Master of Business
MBus
Duration
15 months full-time
Entry times
February or August
Fees Estimate
Scholarships
Download Brochure
Online to on-campus
Duration
15 months full-time
Entry times
February or August
Fees Estimate
Scholarships
Download Brochure
Overview
The Master of Business (MBus) provides students with broad business skills and expertise as part of UC's Business Taught Masters programme.
The degree explores business basics as well as a specialist major focus, and includes project opportunities through our industry contacts to give you practical experience in applying your commercial knowledge.
Open to students from any study background, the MBus offers you the chance to upskill, or a pathway for those looking to newly enter the business world.
- Major subjects in the Master of Business target key areas of end-to-end business organisation, giving our graduates diversified work-focused skills, and making them highly employable.
- The programme develops real-world business experience through consulting projects with local industry.
- A strong focus on sustainability will prepare you to meet the shifting focus on environmental impact and corporate social responsibility (CSR) with innovative solutions.
- The Business Taught Masters programme at UC offers a range of support, including orientation to help prepare students new to business studies, pastoral care services, job seminars, and additional certification opportunities such as in water safety, outdoor skills, first aid, defensive driving, etc that will help you towards your career goals.
- Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School holds the 'Triple-Crown', of accreditations (AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA), putting us in the top 1% of business schools worldwide.
- UC ranks in the top 150 universities in the world for Accounting and Finance, and in the top 250 for Business and Management Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2020).
- Aotearoa New Zealand is ranked as the #1 country for starting a business (World Bank Group Doing Business 2020 Report), and Ōtautahi Christchurch is home to a number of start-up companies searching for skilled graduates from UC.
Any bachelor's degree, with at least a B Grade Point Average in your 300-level courses, is required to enrol (or other qualifications of an equivalent standard).
If English is your additional language, you are also required to meet UC's English language requirements.
For the full entry requirements, see the Regulations for the Master of Business or use the admission requirements checker.
How to apply
You can apply online at myUC. Find out more about how to apply for graduate and postgraduate qualifications.
The Master of Business is made up of 180 points. This is comprised of four compulsory courses in general business knowledge (60 points), courses towards a major subject (75 points), and project-based courses (45 points, with at least 30 points of these in the major subject area).
Study can begin in February or August, and will take up to 15 months full-time or 4 years part-time. Some courses in the programme are also available for study online.
Compulsory courses
Majors
You can complete the MBus with one of the following majors:
Financial Management
- MBAZ 605 Business Law
- MFIN 601 Corporate Finance
- MFIN 602 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management
- MFIN 603 Financial Management
- MPAC 603 Advanced Management Accounting
Management
Plus one of:
- MBUS 644 Principles of Sustainability
- MBUS 650 Business Strategy
- MBUS 651 Business Development and Entrepreneurship
Marketing
- MBAZ 605 Business Law
- MBUS 601 Marketing
- MBUS 626 Digital Marketing
- MBUS 627 Event Marketing and Management
- MBUS 644 Principles of Sustainability
Sustainable Supply Chain Management (not offered in 2021)
Elective courses
Complete at least 45 points of elective courses.
One of:
- MBAZ 680 Research Project (45 points)
- MBAZ 681 Internship (45 points)
- MFIN 671 Business in New Zealand (15 points)
Note that enrolments to MBAZ 680 and MBAZ 681 are subject to an application process and approval from the Head of Department.
Any remaining points are chosen from the following:
- MBAZ 671 Applied Marketing (30 points)
- MBAZ 672 Evidence Based Human Resource Management (30 points)
- MBAZ 673 Innovation (15 points)
- MBAZ 674 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving (15 points)
- MBAZ 676 Evidence Based Sustainable Supply Chain Management (30 points)
- MFIN 672 Cases in Financial and Management Accounting (15 points)
- MFIN 673 Portfolio Management (15 points)
- MFIN 674 Financial Decision Making (15 points)
15 points from the elective courses may be substituted with options in the MBIS Schedule C (Group 2) or MPA Schedule C (Group 2).
This degree programme is designed to prepare graduates for roles in commercial industries, from entry-level through to upper management. Our graduates offer diverse business experience, with marketing and management often the most sought-after skills by today's employers, locally and globally.
Depending on their major, graduates will go onto roles in areas such as operations management, consulting, investment and financial analysis, human resources, advertising, and marketing across a range of different organisations.
You can also start a business of your own with the broad and specialist skills you learn in this qualification.
Useful information:
- Read what other UC postgraduate students have gone on to achieve in their studies and careers in our student and graduate profiles.
- Te Rōpū Rapuara | UC Careers can help you to achieve the career you want, connect with employers, or find a job.
- For research into career destinations by qualification, visit Te Pōkai Tara | Universities New Zealand website.
- Find out more about what you can do with a degree from UC.
- Come along to an upcoming information event for prospective postgraduate students.
See Tuition Fee Structure for more information
| Year | Points | Info | Fees (NZD) |
| 2021 | 180 | Special (Set) Programme Fee | $14,777 |
| Year | Points | Info | Fees (NZD) |
| 2021 | 180 | Special (Set) Programme Fee | $45,375 |
Contact us
For full requirements, see the Regulations for the Master of Business.
For study planning help, please contact our Student Advisors:
Te Rāngai Umanga me te Ture | College of Business and Law
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Phone +64 3 369 3300
Email postgradbusiness@canterbury.ac.nz