Business Administration

An internationally accredited MBA from Victoria Business School will transform your thinking and decision-making—and take your career to the next level.

A Master of Business Administration from Victoria Business School in Wellington, New Zealand, will transform your thinking and decision-making, and develop leadership skills that take your business career to the next level.

Our MBA programme is designed for business professionals and tailored to your busy schedule. You can study full time or part time to gain your internationally recognised degree, taught by highly experienced staff and mentored by successful MBA alumni in our nation’s capital.

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) (240 points) transforms thinking and decision-making, developing leadership skills that take business careers to the next level. The MBA comprises 16 courses plus professional development workshops.

Part 1

Six core discipline courses:

• MMBA 502 Commercial Law
• MMBA 503 Economics, Organisation and Markets
• MMBA 505 Organisational Behaviour
• MMBA 507 Information Systems
• MMBA 508 Problem Solving and Decision Making
• MMBA 509 Accounting for Managers

Part 2

Four contemporary management courses:

• MMBA 516 Corporate Finance
• MMBA 518 Marketing Management
• MMBA 519 Human Resource Management
• MMBA 520 Operations and Services Management

Part 3

Four strategic capstone courses:

• MMBA 532 Business Research Project
• MMBA 534 Strategic Management
• MMBA 560 Leading Change
• MMBA 565 Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Part 4

Two elective courses selected for personal/professional interest from the following:

• MMBA 535 Advanced Strategic Management
• MMBA 545 Creative Leadership
• MMBA 549 System Thinking and Creative Problem-Solving
• MMBA 553 Project Management
• MMBA 555 Marketing Communication
• MMBA 556 Financial Statement Analysis
• MMBA 558 International Business
• MMBA 561 Strategic/International Human Resource Management
• MMBA 562 Managing Employment Relations
• MMBA 571 Negotiations: Strategy and Process

Note: The availability of elective offerings will be subject to student demand, faculty availability and individual timetabling constraints.

Requirements

• Completed a Bachelor’s degree
• Professional work experience of at least five years.
• Been accepted by the MBA director as capable of proceeding with the proposed course of study.
• Attend a short formal interview with the programme director after meeting the entry criteria
• pass the admission test, which has three sections: a business case study, reading comprehension and critical thinking, numerical skills and logical thinking
• GMAT of 550 or higher
• IELTS: minimum overall score of 6.5 with no sub-score below 6.0
• TOEFL: minimum score of 90 for the internet-based test with a minimum of 20 in writing
• Pearson Test of English: minimum score of 65 (with a ‘Communicative’ score of not less than 58)
• EPP: minimum final scores of 4,4,5,5

Scholarships

• Erasmus Mundus Scholarship
• Global Education
• Wellington U3A Award
• VUW Hardship Fund Equity Grants
• Karis Boyd Scholarship
• Victoria Graduate Award
• International Student Achievement Scholarship
• Graduate Women Wellington - First in Family Scholarship