Undergraduate | 2026

Bachelor of Business

Start date

February, July

Campus

Adelaide City

Duration

3 year(s) full-time

Mode

Hybrid

Program code

BBUSI

Study as

Full time or part time

Indicative fees

Commonwealth Supported

Prerequisite

None

Assumed knowledge

None

Entry requirements

Admission criteria

To be eligible for admission, an applicant must have achieved at least one of the following minimum entry requirements and demonstrate that they fulfill any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission:

Recent secondary education (Year 12)

Completion of a secondary education qualification equivalent to the South Australian Certificate of Education (SACE).

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Completion of an award from a registered training organisation (RTO) at Certificate IV (AQF level 4) or higher.

Higher education study

Successful completion of at least 6 months full-time study (or equivalent part-time) of an undergraduate certificate (AQF level 5) or higher qualification at an Australian higher education institution.

Overseas qualifications considered by Adelaide University as equivalent to the above Australian qualifications may be accepted.

Work and life experience

Completion of an Adelaide University approved enabling, pathway or bridging program; OR
Achieved a pass result in the Skills for Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT); OR
Passed an Adelaide University online literacy and numeracy test AND have relevant work experience; OR
Qualify for special entry

Note:

Applications for Australian students to study at Adelaide University will open in August 2025, to commence study in 2026.

Please note that entry requirements for this degree are provisional and subject to change.

Why Bachelor of Business?

Be the boss of your business career. Develop power skills such as resilience, agility, motivation and curiosity, while building the core skills to succeed as a business professional.

You will gain knowledge across essential disciplines of business including accounting, people management, marketing principles, strategic decision making and corporate law.

Engage with industry to explore professional careers in sectors aligned with your interests. Emerge as a responsible and globally conscious leader.

Overview

Build the power skills necessary to succeed in the future of business. Be equipped with core knowledge across essential disciplines of business including accounting, people management, marketing, decision-making and corporate law. Learn to navigate dynamic global business environments and consider broad societal challenges. You’ll emerge as an independent, curious learner capable of solving problems.

Choose a second major from a range of business disciplines and have the freedom to align your studies to your career goals.

Experience contemporary learning across your degree with community and industry engagement. Real-world projects and case studies are woven into the curriculum, enhancing your employability. You’ll have opportunities to explore professional pathways in sectors aligned with your interests.

What you'll learn

You will study core courses across essential disciplines of business including accounting, economics, people management, marketing, decision-making and corporate law.

From your first year, be introduced to fundamental legal and ethical principles of business. Explore courses on decision-making, financial and managerial accounting and the role of management in planning, organising and leading. You’ll build an understanding of broad economic concepts and key marketing activities in the modern economy.

You will build computing and programming skills to address technological problems such as cybersecurity and the rise of artificial intelligence.

Develop negotiation skills and learn to effectively collaborate, mediate and navigate workplace conflicts. We'll help you develop an entrepreneurial mindset by exploring theory – boosting your confidence to take smart business risks.

Be exposed to concepts of identity, diversity, equity and inclusion to develop cross-cultural skills and explore bias and power dynamics.

In your second and third year, develop a practical understanding of business and explore careers that meet your individual values and interests.

This degree is highly flexible and opens a range of versatile career possibilities. You can select a second major from a range of disciplines including:

Design and Marketing
Human Resource Management
International Business
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy
Marketing
Marketing and Communications
Project Management
Real Estate
Sport Management
Tourism, Events and Hospitality Management.

What courses you'll study

You're required to complete 144 units to complete your degree, across a mix of core courses, elective and work integrated learning. A list of indicative courses is provided below.

