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The MBA journey not only mentally prepared me to start my own business, it also helped me to build my network, meet mentors, and introduce me into the local community.
The business world has dramatically changed since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Due to our growing reliance on technology to stay connected, an increase in industry automation, and rapid advancements in digital infrastructure, companies all around the world are being forced to either transform the way they operate or risk falling behind their competitors.
The Master of Business Administration (International) is your opportunity to develop a suite of professional capabilities that will prepare you for the latest industry changes and challenges. By choosing to study with us, you’ll have the opportunity to critique and completely reimagine traditional theories of business management.
You’ll investigate how the pandemic has accelerated a drastic change for the way managers interact and operate within with their team. Where managers may have previously operated as solo-decision makers or ‘hero leaders’, you’ll learn new skills to meet the world-wide industry demands for more inclusive, compassionate, capable and collaborative leaders.
Key contacts
| Current student enrolment questions and advice | UConnect |
| Course Coordinator | Dr Theresa (Terri) Simpkin |
Course objectives
Our Master of Business Administration (International) will set you up with a powerful suite of professional capabilities that will empower you to take on the world of contemporary business. Through case-method learning, you will have the opportunity to critique, analyse, and re-invent business management theory by exploring real-world case studies and reports.
You will learn essential capabilities in a broad range of areas including data-driven decision making, corporate sustainability, leadership and change management, and entrepreneurship and management in an international context. You will also have the opportunity to follow your passion by selecting one of four specialisations: Finance, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Research, or Entrepreneurship.
As an MBA graduate, you will be ready to enter the workforce as an innovative, collaborative, and contemporary leader ready to the rapidly changing business world.
Learning Outcomes
Practical experience
As an MBA student, you will use ‘case method learning’ to explore, analyse and critique traditional theories of leadership and business to determine what is relevant in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape.
For example, how has Covid-19 changed the way businesses interact? What benefits and challenges does the digital world bring to the traditional ‘Ps of marketing’? How has cryptocurrency and NFTs impacted our understanding and idea of value? How should leaders respond to alternative work practices and emerging business models?
By studying the MBA, you will explore old theories through a contemporary lens - giving you the insight to lead and manage with insight in a post-pandemic ‘better business as usual’.
Become a Student Ambassador
Improve your communication, teamwork and leadership skills, meet new people, inspire and help others, and developing lasting friendships and networks as a student ambassador. Our ambassadors proudly represent the University throughout Tasmania in schools, at University and community events, and support a range of recruitment and engagement activities.
Though the Student Ambassador Program you will have many opportunities for training and professional development, experience in real-world community engagement and outreach, networking, and public speaking, plus end up with a key point of distinction on your CV.
Career outcomes
MBA graduates are leaders in business – locally, nationally and globally. An MBA will give you the professional capabilities required to lead and achieve in your chosen field, in both a general management and specialist context.
Our graduates have excellent career prospects. Over 93% of postgraduate students from University of Tasmania are employed in full-time work within 4 months of graduating.^ Careers requiring contemporary business administration capabilities are growing fast, with employers demanding formal qualifications. Careers projected to grow into 2025 include Business Administration Mangers (9.9% growth), Advertising, Public Relations and Sales Managers (13.5% growth), Corporate Services Managers (7.8% growth).
*National Skills Commission five year projections from November 2020 to November 2025.
