Regulations for The Executive Master of Business Administration - EMBA

Qualification Regulations

Part I

Part II

Admission

1. Admission to the degree of Executive Master of Business Administration requires that the candidate will:

(a) meet the University admission requirements as specified; and

(b) have been awarded or qualified for a relevant Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent;

(c) have completed at least seven years business experience, at least three of which must be at management level; and

(d) have been selected into the programme on the basis of a selection process which may include a written application, interview and practical exercises.

Qualification requirements

2. Candidates for the degree of Executive Master of Business Administration shall follow a flexible programme of study, totalling at least 240 credits comprising:

(a) the courses listed in the Schedule to the Degree;

and including:

(b) attending contact workshops, block courses, field trips, studios, workshops, tutorials and laboratories as required.

Specialisations

3. The Executive Master of Business Administration is awarded without a subject specialisation.

Student progression

4. In cases of sufficient merit, the degree of Executive Master of Business Administration may be awarded with a class of honours on the basis of the grade average achieved across all courses listed in the Schedule of Courses except for 295.703 and 295.704, and provided that the requirements for the award of the Executive Master of Business Administration are completed within 2 years and 6 months.

Completion requirements

5. Candidates may be graduated when they meet the Admission, Qualification and Academic requirements within the prescribed timeframes; candidates who do not meet the requirements for graduation may, subject to the approval of Academic Board, be awarded the Postgraduate Diploma in Business or the Postgraduate Certificate in Business should they meet the relevant Qualification requirements.

Unsatisfactory academic progress

6. The general Unsatisfactory Academic Progress regulations will apply.

Transitional provisions

7. Subject to any Maximum Time to Completion and the Abandonment of Studies provisions specified in the Part I regulations for the degree, candidates enrolled in the Executive Master of Business Administration prior to 1 January 2023 may count one or more of the following courses, if successfully completed, towards the requirements of the degree: 115710, 115723, 115724, 115736, 115739, 115740, 115745.

8. These transition arrangements expire 31 December 2026.

9. Subject to any Maximum Time to Completion and the Abandonment of Studies provisions specified in the Part I regulations for the degree, candidates enrolled in the Executive Master of Business Administration prior to 1 January 2025 may Substitute 115709, if successfully completed, for 295705.

10. These transition arrangements expire 31 December 2028.

Schedule for the Executive Master of Business Administration

Compulsory courses (Choose 240 credits from)