Complete exactly 36 units from the following:

	Course code	Units
Accounting for Decision Makers	ACCT1000	6
Marketing Principles	MARK1000	6
Emerging Technologies, Data and Business Analytics	BAFI2000	6
UG Common Core 1	AUXX1000	6
UG Common Core 2	AUXX2000	6
UG Common Core 3	AUXX3000	6

Complete exactly 108 units from the following:

	Course code	Units
Business Law	BUSI1001	6
Management, Organisations and Leadership	BUSI1002	6
Disruptive Technologies in Business: AI Fundamentals, Blockchain Fundamentals and Cloud Fundamentals	BUSI1003	6
Design Thinking	BUSI1004	6
Triple Bottom Line & Innovation	BUSI1007	6
Principles of Logistics and Supply Chain Management	BUSI1300	6
Negotiation, Conflict Management & Resolution	BUSI2002	6
Managing Decision Making, Communication and Organisational Practice	BUSI2004	6
Innovation & Creativity	BUSI2005	6
Enterprise design & venture creation	BUSI2006	6
WIL/ Profession	BUSI2900	6
WIL / Profession	BUSI2901	6
Managing Services	BUSI2300	6
Supply Chain Intelligence and Analytics	BUSI2301	6
Fundamentals of Procurement and Supply	BUSI2302	6
Evaluation of Business Challenges and Value Case Development Using Technology-based Solutions	BUSI3001	6
Business Value Case Development Using Digital Technologies and Innovation	BUSI3002	6
Viable Product Development. Prototyping, Risk Analysis, and Scaling and Sustaining	BUSI3003	6
Innovation Strategy & Systems	BUSI3004	6
AI for Business transformation	BUSI3005	6
Applied Creativity for Business	BUSI3006	0
Organisational Leadership	BUSI3007	6
Strategic Management	BUSI3013	6
Integrated Supply Networks	BUSI3015	6
Procurement for Strategic Advantage	BUSI3016	6
Managing Sustainability in Supply Chains	BUSI3017	6
Economics	ECON1001	6
Computer Graphics and Imaging for Design	GRAP1014	6
Design for Web	GRAP2013	6
Design for Publication	GRAP2014	6
Foundations of Human Resource Management	HRES1000	6
Organisational Behaviour	HRES2000	6
Employment Law	HRES2001	6
Performance and Compensation Management	HRES2002	6
Training and Development	HRES2004	6
International and Comparative Human Resource Management	HRES2007	6
Managing the Employment Relationship	HRES3000	6
Recruitment and Selection	HRES3001	6
Strategic Human Resource Management	HRES3002	6
HR Analytics	HRES3003	6
Managing Across Cultures	IBUS1000	6
International Business Environment	IBUS2000	6
International Business Operations	IBUS2001	6
International Human Resource Management	IBUS2002	6
International Business in the Asia-Pacific	IBUS2003	6
SME Internationalisation	IBUS3001	6
Corporate Responsibility for Global Business	IBUS3002	6
Contemporary Issues in International Business	IBUS3003	6
Managing Ethics and Values in the International Context	IBUS3004	6
Consumer Behaviour	MARK1001	6
Social Media Audiences and Algorithmic Cultures	MARK1002	6
Key Concepts in Media and Communication	MARK1003	6
Discovering Opportunities in Property	MARK1004	6
Property Asset Management	MARK1006	6
Marketing Analytics	MARK2000	6
Advertising	MARK2001	6
Research Methods	MARK2002	6
Media Law, Policy and Ethics	MARK2003	6
Content Creation	MARK2101	6
Promotional Communication	MARK2102	6
Property Economics	MARK2200	6
Market Research and Customer Insights	MARK3000	6
Branding	MARK3001	6
Distribution and Route to Market	MARK3002	6
Digital Marketing	MARK3003	6
Strategic Communication in Practice	MARK3004	6
Marketing Planning	MARK3005	6
Strategic Planning for Media and Communication	MARK3006	6
Real Estate Practice	MARK3200	6
Building Evaluation of Property	MARK3201	6
Operations Management for Business	ENGI6000	6
Property and Real Estate Law	LAWS2007	6
Foundations of Project Management	PROJ1000	6
Scheduling & Cost Management	PROJ1001	6
Project Management Methodologies and Concepts	PROJ2002	6
Systems Thinking and Projects	PROJ2003	6
Industry Based Applications	PROJ2004	6
Agile and Waterfall Methodologies, Data Visualisation, Business Case Creation and Design Thinking Approaches	PROJ2006	6
Project Management	PROJ2007	6
Project Management Professional Practice	PROJ3000	12
Project Procurement & Resourcing	PROJ3001	6
Project Management Research Study	PROJ3003	12
Leadership in Stakeholder Management	PROJ3004	6
Project Risk Management	PROJ5004	6
Fundamentals of Sport and Recreation	SPOR1000	6
Sport Health and Wellbeing	SPOR2000	6
Commercial Operations and Marketing in Sport	SPOR2001	6
Sport in Contemporary Society	SPOR2002	6
Managing in the Athletic Pathway	SPOR3001	6
Sport Planning in Local Communities	SPOR3002	6
Sport Management and Digitalisation	SPOR3003	6
Sport Governance and Leadership	SPOR3004	6
Fundamentals of Global Tourism & Hospitality	HOSP1000	6
Foundations of Event Management	HOSP1001	6
Managing Hospitality Operations	HOSP2001	6
Experiential Product Design for Tourism, Events and Hospitality	HOSP2002	6
Eventful Cities and Event Leveraging	HOSP3002	6
Sustainable Tourism Destination Management	HOSP3003	6
Digital Technologies in Tourism, Events and Hospitality	HOSP3004	6
Tourism, Events and Hospitality Industry Research Project	HOSP3005	6

