Master of Business Administration - RMIT University

Never before have organisations faced such disruption from innovation and new technologies. Leaders today must be agile, utilising a wide range of skills in order to navigate the oftentimes turbulent world of business to managing diverse teams.

An MBA at RMIT broadens your business and management expertise and accelerates your journey to leadership roles. You will learn about corporate leadership, human resource management, business consultancy, corporate marketing, strategic decision making, and financial analysis.

Importantly, you have the ability to tailor your learning journey, spanning from a comprehensive breadth of business knowledge to a deeper, specialised focus on specific areas including leadership and digital transformation. The flexibility to choose majors and minors is a recognition of new market demands, and it encourages future-focused leaders to extend their careers beyond traditional boundaries and create lasting impact in the communities they serve.

To guide you along your transformational journey, industry professionals (including C-suite managers and industry experts) offer guest lectures across our classes, providing support for Work-Integrated Learning projects (WIL) and mentoring. This allows our students to stay up to date with the latest in technological trends, learn from industry leaders and have the chance to solve real-world problems.

RMIT classrooms are made up of a collaborative, diverse community. Many of our MBA students find life-long partnerships and friends, who work to both challenge and support one another throughout their careers.

Five (5) Core courses

One (1) Capstone course

10 courses in one of the following possible combinations:

One major (8 courses) + 2 general electives
Two minors (4 courses each minor) + 2 general electives
One minor (4 courses) + 4 MBA option courses* + 2 general electives
8 MBA option courses* + 2 general electives

* MBA option courses: all courses listed within the MBA majors/minors

Students admitted into the program with a bachelor's degree or higher-level qualification in business (or a related discipline) will be exempted from completing the four (04) courses and only need to complete 12 courses (144 credit points).

Leadership and Management
Marketing for Managers
Financial Analytics for Managerial Decisions
Strategy
3 major/minor/elective courses
Technology Futures
Management of Technology and Innovation
Digital Risk Management and Information Security
Introduction to Financial Technology
Product Innovation and Digital Business Strategy

And 2 courses from the following list:

Digital Entrepreneurship
Digital Transformation and Customer Experience
Issues in Diversity
Global Human Resource Management

Leadership

Personal Branding and Authentic Leadership

Leadership Issues in International Management

Corporate Governance and Responsible Leadership

People and Organisations

Leading in the Age of Digital Disruption

Leading AI and Workforce Transformation

And 2 courses from the following list:

Digital Entrepreneurship

Digital Transformation and Customer Experience

Issues in Diversity

Global Human Resource Management

RMIT’s postgraduate faculty consists of dedicated full-time academics and visiting professors with extensive global experience across the corporate, government and academic sectors.

RMIT provides a facilitated learning approach with business mentoring support, case studies and Work Integrated Learning (WIL) courses that contextualise a student's learning. Students work in teams and thus garner beneﬁts from the additional insight and understanding that come from interactions with classmates.

RMIT classrooms are made up of individuals who have similar aspirations yet come from a diverse range of disciplinary and personal backgrounds.

Each course in the MBA program consists of 36 hours of class time, plus preparation and assignments. Classes are usually a combination of lectures and tutorials.

Students can choose to study between one and four courses each semester and there is the option of studying at either our Hanoi City or Saigon South campuses.

RMIT’s main delivery modes are tailored to meet the needs of working professionals:

Intensive: Four consecutive days, normally Friday to Monday, from 9.00am-6.00pm

Split intensive: Two separate weekends during the semester, normally Saturday to Sunday, from 9.00am-6.00pm

Timetable will normally be available four (04) weeks before the start of the semester.

The range of learning outcomes addressed in the program work to improve graduate employability by responding to today’s employer expectations.

In this program, students develop approaches to leadership and design-based strategies and apply specialised knowledge to create and address a range of organisational issues as a global manager.

On the successful completion of this program, students will be able to

Critically evaluate and reflect on contemporary issues, theories and practices within complex and uncertain business environments.
Apply design thinking and analytics tools to develop innovative solutions to business problems.
Develop capacity as a leadership and gain technology proficiency with an awareness of legal, ethical, social, economic and environmental implications in an age of digital disruption.
Demonstrate high level interpersonal skills, including collaboration, consulting, critical thinking and persuasive communication (oral and written), across a range of contexts.
Integrate theory and authentic practice and maintain and extend professional currency.
Apply research principles and methods to business problems and make reasoned judgments about contemporary business practice.

