Business Administration (Advanced)

The Master of Business Administration (Advanced) is an extended version of Curtin’s flagship MBA program that gives you additional industry project experience. It is aimed towards professionals who want to progress to senior management roles.

The course content is applicable to a range of industries. You will learn to devise and apply innovative business strategies that help your organisation to thrive in complex and volatile economic environments.

Core subjects include economics, finance, accounting, strategy, organisational behaviour, policy, international business and marketing. You can specialise in one of the following areas:

• Business Administration
• Innovation and Enterprise
• Leadership
• Energy Futures

You’ll strengthen your research capabilities working on a practical project where you’ll liaise closely with an industry partner to apply key business theories, concepts and techniques to solve a real-world challenge. Putting research theories and methodologies to practice gives you transferable skills in business design, report writing, written communication and critical thinking.

During your studies, you’ll be connected with an industry network support partner to facilitate your business networks in Australia.

Flexible learning

The MBA has flexible study options so you can progress your career while working full-time and balance your studies with other commitments. These flexible study options include:

• Evening classes, delivered face-to-face in the heart of Perth city
• Intensive study units: the contact hours for some units can be completed in one week or across two weekends
• Blended study: a mix of online learning and face-to-face classes
• Fully online units: an ideal study mode if you live in a different time zone or travel regularly
• Various start dates: our trimester delivery means you can choose to start your course in January, May or August
• Study aboard and international study tour options
• You can gain credit towards your MBA by completing select Executive Education programs, including a one-day or five-day masterclass, or bespoke programs such as Ignition or Switch.

Please refer to the handbook for additional course overview information.

Why study

• Gain valuable practical experience by completing a significant research project with an Australian workplace.
• Earn an internationally accredited qualification and expertise in Australian and global business strategies. 
• An MBA Advanced can open doors to a new career or help you take the next step in your current role. 
• A range of MBA scholarships are available, including the Curtin International Merit Scholarship, which offers international a 25 per cent reduction in course tuition fees for the duration of the MBA (Advanced).
• Learn from guest lecturers and study real business cases and models. Former guests include leaders from Deloitte, Synergy and the Chandler Macleod Group.

What you'll learn

• critically evaluate relevant theories, concepts, techniques and business principles and apply them to design solutions that create value for stakeholders
• employ effective business communication practices and demonstrate how relevant technologies can be applied in management and leadership contexts
• formulate responsible management and leadership decisions that are evidence-based and supported by a critical evaluation of markets, resources, goods and services, finances and/ or accounting information
• recognise and apply the development of appropriate policies and strategies within a dynamic global business environment to meet stakeholder interests
• apply principles of ethics, sustainability, corporate social responsibility and risk management across a range of business settings