What can I study at Melbourne?

Maximise your time in Melbourne by exploring new areas of study including Australia-based subjects, or disciplines not available at your home institution.

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Asian Business and Management

For those interested in developing a sound understanding of the policies governing the world trade and investment system, with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

The University of Melbourne is at the heart of Melbourne’s Innovation District and the perfect place to incubate your business idea. Learn how to generate and refine your ideas, develop pitches and business plans, and discover what makes a successful innovation company. These subjects are designed and delivered by leaders in the field, providing hands on experience in turning innovative ideas into enterprises that can solve complex societal problems.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is an increasingly important consideration for all organisations. These subjects address the complexity and multi-faceted nature of social and environmental issues and why they present significant challenges to organisations and sectors, and how these might be overcome.

Supply Chain Management

Our supply chain management (SCM) subjects draw on industry expertise, emphasising a strategic approach to SCM. Our subjects focus on global best practice and make extensive use of “real life” case studies. You will study contemporary supply chain topics relevant to practitioners from a wide range of industry sectors and advance your knowledge and career in SCM.

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Leading through change

While the world changes around us, the need for leadership skills grows even more important. Learn how to lead people and organisations through Melbourne Business School's offerings in this area. These classes are developed and taught by leadership and organisational experts who can help you to develop your skills in managerial leadership, including change management, emotional intelligence, organisational culture, negotiation and other essential talents needed to motivate people and organisations to join you in your vision for the future.

All subjects

Some of the subjects listed above may have prerequisites or may only be offered in one academic semester. Click the links above to the subject handbook page to find out if there are any prerequisites and to check which semester the subject runs in.

You can also visit our handbook for more subjects available to Exchange and Study Abroad Students.

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Tips and tricks for searching the handbook:

  • Ensure you tick  'Are available to exchange or study abroad students' under Advanced fields
  • All graduate level subject codes include a 90000 number (e.g.  ACCT90004)
  • Subject codes for MBS disciplines start with the following discipline codes:
    • Accounting - ACCT
    • Actuarial Studies - ACTL
    • Econometrics - ECOM
    • Economics - ECON
    • Finance - FNCE
    • International Business - IBUS
    • Marketing - MKTG
    • Management - MGMT
  • For details on subjects that are restricted for Exchange and Study Abroad students, please see the Faculty Specific Requirements and Restrictions.