Are you someone who is creative, original and enterprising, with the initiative, energy and world vision to make an impression in your chosen field? If so, read on.

At whatever age, going back to school can only be exciting, refreshing, challenging. This internationally reputed postgraduate qualification is designed to benefit both experienced business practitioners and early-career graduates. Students will be exposed to the full range of management functional areas to provide them with relevant skills and a conceptual framework, which they may later reinforce with further on-the-job management experience.

The University’s Accolades

• The University of Western Australia rankings in ARWU Shanghai Jiaotong rankings:
  
  • Worldwide 101-150
  • Asia/pacific 10-18
  • National 4-5
• UWA’s MBA was awarded five stars by the Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA) in 2010. It is one of only three business schools in Australia to have achieved a five-star rating for the past five years.
• The Good Universities Guide to MBA and Management Courses 2011 awarded UWA five stars in corporate links, staff quality and graduate outcomes. Graduate outcomes include salary on graduation and getting a job.
• UWA was the only university in the prestigious Group of Eight network to receive five stars for both graduate outcomes.

Course Structure

• This programme consists of 12 units
• There are 4 semesters in a year
• 2 units are taught in each semester by University faculty and supported with tutorials by local lecturers.

Course Outline

Core Units (All units are compulsory)
Nine compulsory core management units are designed to bring all students to a common level of knowledge in the fundamental areas of management, irrespective of their background or experience.

• Accounting
• Economic Management and Strategy
• International Management
• Ethical Dimensions of Organisations, Management and Leadership
• Managerial Finance
• Marketing Principles
• Organisational Behaviour
• Data Analysis & Decision Making*
• Strategic Management (to be taken as the capstone unit)

*All students are required to complete this unit unless they are able to demonstrate a proficiency in statistics either through previous study or a prescibed test. If approved, these students will be allowed to substitute this unit with an elective unit.

Option Units
Students select three option units from the list below, subject to their availability offered by UWA in Singapore at the point of time.

• Legal Principles for Management
• Human Resource Management
• Information Management
• Organisational Change and Transformation
• Strategic International Management
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Leadership Coaching
• Selected Topics in Management
• Advanced Topics in Management
• Decision Making and Business Judgement
• International Study Program
• Leadership Effectiveness
• Leading and Facilitating Teams
• Negotiation Behaviour
• Project Management
• Management Project (24 points)
• Management Report (12 points)
• Management Case Study

Assessment and Examination

Assessments will likely include a mixture of individual and group papers, computer simulations, essays and examinations. This course outlines and assessment methods for methods for each unit may be found at the UWA Business School website.

Entry Requirements

To be eligible for admission to the MBA programme, applicants must have:

Local Student Admission

• A bachelor’s degree with a weighted average mark of 60% from UWA or equivalent
• A minimum of two years relevant work experience (which may include compulsory national service)
• Applicants for whom English is not a native language or who first degree was not taught in English, must meet UWA’s English Language Competency requirements. An IELTS score 7 with no band less than 6.5 or any other University approved test which can be found at - http://www.studyat.uwa.edu.au/undergrad/australian/admission/english  

Graduation Requirements

For more information on graduation requirements, please click here: http://courses.handbooks.uwa.edu.au/courses/c4/42520.

Availability

Local Student Admission

Part-time intakes 2011: Jan, Mar

Course Fee

Part-time pathway

Graduates of PSB Academy can enjoy fee rebates for subsequent courses. Please contact your Admissions Officer for further details.

* All fees inclusive of 7% GST and subject to change annually
* Course Fee excludes textbooks
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Updated on 25 March 2011; PSB Academy reserves the right to amend this information without prior notice.