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The AMU Bachelor Programs

Undergraduate qualifications for working professionals, with advanced standing available for Diploma holders with five years’ industry experience.

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The AMU Master of Business Administration

Designed for busy working professionals, this fully online MBA course is highly flexible and delivered with interactive, bite-sized content and personalised student support.

Designed for busy working professionals, this fully online MBA course is highly flexible and delivered with interactive, bite-sized content and personalized student support.

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The AMU Doctor of Philosophy

An advanced research degree for professionals ready to make an original contribution to knowledge, with a parallel recognition pathway for experienced leaders through our Honorary Doctorate Recognition Program.

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AMU MBA Programs

Build the leadership capability to shape what comes next.

A future-focused MBA portfolio

American Management University offers career-focused MBA programs for professionals, entrepreneurs and organisational leaders who want to strengthen their strategic capabilities while developing expertise in an area of growing global importance.

Business leadership now requires more than a broad understanding of management. Leaders must be able to respond to artificial intelligence, digital disruption, changing workforce expectations, international competition, regulatory pressure and increasing demand for sustainable and socially responsible services.

AMU has structured its MBA portfolio around three distinct professional directions. Each program develops a common foundation in leadership, strategy, finance, marketing, people, operations, governance and applied research, while providing focused learning in a selected area of practice.

Choose your MBA pathway

AI and Digital Business Transformation

Develop the strategic and governance capabilities to guide AI-enabled transformation, digital platforms, FinTech and cybersecurity governance.

Best suited to: managers, technology professionals, consultants and executives leading digital change.

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Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Global Business

Build the capabilities to create, grow and internationalise innovative enterprises through venture creation, entrepreneurial finance and global operations.

Best suited to: founders, business owners, corporate innovators, exporters and family-business leaders.

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Healthcare and Community Services Leadership

Prepare to lead healthcare, aged-care, disability and community-service organisations through workforce, quality, financial and digital challenges.

Best suited to: healthcare administrators, care-sector managers, nurses moving into management and social entrepreneurs.

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Continue to a research doctorate

Doctor of Philosophy in Business and Management

Graduates of any AMU MBA may progress to the AMU PhD, undertaking original doctoral research within their chosen specialisation.

Best suited to: MBA graduates seeking an academic, research or advanced consulting career.

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What all AMU MBA students develop

  • Strategic thinking and evidence-based decision-making.
  • Leadership, communication and organisational-change capability.
  • Financial, marketing and operational management knowledge.
  • The ability to evaluate business risks, opportunities and stakeholder expectations.
  • Responsible management, governance and sustainability awareness.
  • Applied research and problem-solving skills for complex workplace challenges.
  • The ability to connect contemporary management theory with professional practice.

Core units

All AMU MBA programs share the following eight core units:

MBA 501 — Strategic Growth, Scaling and Competitive Advantage
MBA 502 — Entrepreneurial Mind-Set, Cognition and Ethics
MBA 503 — Social, Sustainable and Global Entrepreneurship
MBA 504 — Financial Literacy, Cash Flow and Venture Budgeting
MBA 505 — Entrepreneurial Marketing and Customer Validation
MBA 506 — Business Model Development and Business Planning
MBA 507 — Opportunity Assessment, Feasibility and Lean Start-Up Validation
MBA 508 — Business Law, Intellectual Property and Compliance

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Admission overview

  • An appropriate bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification; or
  • An approved alternative-entry pathway based on relevant managerial, professional or entrepreneurial experience;
  • Evidence of English-language capability where required;
  • Academic transcripts, identification and professional documentation;
  • Any additional assessment required under AMU's admissions policy.

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