MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration: Advance from Sydney, Australia

Build on your experience without leaving the life you have built in Sydney. The MSc Management Research / Doctor of Business Administration, offered online in exclusive partnership between the University of Salford and Robert Kennedy College, gives you the opportunity to develop your research and leadership capabilities while continuing to work and live where you choose. Its management theories and research approaches can be applied internationally.

Earn an Internationally Recognised British Degree

Study towards a British degree through a programme delivered in exclusive partnership between the University of Salford and Robert Kennedy College. A British qualification can help you communicate the depth of your academic achievement to professional networks across borders.

For professionals in Sydney with international ambitions, this is an opportunity to combine advanced management research with a credential recognised internationally.

Progress Online in as Little as Four Years

The programme can be completed 100% online in as little as four years. You can pursue an ambitious academic goal while remaining in Sydney, without relocating for your studies.

Online study makes it possible to develop your expertise alongside your career and other commitments. You can bring questions from your professional experience into your learning and take new ideas back to your work.

Study Without Fixed Online Attendance Times

You do not need to be online at specific times and dates. Rather than arranging every week around scheduled live attendance, you can engage with your studies at times that work for you.

That flexibility can be especially valuable when your working day involves changing priorities, travel or collaboration across time zones. It gives you room to build a study routine that fits your responsibilities.

Take Your Studies Wherever You Go

Although Sydney can be your home base, you can study from anywhere in the world. Whether you are travelling for work or spending time away from home, your learning can move with you.

Through the mobile app, you can download study material and watch lectures offline. A flight, a journey or time away from a reliable connection need not prevent you from making progress.

Explore Ideas Through Open-Book Assessments

The programme uses open-book assessments instead of classical question-and-answer exams. This approach gives you the opportunity to work with relevant materials as you develop and present your thinking.

For a research-focused qualification, assessment can be a chance to examine ideas carefully, construct arguments and demonstrate how you apply management knowledge.

Learn with Internationally Educated Faculty

Learn from tutors and faculty who graduated from world-renowned institutions, including Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel and Washington University in St. Louis.

Their varied academic backgrounds can introduce you to different perspectives on research and management. As you refine your own questions, you can draw on that breadth of experience to challenge assumptions and strengthen your approach.

Connect with a Global Learning Community

Join a diverse student base drawn from over 130 countries. Studying alongside professionals with different experiences can broaden conversations and help you consider how management ideas apply across industries and borders.

Alumni work for international organisations and companies including Westpac, ANZ, AIA, BHP, the United Nations, Google, ICRC, The World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens and Sony.

Plan Your Payments with Greater Flexibility

Programme fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments. Spreading payments over time can make it easier to plan for study alongside your existing commitments.

With a clear payment schedule, you can focus on the longer-term purpose of your studies: developing the research skills and management insight to pursue the questions that matter to you.

Bring New Perspectives to Sydney’s Industries

Sydney’s financial services sector offers opportunities to examine questions about leadership, risk, organisational change and customer trust. For professionals working with banks, insurers or other financial organisations, advanced management research can provide a framework for investigating complex decisions and evaluating possible approaches.

Across Sydney’s technology and professional services sectors, organisations navigate innovation, digital transformation and collaboration across teams and markets. The programme can help graduates approach those challenges with stronger research skills and a broader understanding of how management ideas may be applied in different settings.

Sydney is also a centre for work connected to infrastructure, healthcare and international business. Whether your interests lie in coordinating major initiatives, improving services or leading across borders, the ability to frame a meaningful question and examine evidence carefully can support your contribution. Your studies can begin in Sydney while your perspective extends far beyond it.

Ready to explore the next stage of your professional and academic journey? Request our course catalogue to learn more.