MBA (Leadership and Enterprise)

Our full-time MBA will equip you with the skills and knowledge required to achieve your personal and professional goals. You will:

• develop the personal and interpersonal skills required to effectively manage and lead
• learn to build personal resilience in a complex world
• acquire core business knowledge and skills
• understand business resilience and sustainability
• examine the sustainability of an existing business
• master the art of building and leading future enterprises
• develop the skills to deliver customer-centric products and services.

In order to secure a place in the August 2025 commencing cohort you are encouraged to apply in an early admission round. All international applicants are encouraged to apply by Round 4 to allow ample time for visa processing once the offer has been accepted.

Round 1: 27 October 2024

Round 2: 1 December 2024

Round 3: 26 January 2025 

Round 4: 23 February 2025

Round 5: 30 march 2025

Round 6: 27 April 2025

Final round: 1 June 2025

After the completion of each admission round, your application will be assessed and you will be notified on whether or not you have been short-listed for an interview within 4 weeks. 

Interview times are subject to availability, and only shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview.

Note: applications will be accepted throughout the year, and outside of the above admission round deadlines.

The University's tuition fees are reviewed annually and may vary during your period of study. For information relating to fees, please visit the full-time MBA course details page.

We offer MBA Director's Scholarships of varying values to local and international self-funded candidates for our full-time MBA program.

If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, please provide details of this in your statement of motivation (see How to apply, below). 

To apply for the full-time MBA, you need to have:

• a minimum of three years of relevant work experience; and 
• a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 65 or equivalent in your undergraduate degree. 

If English is not your first language, you will also need to provide evidence of English language proficiency.

For more detailed information about admission criteria, please visit the full-time MBA course page. 

Personal and interpersonal skills development (Units 1-4)

The first four units of the full-time MBA focus on developing personal and interpersonal skills needed to manage and lead effectively. You will learn to build individual resilience in a world of growing complexity, disruption and ambiguity.

• Leadership Practice and Development – watch video
• Critical Analysis and Thought Leadership
• Creativity, Innovation and Business
• The Nature of Systems

Business knowledge and skills development (Units 5-8)

Once you complete the first four units, you will focus on core business knowledge and skills, with an overarching theme of building business resilience and sustainability. You will have an opportunity to combine assessments from these four units to form a business project that will examine the sustainability of an existing business.

• Strategies for Growth
• Financial Management
• Innovation in Strategic Marketing
• Data Analytics and Modelling – watch video

Building future enterprises (Units 9-11)

Your final four units will bring together the knowledge and skills you have gained in the previous units to equip you to build and lead future enterprises. The final unit is the MBA Capstone (Design Strategy) – you will develop customer-centric products and services that are aligned with the strategy of an existing organisation. You will integrate the skills, knowledge and experience acquired throughout the MBA to bring a real prototype to market.

• Leading Business Innovation
• Leading in a Digital World
• Building Global Capability

Capstone (Unit 12)

A key goal for our part-time MBA is to prepare you for real-world business situations.

For detailed information about units of study, please visit the full-time MBA course page.

Step 1: Check the admission criteria

You will need to meet the necessary admission criteria before you will be considered for entry. Please check the admission criteria above. 

Step 2: Apply online

In order to complete your application online you will need the following documentation:

• Your academic qualification details, for example, completion year and grade average
• Your employment history/professional details
• A statement of motivation (maximum two pages) outlining:
  • what you hope to achieve professionally and personally by completing the full-time MBA (Leadership and Enterprise) at the University of Sydney Business School
  • academic achievements
  • community involvement and extracurricular activities
  • leadership qualities
  • awards and recognition.

If you would like to be considered for a scholarship, please provide details of this in your abovementioned statement of motivation. Note: a separate scholarship application is not required.

If the results of your previous study aren’t available by the closing date, you can still submit an application. Your application will be considered, providing you forward the relevant results once they become available.

Step 3: Interview

Shortlisted applicants for the full-time MBA will be required to attend a selection interview with an MBA Program staff member and an alumni of the MBA Program to establish the candidate's suitability. 

For detailed information about how to apply and application deadlines, please visit the full-time MBA course page.

Throughout the MBA Program eligible students can apply for paid projects that are relevant to their MBA study.

The MBA internships/projects is about much more than work experience, as they are designed to offer exciting and meaningful experience for both students and the corporate partners. Along with your own industry experience, you will draw on the skills and knowledge gained from the MBA program to develop compelling new propositions with impact for businesses and society.