CQUniversity
Master of Business Management
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 24 months
- Course Type: Master's
Designed for current and aspiring managers to develop strong business acumen, financial literacy and excellent interpersonal skills to progress in their management careers.
Course overview
CQUniversity’s Master of Business Management is ideal for new or experienced managers who want to build on their current knowledge of business management and a complementary discipline to suit their industry or career goals. You will be well-equipped to strategically manage organisations across any sector in the modern business environment.
Throughout the course, you'll delve into discipline-specific core units designed to prepare you for the practical management of modern businesses. You'll study diverse core units, from management and effective business communications to human resource management, marketing, managerial finance and accounting for decision-making.
As a student in this course, you can enjoy the opportunity to gain specialist knowledge in an area that complements your interests or career goals. You can choose from five majors: emergency and health services management, human resource management, international business, leading organisational change and marketing.
Your learning is enhanced throughout the course through face-to-face and online discussions and examinations of workplace case studies.
Key facts
Melbourne
Sydney
10th November, 2025
What you will study
You are required to complete 16 units comprising of eight core units and eight units from your chosen major.
Core units
- Management and Business Context
- Effective Business Communications
- Managing Human Resources
- Marketing Management and Digital Communications
- Managerial Finance
- Accounting for Management Decision Making
- Managing People, Organisations and Context
- Professional Practice and Career Development
Majors and electives
- Emergency and health services management major
- Human Resource Management Major
- International Business Major
- Leading Organisational Change Major
- Marketing Major
Entry requirements
Academic requirements
To be eligible for this course, applicants must hold a completed Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) equivalent bachelor's degree or a higher equivalent qualification.
English language requirements
Applicants are required to provide evidence of completion of one of the following criteria:
- A secondary qualification (Year 11 and 12, or equivalent).
- An AQF diploma-level qualification.
- Bachelor's level qualification study for at least two years full-time with a minimum overall GPA of 4.0 completed within Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Ireland, or the United States of America.
If you do not satisfy any of the above criteria, you will need to undertake an English language proficiency test and achieve the following scores below:
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS Academic): The overall band score was at least 6.0, with a minimum of 5.5 in each subset.
- Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): Requires 550 or better overall and a minimum TWE score of 4.5 (Paper Based Test), or 75 or better overall and no score less than 17 (Internet Based Test).
- Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): Requires an overall score of 54 with no sub-score less than 46.
- Occupational English Test: Grades A or B only in the four components.
English test results remain valid for no more than two years between the final examination date and the commencement date of study. They must appear on a single result certificate. Each student will be assessed individually.
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
The Master of Business Management provides specialist management education and training to enable students to operate as managers in the international and domestic business spheres. This course combines a comprehensive range of management units with opportunities to choose electives from other fields of interest.
Fees and FEE-HELP
Indicative first-year tuition fee in 2025: $31,606.5 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The indicative first-year fee is the approximate cost of enrolling in this course for one academic year for a full-fee paying place. For a graduate certificate, this is usually four units studied full-time over one term or part-time over two terms.
A student’s annual fee may vary in accordance with:
- The number of units studied per term.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of units.
- Credit from previous study or work experience.
- Eligibility for government-funded loans.
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 course.