Course structure
Compulsory Units
Managers need an understanding of statistics for five key reasons: To properly collect, present, describe and interpret information. To draw valid conclusions from incomplete data - typically about large populations based only on information obtained from samples. To obtain reliable…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for BEA674 Data and Business Decision Making
This unit provides managers with an introduction to a comprehensive range of key microeconomic and macroeconomic topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of basic economic concepts and models to real world business oriented problems. The unit will develop…
Credit Points: 12.5
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This unit introduces students to the major concepts and analytical tools used in the theory and practice of financial management within an Australian context. It is designed to provide you with an understanding of: - the scope and nature of…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for BFA503 Introduction to Financial Management
This unit focuses on role of accounting for managers. Students will learn to use financial and management accounting techniques to enable and enhance their decision making. Financial statement analysis will help students make decisions about an organisation’s financial position, performance…
Credit Points: 12.5
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• There are currently many environmental and social problems confronting current and future generations• To address some of these issues there needs to be a focus on issues relating to sustainable development• Moves towards sustainable development and sustainability require relevant…
Credit Points: 12.5
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This unit is designed to provide students with an understanding of the fundamental regulatory framework within which international trade is conducted and with a grasp of the core topics and practices. Students will develop knowledge of the interaction of domestic…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for BFA603 International Trade Regulation and Practice
This unit offers an investigative insight into the fundamentals of management. Encompassing platform leadership and organisation theory, a brief history of management theory will be followed by investigations into different theories of organisations. You will explore topics under three key…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for BMA501 Managing Contemporary Organisations
Marketing is a business function that goes beyond the mere act of selling or advertising, it encompasses the entire process through which value is created, captured and offered to customers. It is critical that organisations establish and maintain relationships with…
Credit Points: 12.5
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The effective management of human resources is becoming an increasingly vital concern in organisations, whether they are professional practices employing only a few staff, multinational corporations, public sector or not-for-profit organisations. The impact of globalisation, increased competition for talented employees,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
This unit is about understanding why and how leaders influence change. The focus of the unit is increasing the effectiveness of leadership and change management skills at an individual and organisation levels. Leadership and change management are increasingly seen to…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA701 Leadership and Change Management
• This unit is designed to enable students to experience business organisations through interactions with local, national and international business partners representing a broad range of business fields. Students will be provided with current, specific and applicable business knowledge through…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
View all details for BMA702 International & National Business Experience
Strategic management today is a complex process requiring advanced skills. International expansion, network advantage, and resource optimisation pervade every aspect of this critical management skill. Successful managers need up-to-date guidance in the creation and implementation of effective strategy. This unit…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Choose from the following
Business Research
Compulsory Units
This unit supports students completing MBA Research or Workplace Projects to develop and implement a research program. Seminars and practical activities develop an understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of research, the purpose of research methodology and the evaluation of research…
Credit Points: 12.5
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This unit explores the management and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. Seminars and practical sessions explore the principles and practices of organising and analysing data using software support. The qualitative component explores computer-supported analysis using NVivo. Topics include data…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Aims at developing an appreciation of research methodology with particular reference to techniques and approaches of relevance to candidates. Completion of the unit will give candidates the opportunity to design and undertake a significant research study of substantial importance to…
Credit Points: 25
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Entrepreneurship
Compulsory Units
To be innovative, you need to be able to think differently.In this unit, you’ll learn about the thinking tools that entrepreneurs use to create innovative products and build a thriving business around them. You’ll learn what it means to adopt…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BAA539 Fundamentals of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Some of the most important skills for an entrepreneur are the ability to communicateeffectively, establish relationships with all stakeholders related to your enterprise and being able to develop a network of people important to your success.This unit will equip you…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
The increasing use of the Internet and other digital media by both business andconsumers is having a significant effect on business globally. For consumers,information and communication technologies (ICT) provide more information,convenience, and a wider range of, and access to, product…
Credit Points: 12.5
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View all details for BMA610 Digital and Social Media Marketing
Firms are paying more attention to the development of new products and services to enhance their market position. Commercialising innovative products and services on a timely basis is a key to not only profit but in some industries, survival. However,…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA737 New Product and Service Development
Finance
Compulsory Units
This Unit is concerned with Corporate Finance. In Corporate Finance the central issues are how to acquire and employ or invest funds efficiently. The central issues in Corporate Finance are how to acquire and employ or invest funds efficiently. Concepts…
Credit Points: 12.5
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Financial market shocks often spread rapidly across different asset classes and between countries. This unit examines the structural reasons for these interrelationships, including financial intermediation, risk management products and regulatory structure. Attention is paid to the challenge of accurate measurement…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BEA705 Financial Institutions and Markets
Most businesses operate in a global financial market, and very few facets of financial management are as important as managing exchange rate risk. This unit will provide you with the skills necessary to understand and address some of the multi-faceted…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for BEA706 International Financial Management
In this unit, you will be introduced to the basic principles of investing. A discussion will be made of the main characteristics of investments with an emphasis on risk and return and the trade-off between the two. The unit focuses…
Credit Points: 12.5
This unit is currently unavailable.
