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Master of Business Administration

Masters Degree MBA
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Transform yourself into a dynamic leader with the Waikato Master of Business Administration (MBA); a world-class business qualification that will help you discover your full potential and drive meaningful change within organisations.

The Waikato MBA returns to our Tauranga campus, as well as Hamilton, from March 2025!

180 points, 2 years part-time. Classes held on campus 15 Saturdays a year, plus 20 online sessions at home on Wednesday evenings.

Hamilton, Tauranga

The next intake starts in March 2025.

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Why study the Master of Business Administration?

Waikato's Master of Business Administration (MBA) is for people who want to fast-track their career and move into senior leadership roles where they can make a significant positive impact for their organisation or business.

The Waikato MBA is a life-changing qualification that will help you develop the skills needed to grow into an outstanding business or community leader.

The two-year, part-time programme covers all aspects of general management with a focus on three key areas - Frameworks, Leadership, and Value Creation. Each paper imparts the knowledge and skills that today's leaders require as they face unprecedented changes in the workplace and the global economy, including rapid digital transformation and the rise of artificial intelligence.

The Waikato MBA will equip you with the expertise to lead and influence high-performing teams, identify strategic opportunities and threats, drive positive changes within your organisation, and confidently respond to any challenging situations that come your way.

The programme is taught through a mix of in-person classes held at the Hamilton or Tauranga campus on 15 Saturdays a year (8.30am - 5.00pm), plus 20 online sessions at home on alternate Wednesdays (6pm - 9pm), so you can fit study in around your job and family life. Online sessions are also recorded in case you can't make it in person.

Please refer to the class timetables for new Waikato MBA students starting in 2025, based at either the Hamilton campus or the Tauranga campus.

The Waikato MBA is ideal for:

  • Middle managers seeking to advance into more senior leadership roles
  • Business owners looking to add best-practice knowledge to their practical expertise
  • Functional, technical or professional specialists moving into roles that require broader, more strategic management knowledge

180 points, 2 years part-time. Classes held on campus 15 Saturdays a year, plus 20 online sessions at home on Wednesday evenings.

Hamilton, Tauranga

The next intake starts in March 2025.

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Why choose the Waikato MBA?

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Top 1% globally

Study with world-class lecturers from Waikato Management School, which is in the top 1% of business schools globally with our prestigious Triple Crown Accreditation held since 2005.

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MBA Study Tour

A highlight of the Waikato MBA is the optional Study Tour, where you can travel to another country for one week and enjoy daily field trips to export-led businesses and meet local business leaders. Costs not included in tuition fees.

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Smaller cohorts

Smaller cohort sizes means a higher level of interaction with your lecturers and classmates through practical and group assignments, and more personalised support when you need it.

Course content

The Waikato MBA puts a strong emphasis on experiential learning. The programme is designed to be highly practical and relevant, so you can add value to benefit your own business or organisation straight away.

During classes, students will discuss real business problems and be exposed to inspiring thought leadership that stretches your thinking to form a more global perspective.

As part of the Waikato MBA, participants will add value to their own organisation or investigate an entrepreneurial opportunity by completing a High Impact Research Project, and take part in the Waikato MBA Case Competition. Our students also have the option to travel overseas on the MBA International Study Tour.

The professional and cultural diversity of MBA participants provides exceptional insights into different management practices and leadership behaviours, and helps to build lifelong professional networks.

Some topics covered in the course:

  • Leadership for growth and positive transformation
  • Understanding the global business environment
  • Strategic management and marketing
  • Financial analysis and performance
  • Managing global supply chains and international markets
  • Empowering people to enhance productivity

Contact us

To book a chat, Zoom, or phone call, email us and we will get back to you with a proposed date and time.

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Waikato MBA global accreditations

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AMBA (Association of MBAs Accreditation) is the highest standard of accreditation awarded to the world's best MBA programmmes internationally. Only about 2% of the world's business schools have achieved AMBA accreditation.

EQUIS Accredited

EQUIS is the leading international system of quality assessment, improvement, and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration. 

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AACSB recognises institutions that uphold its mission and core values, work to advance the interests of global management education, and participate in AACSB’s community of leading business schools. 

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The Waikato MBA retained its Tier One status in CEO Magazine’s Global MBA Rankings 2024, since first achieving this ranking in 2017.