Master of Business

Business environments are increasingly dynamic, characterised by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity. To navigate these conditions, business managers and professionals must demonstrate agility, lead successful change, and empower their teams to maximise performance while recognising and meeting the ethical responsibilities of individuals and business in society and striving towards sustainability.

Why study Business at Melbourne Business School?

1. Be future focused: Develop a skill-set that focuses on high performance and adaptive management, built on a strong foundation of core business skills.
2. Flexible and 100% online: Study when and where you want with our online learning platform designed to keep you engaged and connected with your peers, while testing and extending your knowledge.
3. Study with the experts: Our subjects allow you to interact with our leading academics and industry experts, with opportunities to learn from your peers in online discussion forums and group activities.
4. Leading reputation with a global network: Melbourne is consistently ranked among the world's top 50 universities for Business and Management (QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Business and Management) and has over 60,000 business alumni in over 100 countries, ensuring that you join a valuable network of peers from all business disciplines right from day one.

Who is this course for?

We’ve designed the Master of Business for those looking to upskill their management capabilities, with or without an existing business background. This program will provide the broad foundations in business and economics and practical understanding of the core functional and operational areas of business activity.

Course aims

The Master of Business is designed for students to learn and apply concepts around:

• Adaptive and strategic leadership
• Talent and team management
• Influencing and engaging stakeholders for strategic outcomes
• Complex decision making in a digitised world
• Customer service excellence and developing customer-centric cultures
• Managing Sustainability for Value
• Strategy at the front line
• Effective resource management: high performance and lean operations

The master is delivered entirely online and highly interactive, with ample opportunity to connect with your teachers, industry experts and classmates. Watch the video below for more details with the program director and subject coordinators.

Master of Business information session

Don't meet the prerequisite subject requirements?

You may have the option to enrol in specific single subjects through the University's Community Access Program, even if you are not enrolled in a course. Completing these prerequisite subjects may qualify you for entry into this course. This option is not available to student visa holders or applicants. Learn more about single subject study.

English language requirements

All applicants to the University of Melbourne must satisfy the English language requirements. This may be achieved in a number of ways, including recognised previous study taught and assessed entirely in English or an approved English language test. If you are from a non-English speaking background, the required standard of English for this degree is one of the following English proficiency test scores:

• English language test score requirements

• If you need to undertake an English language test, you must meet one of the scores* below:

  IELTS

  6.5

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  with no band less than 6.0

  TOEFL

  79+

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  with writing 21; speaking 18; reading 13; listening 13

  PEARSON

  72+

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  with written communicative skill of 65 and no other communicative skill below 64

  CAMBRIDGE

  176+

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  with no skill less than 169

  *Accepted tests: IELTS (Academic English Only); TOEFL Internet-based test; Pearson Test of English Academic; Cambridge English: Advanced/Certificate of Advanced English (CAE). If a test displays N/A, it means it is not accepted for this course.

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