Undergraduate | 2026

Bachelor of Business

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February, July
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3 year(s) full-time
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Hybrid
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BBUSI
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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 they fulfill any prerequisite and essential criteria for admission. In cases where there are more eligible applicants than available places, admission will be competitive with ranks based on the entry criteria.

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) in a higher education award program.

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
  • Qualify for special entry
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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. 

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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

Complete 144 units comprising:

  • 54 to 66 units for Core courses, and
  • Either:
  • 30 to 78 units for one Major from Major, or
  • 48 units from Discipline courses, and
  • 6 to 12 units from Work integrated learning, and
  • 6 to 36 units for Electives

Complete 54 to 66 units comprising:

  • 18 units from Common core, and
  • 36 to 48 units from Program core

Course name Course code Units
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UG Common Core 1
Course code
AUXX1000
Units
6
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UG Common Core 2
Course code
AUXX2000
Units
6
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UG Common Core 3
Course code
AUXX3000
Units
6

Course name Course code Units
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Accounting for Decision Makers
Course code
ACCT1000
Units
6
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Business Law
Course code
BUSI1001
Units
6
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Management, Organisations and Leadership
Course code
BUSI1002
Units
6
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Economics
Course code
ECON1001
Units
6
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Marketing Principles
Course code
MARK1000
Units
6
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Emerging Technologies, Data and Business Analytics
Course code
BUSI2001
Units
6
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Negotiation, Conflict Management and Resolution
Course code
BUSI2002
Units
6
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Strategic Management
Course code
BUSI3013
Units
6
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Principles of Economics
Course code
ECON1000
Units
6
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Digital Design Principles and Methods
Course code
GRAP1004
Units
6
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Research Methods in Media and Communication
Course code
MARK2002
Units
6
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Media Law, Policy and Ethics
Course code
MARK2003
Units
6
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Promotional Culture
Course code
MARK2102
Units
6
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Strategic Planning for Media and Communication
Course code
MARK3006
Units
6

Complete exactly 48 units from the following:

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

Complete 6 to 12 units from the following:

Course name Course code Units
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Australian eChallenge
Course code
BUSI1005
Units
6
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Business Lifecycles
Course code
BUSI2007
Units
6
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WIL (Procurement and Supply Chain Management)
Course code
BUSI2390
Units
6
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WIL/ Profession
Course code
BUSI2900
Units
6
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WIL / Profession
Course code
BUSI2901
Units
6
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Sport Practicum 1
Course code
SPOR2900
Units
6
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Strategic Communication in Practice
Course code
MARK3004
Units
6
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Integrated Marketing
Course code
MARK3900
Units
6
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Sport Practicum 2
Course code
SPOR3900
Units
6

Complete 6 to 36 units comprising:

  • 0 to 30 units from Free electives, and
  • 0 to 18 units from Program electives

Course name Course code Units
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Australian eChallenge
Course code
BUSI1005
Units
6
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Australian Tech eChallenge
Course code
BUSI1006
Units
6
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Course name
International Business Environment
Course code
IBUS2000
Units
6
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Course name
International Human Resource Management
Course code
IBUS2002
Units
6
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Course name
Business Lifecycles
Course code
BUSI2007
Units
6
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Technology Entrepreneurship
Course code
BUSI2026
Units
6
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Sustainability and Social Enterprise
Course code
BUSI3000
Units
6
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Corporate Entrepreneurship
Course code
BUSI3002
Units
6
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Innovation Strategy and Systems
Course code
BUSI3004
Units
6
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AI for Business transformation
Course code
BUSI3005
Units
6
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Negotiated Project
Course code
BUSI3009
Units
6
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Family Business Management
Course code
BUSI3021
Units
6
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Infrastructure and Sustainability
Course code
PROJ3005
Units
6
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Project Logistics and Supply Chains
Course code
PROJ3006
Units
6

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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. 

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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. 

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.

Your campus

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

This degree is offered at the following campus(es)

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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