ||||||
  APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS Communicate, interact and collaborate with others effectively in culturally or linguistically diverse contexts in a culturally respectful manner |
  Number of units: 10 | Total credit points: 60 |
  Available units | ||
  Students must complete the following compulsory units: | ||
  MGMT20129 | Managing People, Organisations and Context | |
  MGMT20135 | Critical Thinking and Managerial Decision-Making | |
  MRKT20052 | Marketing Management and Digital Communications | |
  ACCT20077 | Accounting for Management Decision Making | |
  ECON20040 | Economics and Finance for Business | |
  MGMT20131 | Leadership and Integrity | |
  MGMT20130 | Operations Management and Business Analytics | |
  MGMT20146 | Innovation and Design Thinking | |
  LAWS20063 | Governance and Business Law | |
  MGMT20133 | International Business, Strategy and Corporate Transformation |
  Number of units: 2 | Total credit points: 12 |
  Students may also apply directly to the Head of Course to undertake electives not listed above, providing they are at AQF level 9.
  Students may select any two of the following available six credit point postgraduate units, or one 12 credit point unit, from the following list.
  Students may alternatively select any two available six credit point postgraduate units, or one 12 credit point unit, offered by other Schools at CQUniversity that satisfy AQF unit level requirements, prerequisites and subject to the approval of the MBA Director or nominee.
  Available units | ||
  Students may choose to do any of the following: | ||
  MGMT20134 | Business Ethics and Sustainability | |
  HRMT20029 | International Employment Relations | |
  MGMT20140 | Design Thinking for Managers | |
  MGMT20145 | Business and Management in the Asian Context | |
  HRMT20025 | International Human Resource Management | |
  MGMT20150 | Public Policy Design and Implementation | |
  MGMT20152 | Management and Governance of Public and Private Sector Partnerships | |
  MRKT20054 | Service Industry Marketing In the Digital World | |
  MGMT20141 | Enterprise Project | |
  BUSN20016 | Research in Business | |
  MRKT20057 | Global Marketing in the Digital Era | |
  BUSN20019 | Professional Project | |
  BUSN20021 | Business Research Project |
  Tier 1 MBA (CEO Magazine Global MBA Ranking)
  The CL20 MBA of the CQU School of Business and Law has a long history of being ranked amongst the top MBAs globally, according to the prestigious CEO Magazine Global MBA Ranking. The 2024 ranking places our MBA in Tier 1 globally, and it is ranked as number 40 of online MBAs, and number 7 of Australian MBAs.
  To find out more about this ranking, please visit the CEO Magazine ranking website.
  United Nations PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) Signatory
  As a Signatory Member of the UN-supported initiative Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), the CQUniversity School of Business and Law is committed to aligning its strategies and operations with universally accepted principles of responsible management education. The School of Business and Law has been a signatory of PRME since 2017 and many of the units in the CL20 MBA have embedded the Principles, as well as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
  To learn more about the School's commitment to PRME and the SDGs, please visit the PRME website where you can find our signatory progress reports: https://www.unprme.org/school-of-business-and-law-central-queensland-university
  Queensland Police Service
  Our partnership with the Queensland Police Service recognises previous study undertaken in the QPS Management Development Program, meaning personnel may be eligible for credit of up to 3 units of the 12 unit MBA. Refer to the Credit Transfer website at http://www.cqu.edu.au/credittransfer for further details.
  As a student, it is necessary to have access to a computer or equivalent device in order to complete your coursework. You should have a good understanding of technology and the ability to navigate the online environment, which may involve completing online assessments, participating in online forums, and responding to emails. There may be instances where you need to use a computer or equivalent device for in-class tasks or assessments. It is important that you have dependable access to the internet and a computer or equivalent device capable of video conferencing for online classes. Make sure to review your unit profiles to learn about any specific technology requirements for your coursework.