Master of Business Administration

Study at a top 3 business school in Victoria* and propel your career to the next level. Join a thriving, diverse and inclusive community of like-minded professionals from a wide range of sectors and backgrounds in Australia's #1 ranked Master of Business Administration (MBA) for classroom experience.^ Deakin's MBA gives you access to the latest business insights from industry experts and academic thought leaders with decades of professional experience.

Refined over 30 years, our MBA is a flexible and engaging program. Choose from an extensive range of specialisations, electives, residentials, study tours and intensives. Personalise your study to fit around your complex work and family life while meeting your career goals.

Want to become a confident business leader with Deakin's game-changing MBA?

Get first-hand experience of a socially and environmentally responsible approach to business that considers people, the planet and profit in all its forms. Gain real-world skills from day one. Tackle live challenges faced by organisations, visit international businesses, take industry-led masterclasses and mature your leadership style. You will be exposed to new ideas and thinking that doesn't stop when class does.

Deakin has a long history of delivering unique, student-centred opportunities to upskill in future-focused areas of business. Our residential intensives and study tours allow you to learn through immersive, collaborative and culturally enriching experiences while gaining credit towards your degree. The Deakin MBA offers a wide selection of flexible study options that may help you fast-track your studies.

You will learn from highly experienced and PhD-qualified lecturers and industry adjunct professors who are globally respected leaders in their fields. Our industry partners and professors work together to create a curriculum that's grounded in the everyday reality of business, ensuring the MBA reflects the contemporary challenges you will face in the real world.

In addition to industry input, your personal and professional background is valued for bringing significant knowledge to the program. Share your expertise with your peers and learn from people from a wide range of backgrounds. Take advantage of regular opportunities for networking, career enhancement and professional development. Plus, get the personalised learning support you need, including writing workshops, one-on-one mentoring and seminars.

Whether you learn best face-to-face or online, the Deakin MBA allows you to create a course that works for you. A truly flexible experience, the modular nature of Deakin's MBA means you can choose from a range of specialisations, electives, delivery modes (online, residential, study tours), and MBA masterclasses to thoroughly explore your area of interest - tailoring your learning to what's relevant to your career goals.

Deakin's MBA will ignite your imagination, creativity and business mindset, setting you up to be a future CEO or director. You will graduate with both the technical and human skills to secure the job, client, or project you've been pursuing.

*AFR BOSS Best Business Schools 2023

^QS Global Online MBA Rankings 2022

The MBA course structure provides an integrated experience designed to reflect the foundational business knowledge required of an MBA program, career development and employability, leadership and management skills, and an integrative capstone experience.

To complete the Master of Business Administration, students must attain a total of 12 credit points, consisting of 8 credit points of core units, and 4 credit points of open elective units (4 credit points of elective units may be taken as one of the available Faculty-wide specialisations.)* plus completion of the compulsory 0-credit point module, DAI001 Academic Integrity Module.

Students have the option of completing Deakin stackable short courses (0.5cp microcredentials) to count towards MBA electives. These short courses include a range of masterclasses that have been designed with MBA students in mind, specifically focusing on new trends and issues that industry leaders encounter in today's workplaces. Typically, two short courses are equivalent to a credit point of elective study; each is designed to deliver learning in a short and engaging format.

The Deakin Advantage capstone provides an integrative MBA experience in which students complete a 'live case study' as a major project which synthesises knowledge, concepts and research gained from their study program.

The University aims to provide students with as much credit as possible for approved prior study or informal learning which exceeds the normal entrance requirements for the course and is within the constraints of the course regulations. Students are required to complete a minimum of one-third of the course at Deakin University, or four credit points, whichever is the greater. In the case of certificates, including graduate certificates, a minimum of two credit points within the course must be completed at Deakin.

You can also refer to the Recognition of prior learning system which outlines the credit that may be granted towards a Deakin University degree and how to apply for credit.

Recognition of prior learning into the Master of Business Administration may be granted to students who have successfully completed appropriate postgraduate studies in management. Students must complete at least four credit points of units from the core at Deakin.

Students who have completed CPA, CA ANZ or IPA professional programs and have a current full CPA, CA ANZ or IPA professional membership may be eligible for UP TO 6 credit points of RPL.