Master of Business Administration (MBA)

VU Online’s MBA covers a broad range of business and management disciplines, effectively equipping you for current and future workplace leadership. As well as innovative core units, you will also complete a practical, multi-faceted capstone project. Each unit of study lasts for seven weeks.

Core units

• Strategic Management and Business Policy
• Business Ethics and Sustainability
• Marketing Management
• Financial Analysis
• Business Analytics and Visualisations
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Organisation Change Management
• Advanced Organisational Behaviour
• Performance Management and Rewards
• Art and Practice of Leadership

Capstone unit

• Business Consulting

If you enrol into the MBA and decide to exit from the course early after completing four units, you can gain a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration. If you change your mind, you can always come back to your studies at a later date and pick up where you left off.

Alternatively, if you prefer to start with a graduate certificate and work your way up to a master’s degree, that is also an option available to you.

• Completion of an Australian bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a similar discipline; OR
• Completion of an Australian graduate certificate (or equivalent) in a similar discipline; OR
• Completion of an Australian bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in any discipline and five years of managerial experience; OR
• Applicants without an undergraduate qualification may be admitted to the graduate certificate (in the same discipline) based on approved work experience. Upon completion of the graduate certificate, graduates will be eligible for admission to this course with credit granted for completed units

If you already have relevant experience or a postgraduate qualification, you may qualify for ‘advanced standing’. Through advanced standing, you can reduce the number of units required to complete the MBA and graduate sooner.

An MBA from VU Online costs $3,995 per unit, taking the total for 12 units to $47,940 in 2025.

This depends on the number of units you study and whether you are eligible for Advanced Standing, which is assessed after you submit your application.

Note that you may be eligible for the Australian Government’s loan scheme, FEE-HELP. The loans are available to assist eligible full-fee paying students with the cost of a university program. It can be used for all or part of the tuition.