Marketing
Compulsory Units
Services dominate the global economy. Australia is a service economy, with the fastest growth rates in job formation, are in service industries. Even in emerging economies services contribute to half of the GDP growth. As a service consumer, you use…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
The increasing use of the Internet and other digital media by both business andconsumers is having a significant effect on business globally. For consumers,information and communication technologies (ICT) provide more information,convenience, and a wider range of, and access to, product…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for BMA610 Digital and Social Media Marketing
Businesses are changing constantly, and markets are moving at a rapid pace. Thismeans that market research is critical for keeping abreast of such changes. Marketresearch comprises a critical facet of marketing practice; playing a central role insupporting marketing management, business…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA611 Market Research and Decision-Making
Marketing decision-making is growing in importance in the business world. More than ever before, organisations are placing greater emphasis on the marketers' ability to evaluate, anticipate, and illustrate the contribution of marketing to organisational performance. Increasingly, senior managers are requiring…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA708 Marketing Insights into Big Data
To be successful, a company must develop competitive marketing strategies that effectively position its products against competitors and give it the strongest possible competitive advantage. The task of marketing management is to develop, maintain and/or defend an organisation's competitive position…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
Brands and brand management are increasingly important for organisations in almost every industry. In many sectors, as products become increasingly similar, organisations are turning to branding as a way to differentiate their offerings and create customer preferences for them. In…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Firms are paying more attention to the development of new products and services to enhance their market position. Commercialising innovative products and services on a timely basis is a key to not only profit but in some industries, survival. However,…
Credit Points: 12.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for BMA737 New Product and Service Development
Business to Business (B2B) marketing has gained importance globally and differ significantly from business-consumer marketing. Business markets present unique challenges and opportunities for marketers. Business customers engage in complex purchase decision making processes and respond differently to marketing strategies compared…
Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
Entry requirements
For Domestic students
For entry into the MBA (International), students must meet the following criteria:
- Completed undergraduate degree of an Australian higher education institution or the equivalent standard in any other institution; or
- Completion of the Graduate Certificate of Business Studies at the University of Tasmania, or an equivalent qualifying Graduate Certificate#; or
- Completion of an AQF Level 6 qualification and a minimum of three (3) years senior managerial experience.
#a qualifying Graduate Certificate is any Graduate Certificate from an Australian higher education institution, or the equivalent from any other institution.
International students must provide one of the following:
- UTASAccess Level 7 with a minimum overall score of 65% and no individual skill below 60%; or
- an IELTS score with an overall Band of 6.5 and no band less than 6; or
- a TOEFL (iBT) overall score of 88 (no individual skill must be lower than: Reading 16; Listening 16; Speaking 18; and, Writing 22) or
- a PTE Academic overall score of 58 with no score lower than 50, or
- provide evidence that you have studied for 2 years full-time with English as the sole medium of instruction and examination.
These tests must not be more than 24 months old.
Credit transfer
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
This is a full-fee course, which means you’ll need to pay the entire amount for your studies. Commonwealth supported places are not available in this postgraduate course. However, there are still support options available for eligible students to help you manage the cost of studying this course.
You may be able to fund all or part of your tuition fees by accessing a FEE-HELP loan from the Australian Government. FEE-HELP is a loan scheme that assists domestic full-fee students to pay for University, which is repaid through the Australian Tax System once you earn above a repayment threshold. This means you’ll only have to start repaying the loan once you start earning above a specific amount.
Our scholarships and prizes program also offers more than 400 scholarships across all areas of study. You can even apply for multiple scholarships in one easy application.
An important note on Youth Allowance and AustudyThe Department of Social Services has approved some accredited and professionally oriented Masters courses for student payments through Youth Allowance or Austudy. This means if you enrol in one of these courses, you may be eligible for student payments. However, please be aware that this is not the case for all Master courses. Please visit our Scholarships, Fees and Costs website for further information.
Further informationDetailed fee information for domestic students is available at Scholarships, fees and costs, including additional information in relation to the compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Domestic students enrolled in certain postgraduate coursework programs may not be eligible for student payments through Youth Allowance and Austudy. Visit the Department of Social Services website to find out more about eligibility for Centrelink support and the list of eligible courses
International students
2022 Total Course Fee (international students): $ 71,123 AUD *.
Course cost based on a rate of $34,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
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