Graduates from RMIT Vietnam’s MBA are working in Vietnam and abroad in professional, commercial, industrial, entrepreneurial, not-for-profit, governmental and non-governmental organisations. Typical roles include:

Business development manager
Investment banker
Data analyst/manager
Product manager
Technology consultant
Environmental sustainability manager
Nonprofit executive director
Marketing manager
Operations manager
Human resources director
Entrepreneur/startup founder

It is noteworthy that numerous mature occupations have been transformed by data, technology and sustainability, which in turn has created hybrid roles such as:

Digital transformation manager
E-commerce strategist
Data scientist in strategic planning

Notes

RMIT Vietnam has 3 semesters per year, in each semester you enrol into a maximum of 4 courses. The duration of programs is flexible and can be adapted on an individual basis upon enrolment
Program fees are priced and invoiced in Vietnam Dong (VND) by semester.
Payment in other currencies will be converted to VND at the exchange rate on that day. Bank transfer is the preferred method of payment.
The fees in USD are ONLY applicable to those international students who arrange for payment from overseas, as per Circular No. 32/2013/TT-NHNN.
Tuition fees and medical insurance fees are subject to change without notice.

Family

Siblings, spouses, parents or children of a current or past student of RMIT Vietnam are eligible for 5% in fee assistance at RMIT Vietnam when commencing their studies in 2025.

Alumni

Graduates of RMIT undergraduate or postgraduate programs, or of any Australian universities, are eligible for a 10% reduction in fees when applying for a graduate certificate or master's program at RMIT Vietnam, commencing in 2025.

New students
If a new student has achieved an overall average of 3.0/4.0 or 75% in their qualifying results and they are commencing their Master of Business (MBA) in Semester 2 or 3 in 2025 (June/July intake or October intake), the student is eligible for a 20% fee reduction.
All students including scholarship students commencing a Graduate Certificate program in Semester 2 and 3 in 2025, and who articulate to a Master in Business Administration, Master of International Business or Master of Artificial Intelligence at RMIT with an overall average of 3.0 or 75% in their qualifying results are also eligible for fee assistance, which will apply from their Graduate Certificate program.

The fee assistance listed above cannot be applied simultaneously with any other tuition fee assistance or scholarship unless otherwise stated. Please refer to our tuition fee assistance page for the full list of tuition fee assistance, and terms and conditions.

A bachelor degree or higher level qualification* in any discipline, with a minimum GPA of 1.0 (out of 4.0) or a GMAT overall minimum score of 550; or
RMIT Graduate Certificate in Business Administration

Students admitted with a bachelor degree or higher level qualification* in business (or a related discipline), that have been completed within 10 years, will be exempted from completing four (4) courses (48 credit points).

* The bachelor degree or higher level qualification must be deemed equivalent to an Australian bachelor degree or higher level.

If you do not meet the above minimum academic requirements, please contact RMIT Vietnam Student Recruitment team for alternative pathways.
IELTS (Academic) 6.5 (no band below 6.0)
TOEFL iBT 79 (with minimum score of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) 58 (no communication band below 50)
C1 Advanced (formerly known as Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)) or C2 Proficiency (formerly known as Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE)) 176 (no less than 169 in any component)
RMIT bachelor degree or a postgraduate qualification within the past five years
A bachelor degree or a postgraduate qualification within the past five years in a recognised English-speaking country .

For other international English entry requirements, please view English equivalency requirements .

Previous study and proficiency tests are recognised for two years from the completion date or test date to the program commencement date unless stated otherwise. RMIT does not accept scores from at-home or online testing.

Where you have achieved more than one form of English language proficiency only the most recent achievement will be considered in the admission decision.

Please contact the RMIT Vietnam Student Recruitment team for more information.

Credits and exemptions

If you have completed relevant study or have relevant work experience, you may be eligible for credit transfer or exemption. Credit and exemption will be assessed on a case-by-case basis consistent with the RMIT University credit policy. Please contact the RMIT Vietnam Student Recruitment team for more information.