The University of Adelaide’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree is a widely recognised qualification. Many leading companies now demand an MBA as a basic requirement for senior management positions. Completion of a rigorous MBA degree testifies to your ability to map out a course of action and see it through. It equips you with valuable life-long skills in critical thinking, leadership, understanding behaviour and analysis that are useful beyond the workplace.

The MBA (Advanced) program (16 courses) goes beyond the standard 12-course MBA degree, and is designed to cater for several different niches:

• Students seeking the highest levels of organisational leadership and thus wishing to broaden their coverage of managerial knowledge;
• Students wishing to specialise in particular areas of general management;
• Students wishing to carry on their life-long learning by adding accredited courses to their MBA qualification.

Program Delivery

Trimester teaching sessions

Each course (subject) is delivered over a 12-week trimester, allowing student to condense studies into a shorter period of time.   There are 3 trimesters each year.

After Hours Teaching

Most classes are scheduled to accommodate full-time working professionals. Classes are generally held on weeknights, with one 3-hour teaching block per week. Some courses are delivered fornightly on Saturdays, in a 6-hour teaching block.

Intensive Courses

Several courses are offered in intensive mode. Classes are generally held over a Friday evening and Saturday morning, 3 times per trimester.   Alternatively, they may be taught over 3 x 2 day blocks.

Assessment of courses usually comprises an individual assignment, a group assignment and an examination.  Some courses also include student participation in the classroom as an assessable component.  Students must pass all pieces of assessment in order to pass a course.

Students are able to specialise in a particular discipline area by undertaking all their electives in that discipline.

Students in the MBA (Advanced) program are generally already employed full-time in the workplace.  They undertake this program in order to change careers or to add to their understanding of current practices.

Business School Graduate Attributes

The School is currently in the pre-accreditation phase of the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Business Schools.

Students are able to enter internships where they work within an organisation 1 day per week for 12 weeks in an unpaid role.  Internships provide work experience and work skills.

Program Rules

• University of Adelaide Business School
• Faculty of the Professions
• MBA Program Brochure
• ASKtheProf