Master of Business Research (MBSR)

Back to top Program aims The Master of Business Research aims to produce graduates trained in business research either for academic or management purposes.

This program also aims to provide students with opportunities to explore the resolution of particular management problems using specialist knowledge and advanced techniques through conducting research in a specialised area of business, management or information systems.

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• Completion of an Australian university Bachelor degree in the area of business, commerce or a related field.
• English Language Proficiency requirements for Category 3.

Students must have obtained a minimum average of credit (GPA = 5.0 on a 7.0 point scale) in their undergraduate degree or 5.5 or above for the second and third years of the degree.

Students who do not have an undergraduate degree in a business, commerce or a related field can enrol in the Graduate Certificate of Business . Students undertake four units of non-research coursework to gain cognate knowledge in their intended area of business research. Upon completion of the Graduate Certificate of Business and achieving a minimum GPA of 5.5, students are eligible to apply for entry to the Master of Business Research. Please note RSH8000 Introduction to Research and RSH8001 Research Methodologies are research courses within the Master of Business Research and are not suitable study options for the Graduate Certificate of Business pathway.

On application, students must be able to provide an outline of the research topic they intend to pursue.

Note: Admission to the Master of Business Research is dependent upon the Faculty's capacity to supervise the proposed project. Prospective students should contact the Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts for up-to-date information regarding research areas before preparing their project proposals.

All students are required to satisfy the applicable English language requirements.

If students do not meet the English language requirements they may apply to study a University-approved English language program. On successful completion of the English language program, students may be admitted to an award program.

Program objectives

On successful completion of this program students will be able to:

• constantly evaluate developments in a chosen area of business examine and synthesise the relationship between such changes and contemporary theory
• identify, critically assess and apply selected research paradigms in terms of theory and practice and their applicability for resolving contemporary business research problems
• undertake, interpret and evaluate management research using appropriate principles and techniques
• analyse research data and reflect critically on the analysis.