Complete one Major from the following:

	Course code	Units
International Business	INTBBBUSI	108
Human Resource Management	HUMRBBUSI	108
Marketing	MKTGBBUSI	108
Digital Business	DIGBBBUSI	108
Management	MGMTBBUSI	108
Project Management	PROJBBUSI	108
Real Estate	REALBBUSI	108
Tourism, Events and Hospitality Management	TOURBBUSI	108
Marketing and Communications	MKTCBBUSI	108
Sport Management	SPORBBUSI	108
Marketing and Design	MKTDBBUSI	108
Procurement and Supply Chain Management	PROCBBUSI	108
Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy	INNOBBUSI	108

Career outcomes

You will be prepared for a broad range of career paths within the business sector and be empowered to uncover opportunities aligned with your values and interests.

Depending on your chosen majors and electives, roles may include:

Business consultant or adviser
Communications and marketing
Human resources
Project management
Organisational change adviser.

Industry trends

Over the next 10 years it is predicted that 92% of new jobs created will require post-secondary education (Jobs and Skills Australia, 2024). Employers are seeking a workforce with power skills, including advanced communication and problem-solving abilities. As a Bachelor of Business graduate, your adaptability and leadership skills will position you as a desirable employee.

Accreditation

Adelaide University is working through relevant approvals for program accreditation ahead of students commencing at the institution in 2026.

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How to apply

Applications for Australian students to study at Adelaide University will open in August 2025, to commence study in 2026.

Please note that entry requirements for this degree are provisional and subject to change.

If you want to start your studies earlier, consider applying to the University of Adelaide or UniSA now, and continue onto Adelaide University in 2026. Register your interest to stay informed.

FAQs

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From August 2025 you can apply as a domestic student for entry to Adelaide University in 2026.
Applications for 2026 will be via SATAC for most undergraduate and postgraduate coursework programs. A direct application process will be available for 100% online degrees at a later date. In the meantime, you could start your degree at UniSA or the University of Adelaide and continue at Adelaide University.

Adelaide University is South Australia’s largest university with seven campuses across the state. Adelaide City Campus is in the heart of the central business district (including eastern and western precincts), while our Magill, Mawson Lakes and Waite campuses are located within the inner suburbs of Adelaide. Our Mount Gambier, Roseworthy and Whyalla campuses are set in the regions of South Australia. Building on our digital and online learning successes, we aim to also deliver online education to more students than any other Australian university.

Each of our campuses is equipped with cutting-edge, discipline specific facilities, contemporary study spaces and well-resourced libraries. Our city and suburban campuses also feature on-site gyms and eateries, and health services on, or nearby, campus.

You will be well supported academically, socially, emotionally and spiritually with access to on-campus facilities and services such as counselling, learning support, childcare, prayer rooms and more.

