Adelaide University
Master of Business Administration (Health Management)
- Delivery: Online
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Gain the expertise to navigate the complex and evolving landscape of healthcare management.
Course overview
Study 100% online with Adelaide University’s Master of Business Administration (Health Management) – providing you with the flexibility to fit your studies around your life. Gain advanced and future-focused management, business and leadership skills, while understanding health’s unique economic drivers.
Co-designed by esteemed business, economics and health experts, this degree equips you with a dynamic and entrepreneurial mindset. You’ll learn how to expand your leadership capabilities and extend your professional skillset. Build strong relationships with fellow experienced managers through online collaboration, supported by expert academic, personal and career advisors.
Develop critical thinking abilities, leadership skills and be able to formulate solutions to complex healthcare management problems. Emerge with the vision and confidence to drive organisational, industrial and societal change in any health context worldwide.
Key facts
August, 2026
October, 2026
What you will study
Students must complete 72 units, comprising 12 core courses. Each course is worth six units.
Core courses
Complete 72 units for all of the following:
- Managerial Economics (UoA)
- Leadership and Influencing
- Marketing for Managers
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Accounting and Financial Management
- Research for Managers
- Innovation Management
- Managing People and Organisations
- Research Project Part A
- Research Project Part B
- Management Challenges in Health (PG)
- Doing Business in Health (PG)
Entry requirements
Admission criteria
To be eligible, an applicant must have achieved at least one of the following minimum entry requirements and demonstrate they fulfil any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission. In cases where there are more eligible applicants than available places, admission will be competitive with ranks based on the entry criteria.
- A completed bachelor's (AQF level 7) degree or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution and a minimum of two years relevant work experience; OR
- A completed Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) with a score of 500 or higher and a minimum of two years of relevant work experience; OR
- A completed Graduate Certificate in Business Administration (AQF level 8) or equivalent from a recognised higher education institution.
Recognition of Prior Learning
You may be able to get credit for your course based on prior formal, non-formal or informal learning. To apply, you will need to provide supporting documentation outlined by the university. Contact the university for more information.
Outcomes
Career outcomes
This MBA prepares you for a wide range of career opportunities in public and private healthcare organisations.
You might transform how healthcare is delivered or spearhead internal efficiencies. You might even foster innovative approaches to longstanding operational issues.
Your skills will be transferable across a range of sectors, including, but not limited to:
- Hospital and Clinic Management
- Residential Care
- Oral Health
- Health Promotion
- Allied and Community Health
- Private Health Insurance
- Pharmaceutical
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative total fee in 2026: $62,820 (domestic full-fee paying place).
All costs are calculated using current rates and are based on a study load of 72 units (normally 12 courses).
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of courses studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of courses.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
You may also need to pay the student services and amenities fee.
Student fees shown are subject to change. Contact the university directly to confirm.
FEE-HELP loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying domestic students with the cost of a university program.