University of South Australia
Master of Business Administration (Finance)
- Delivery: Face to Face
- Study Level: Postgraduate
- Duration: 18 months
- Course Type: Master's
This course is designed for experienced managers and enterprising leaders, with a strong practical focus on senior management decision-making.
Course overview
In the Master of Business Administration (Finance), you will gain real-world insights through access to academic and industry experts, benefit from a curriculum informed by world-class research and further your professional practice to maximise your career progression. You will have the opportunity to engage with a diverse cohort of highly experienced peers from a wide range of industry backgrounds in an engaging learning environment.
The curriculum is informed by the latest industry standards, and you will gain advanced finance knowledge across a range of areas including advanced corporate finance, financial theory, investment management, international finance and trade, money, banking and financial markets, growth, finance and development, and wealth and investment management.
Key facts
What you will study
This MBA degree comprises eight compulsory core courses, three electives and a final capstone experience.
Complete the following core courses:
- Strategic Thinking: Concepts and Tools
- Accounting for Decision Making
- Data Visualisation and Communication for Business Professionals
- Managing People and Organisations
- International Business
- Strategic Marketing
- Ethics, Governance and Sustainability
- Leadership for Growth
- Elective 1
- Specialisation elective 1
- Specialisation elective 2
Capstone course
- Strategic Industry Project
Entry requirements
Applicants are required to have one of the following:
- A minimum of three years of full-time management experience and a recognised university bachelor's degree or equivalent professional qualifications.
- A Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of South Australia with an average of at least Pass Level 1 (55 per cent) across four (or more) courses, or an equivalent qualification from the University of South Australia or from another recognised university.
The program director may, under exceptional circumstances, accept candidates with substantial and proven managerial and/or entrepreneurial experience who have demonstrated the potential to meet the learning requirements of the MBA.
All applicants are also required to submit a detailed curriculum vitae or equivalent with at least one referee who can validate work experience.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Credit transfer and exemption may be offered through recognition of prior learning for up to one third of your program to eligible applicants, at the discretion of the Program Director. If you have completed appropriate postgraduate management courses at recognised institutions, you may apply for a credit transfer. Graduates of the following courses are recognised as eligible to receive credit towards the MBA program:
- UniSA Leadership and Management Essentials Program – two elective course credits.
- Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Company Directors Course - one elective course credit.
- Leaders Institute of South Australia Governors Leadership Foundation Program - one elective and one course credit.
- Australian Centre for Business Growth (AUCBG) nine-month Business Growth Programs - one elective and one core course credit.
- CPA Australia CPA program - one elective and two core course credits.
- Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (GDLP) - one elective and one course credit.
Contact the university for more information.
Outcomes
Learning outcomes
The university's curriculum is informed by the latest industry standards, and you will gain advanced finance knowledge across a range of areas including:
- Advanced corporate finance
- Financial theory
- Investment management
- International finance and trade
- Money, banking and financial markets
- Growth, finance and development
- Wealth and investment management
Fees and FEE-HELP
Annual fee in 2025: $41,900 (domestic full-fee paying place)
The fee is based on 1.0 EFTSL (Equivalent Full-Time Study Load).
Student fees may vary in accordance with:
- The number of courses studied per year.
- The choice of major or specialisation.
- Choice of courses.
- 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.