You will be well supported through a range of services at Adelaide University to ensure you get the most out of your student experience. Support services include:

Academic learning support, including after-hours support provided via Studiosity through live online chat assistance with writing, referencing, mathematics and more.
Advice and advocacy regarding access, adjustments and inclusivity if you have a disability, impairment, chronic health condition or significant caring responsibilities.
Libraries providing flexible study spaces, access to books, computer suites and online resources – as well as referencing support, search tips and more.
Career development hub, including extensive self-help resources, online learning programs, on-campus events, workshops and networking, one-on-one advice, and job search support.
Qualified counsellors who can provide confidential support to manage your mental health and wellbeing.
On-campus medical clinics on-site where you can make an appointment with a General Practitioner (GP) to discuss acute and preventative health care matters.
Information and advice for international students regarding accommodation, student life, visa and work rights and academic policies and procedures.
An active and visible LGBTIQA+ Ally Network that ensures the University provides a supportive environment where all staff and students can safely work and study free of harassment or discrimination.
Prayer rooms on campus, including gender specific spaces for worship purposes.
Campus security available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to ensure all students feel safe on campus.
A range of scholarships offered to commencing and continuing students each year to make university life a little easier.
A number of social outlets including student lounges, gyms, student-led clubs, sports teams and free events throughout the year.

Your tuition fees will depend on your program of study and enrolment load. You can find the annual fees relevant to your program on the specific degree page under the ‘fees’ section. The annual fee payable for your chosen program will also be outlined in your Offer of Admission.

Adelaide University will open in January 2026. Your studies will start at different times depending on what study period you’ve applied for. Adelaide University is currently using a semester model, which means most degrees start in Semester 1. Some degrees are also available to start in mid-year, sometimes with a different degree structure. 

Studies at Adelaide University typically commence in:  

February for Semester 1  
July for Semester 2.

Some degrees, such as the Bachelor of Medical Studies and Master of Business Administration, will have different starting dates. View the relevant degree page for more detail. 

For other key dates, including census dates and exam periods, you can view our Academic calendar. 

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Your study experience and support

Adelaide University sets you up for success in your studies – and your social life. You’ll have access to work placement and internship opportunities, overseas study tours and exchanges, networking events with guest speakers and more. Our campuses are equipped with purpose-built facilities including lecture theatres, libraries, workshops, laboratories, and spaces that simulate real work environments. These are all supported by the latest technologies and a 24/7 online learning platform with personalised study information and resources.

You’ll have everything you need to live well and thrive during your studies, with health services on campus, gymnasiums, technology zones and modern student lounges. Get involved in campus sport or join our student clubs that will connect you to your passions – and the people who share them.

Adelaide also has a variety of accommodation options to suit your individual requirements and budget, with options ranging from dedicated student accommodation to private rentals. One of the world’s most liveable cities, Adelaide has lots of leafy parks, gardens and social hubs – and some of the highest living standards globally. No matter where you are in Adelaide, you’re only a short distance from beaches, vineyards, museums, art galleries, restaurants, bars and parklands. Visit the accommodation web page to find out more.

Student services

We’re here to support you on your student journey. Adelaide University offers a range of support services and facilities, including:

Career advice and mentoring services
Personal counselling
LGBTQIA+ support
Academic support
Fees and finance help
Security services
Accommodation services
Common rooms
Prayer rooms.

You’ll also have unlimited access to our dedicated student support hub. Visit in-person or online, or contact our friendly team by phone. We can assist you with anything study-related including enrolment, identification cards, timetables, fees and more.

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You'll be studying at one of our renowned campuses, accessing cutting-edge facilities and contemporary study spaces.

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Study hours

Your courses will require a combination of different learning formats, including lectures, tutorials, workshops, seminars and practicals. Aside from your classes, you’ll also need to allocate additional time for independent study. This may include assignments, readings, projects and contributing to online discussion forums. As a rough guide, full-time studies may require 12-26 hours of class time and 14-18 hours of independent study per week.

Assessment

During your studies at Adelaide University, you’ll complete a mixture of practical, professional and research-based learning. Your assessment types will vary depending on the degree you’re studying, but may include:

Case studies
Essays and assignments
Examinations
Group projects
Internships and placements
Practicals
Presentations
Reports and project documentations
Research projects
Workplace and classroom contributions.

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