Master of Business Administration / Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Blended learning – on-campus and digital learning
This course has been replaced with a newer course - this course is closed for new enrolments, the information on this page is provided for continuing students.
This new double masters offers students a unique and exciting opportunity to gain two masters awards; a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MEI).
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Duration
2 years full-time or 4 years part-time
Study modes
- Full-time,
- Part-time (day & evening)

I engineered my MBA with a strategic path. I did some international business, strategic foresight, innovation and consulting units as electives. It gave me the ability to think laterally, to look at a situation and develop my own analytical models, and to use strategic frameworks to communicate a solution to the problem. I wouldn't have been able to work in my current job without my Swinburne MBA.
Richard
Master of Business Administration
Course information in detail
- Course detail, course structure and units of study.
Course description
Broadly, our MBA program is designed to:
- Develop skilled and competent managers and leaders who are entrepreneurially oriented, globally aware and socially conscious in a world of uncertainty, change and complexity
- Meet the demands of business and industry to achieve and sustain international competitive advantage
- Enable students to have more rewarding and satisfying career outcomes
Our MBA is focused on developing students’ capabilities to operate in organisationally critical domains of practice that we have identified as fundamental to their own and their organisations’ success in today’s turbulent environment. These domains of practice are not the same as subjects or streams. They can play out across many subjects and are:
- Strategy
- Leadership
- Global focus
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- Life-long learning
- Ethical and social responsibility - both individual and organisational
Learning goals and objectives are based around assessing new ventures and opportunities, planning and managing rapid growth, integrating interdisciplinary approaches and applying innovating solutions. This course is delivered in small, highly-interactive classes by highly experienced 'pracademics' - academics who are also practitioners in the field. Students develop skills in entrepreneurship and innovation, and the practice of innovation leadership.
Course structure
- 8 Core Master of Business Administration units of study (12.5 credit points each)
- 8 Core Master of Entrepreneurship and Innovation units of study (12.5 credit points each)
Units of study
Careers and graduate outcomes
- Career opportunities, course aims and objectives and graduate skills.
Career opportunities
Aims and objectives
2. Apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence.
3. Communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, function as an effective member or leader of a diverse team, and use advanced tools and practices of business within project work.
4. Demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and a deep awareness of professional practices in a global and sustainable context.
5. Apply business fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a business model using appropriate business methods and tools, applied in a variety of contexts.
6. Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute a piece of research with some independence as preparation for research higher degrees.
7. Reflect on and take responsibility for their own learning and self-management processes, and manage their own time and processes effectively by regularly reviewing performance as a means of managing continuing professional development and lifelong learning.
2. Apply problem solving, design and decision making methodologies to identify and provide innovative solutions to complex problems with intellectual independence.
3. Communicate proficiently in professional practice to a variety of audiences, function as an effective member or leader of a diverse team, and use advanced tools and practices of entrepreneurship within project work.
4. Demonstrate professionalism, integrity, ethical conduct, professional accountability and a deep awareness of professional practices in a global and sustainable context.
5. Apply entrepreneurship fundamentals to the analysis, design and operation of a business model using appropriate entrepreneurship and innovation methods and tools, applied in a variety of contexts.
6. Reflect on and take responsibility for their own learning and self-management processes, and manage their own time and processes effectively by regularly reviewing performance as a means of managing continuing professional development and lifelong learning.
7. Apply knowledge of research principles and methods to plan and execute a piece of research with some independence as preparation for research higher degrees.

Graduate skills
- Capable in their chosen professional, vocational or study areas and an ability to engage in critical enquiry
- Entrepreneurial in contributing to innovation and development within their business, workplace or community
- Effective and ethical in work, community situations and reasoning skills
- Adaptable and able to manage change, and
- Aware of local and international environments in which they will be contributing (e.g. socio-cultural, economic, natural)
Pathways and scholarships
- Credit transfer, recognition of prior learning and scholarships.
Course fees and requirements
- Fees, entry requirements and non-year 12 entry.
Course fees
Entry requirements
- A recognised bachelor degree in business as well as three years managerial work experience*
or - Successful completion of the Graduate Certificate of Business Administration or Graduate Certificate of Entrepreneurship and Innovation