Master of Business Management
Looking for a postgraduate qualification that tackles the big issues facing business? Take your career to the next level with AUT’s new, refreshed Master of Business Management.
This one-year master's degree provides a highly relevant business education that addresses the contemporary challenges facing business managers. The Master of Business Management has been redesigned to help you customise your studies to suit your needs in advancing your career in business. It’s ideal for students with an undergraduate degree in any discipline, as well as professionals already working in the industry.
You’ll further your skills in managing people, organisations and change, while developing advanced knowledge from sustainable business, business innovation and digital business. With a strong practical component, the Master of Business Management enables you to apply your knowledge to real business issues and problems.
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Minimum entry requirements
- Must have completed a bachelor’s degree (in any discipline) with a B- grade average or higher in courses at level 7 or equivalent
International student entry requirements
English language requirements
- IELTS (Academic) 6.5 overall with a minimum score of 6.0 in each band.
Contact us to find out more about the Master of Business Management
Email business.postgrad@aut.ac.nz
Phone +64 9 921 9906
The Master of Business Management is taught over three 10-week trimesters. Each trimester includes 10 weeks of teaching, with exams scheduled in weeks 11 and 12.
You must successfully complete 180 points, made up of core courses (90 points) and elective courses (90 points). All courses are 15 points unless stated otherwise. As part of the Master of Business Management you complete an applied project that addresses a strategic or operational issue in an organisation.
You can choose how many courses you take to fit around work demands and personal commitments, as long as you complete the qualification within four years. You can continue working full-time while completing your Master of Business Management part-time.
Complete the following courses
- BSYS865 Contemporary Digital Organisations
- BUSS901 Applied Business Research and Communication Skills
- INTB866 Data-Driven Strategy and Performance
- MGMT861 Managing Organisations and People
- MGMT863 Responsible Leadership
- MGMT996 Applied Business Management Project (45 points)
Choose four courses from
- ACCT870 Accounting in Society
- BSYS841 Managing Operations and Processes
- BSYS842 Digital Technologies and Industry 4.0
- BSYS847 Business Analytics 1: Analysing and Visualising Data
- BSYS848 Business Analytics 2: Decision Making with Data
- BSYS862 Designing Sustainable Supply Networks
- ENTR843 Innovation Management and Strategy
- ENTR844 Social Enterprise and Innovation for Change
- FINA867 Sustainable Finance
- FINA868 Fintech and Data Analytics
- INTB862 International Entrepreneurship
- MGMT862 Managing Change
- MKTG866 Marketing in the Contemporary World
- SUSE847 Creating Sustainable Organisations
Skills you develop
The outcomes for graduate of the Master of Business Management are outlined in the Graduate Profile below.
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Pathway to a PhD
High-achieving professional master’s degree students with at least an A- grade average over the 120 points in level 8 professional master’s degree courses can qualify to apply to the Doctor of Philosophy by completing the Master of Business with a B+ grade average or higher. You'll receive 60 points of credit towards the Master of Business, and will need to complete another 120 points.
($14,192 - $19,614 tuition fees + $1719 student services levy)
($53,100 tuition fees + $1719 student services levy)
- Fees shown are based on a full-time workload for the points indicated next to the fee. The exact fee charged will depend on which courses you select at the time of enrolment.
- Fees are subject to change year to year. If you are planning for study beyond the current year, fees may vary from those stated.
- There may also be other fees and charges you need to pay.
- International students' tuition fees reflect the full cost of tuition. Domestic students' tuition fees are less due to a proportion of the tuition fees being funded by the New Zealand Government.
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