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Field of Study

International Business

Master of Business
Overview Study details

Skills in international business are essential for the new generation of managers in today’s global marketplace.

As a modern manager, you must understand the problems and opportunities created by cross-border activities. Your role requires you to draw on numerous disciplines that inform the strategies, structures and processes within organisations, their locations, and the motivations and behaviours of their employees.

As an international business student, you'll examine issues pertinent to global business, such as cross-cultural management, international supply chains, and globalisation and the world economy.

You'll also gain advanced skills in building and managing an international enterprise, and learn how to develop mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers, service agents and partners.

Highlights

1 in Queensland for business and management studies

QS World University Rankings 2025

65 in the world for business and economics

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2025

Career possibilities

Postgraduate study can take you anywhere. Here are some of the careers you could be on your way to:

  • Change management consultant
  • International management consultant
  • Market intelligence analyst
  • Business development manager
  • Global sales representative
  • International manager
  • Multicultural development officer

Average annual salary range

General Manager

$150–$170K

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Average annual salary range

Business Development Manager

$100–$120K

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How you'll learn

Your learning experiences are designed to best suit the learning outcomes of the courses you choose.

  • Lectures
  • Tutorials
  • Overseas study
  • Research experience
  • Seminars

What you'll study

At UQ, subjects are called 'courses'. Here's a sample of the courses you could study:

  • Operating International Business
  • Principles of Strategic Management
  • Globalisation & the World Economy
  • Doing Business in Asia

See courses and program structure

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