The University of the South Pacific (USP) is an intergovernmental organisation and public research university. The University was established in 1968.

MBA Programme

The MBA Programme is consists of 12 courses.

These can be completed in one year study full-time, or two to four years of part-time. There are three trimesters.

The three trimesters are 12 weeks long; full-time students take four courses during each of these trimesters.

MBA Entry Requirements-

Bachelor’s degree from a recognized tertiary institution and a minimum of 3 years significant work experience in an executive or professional position involving considerable authority and decision making
or
Postgraduate certificate or postgraduate diploma from the Graduate School of Business, USP with a minimum GPA of 3.0 plus 5 years significant work experience in an executive or professional position involving considerable authority and decision making;
or

Have met the mature student admission criteria, which shall be judged on the basis of exceptional professional achievements

Fees -

Tuition Fee Structure
Entire programme Each course
Regional Students F$18,000.00 F$1,500.00
Per Annum
International Students F$28,875.00

Other costs are estimated as follows:

Housing (off campus, suitable
for families) FJ$4,800 ($400/month)
Food FJ$2,400 ($200/month)
General Living Expenses (
transportation, etc) FJ$1,000 ($100/month)
University General Service
Fees FJ$100($33.33/Trimester)
Books FJ$1,500 (estimate)

MBA Curriculum-

The following 11 core units are compulsory in the MBA programme, and an elective course has to be done from one of the electives or MBA425 can be done which is supervised independent research.

Core units:

MBA 431: Quantitative Business Analysis
MBA 432: Accounting for Decision Making
MBA 433: Management of Information
MBA 434: South Pacific Business Environment
MBA 435: Organisational Behaviour
MBA 436: Finance
MBA 437: Marketing
MBA 438: Operations and Quality Management
MBA 439: Business Economics
MBA 440: Strategic Management
MBA 423: Human Resource Management

Electives: Every student can take one elective course of his/her choice. The elective permits students to pursue their own interests. They may be selected from: electives offered by the MBA Programme, courses offered by other postgraduate programmes at USP, and supervised independent study.

MBA Electives :

MBA 430: Special Topics in Business Administration
MBA 421: New Venture Creation
MBA 422: Financial Institutions and Markets
MBA 425: Independent Study
MBA 441: International Marketing
MBA 442: Services Marketing and Management
MBA 443: E-Marketing for Managers

Students may also select elective units from the list of postgraduate units offered by the Faculty of Business and Economics(FBE) such as:

AF 420: Financial Statement Analysis
AF 433: Advanced Studies in Financial Accounting
DG 410: Development Theories and Alternatives
DG 413: Special Topics in Development Studies
DG 414: Rule of Law
DG 415: Urbanisation, Development and Urban Planning
DG 416: Development Internship
EC 408: International Finance and Development
EC 412: Economics of Governance and Institutions
MG 401: Industrial Relations
MG 404: Human Behavior in the Context of Work and Organisations
MG 405: Management in the Context of Development
MG 406: Special Topics in Management: Risk Management
MG 409: Commercialisation, Corporatisation and Privitisation
MG 410: Consumer Behavior
MG 411: Project Management
MG 412: Supply Chain Management
LM 401: Urban Land Economics
LM 402: Property Investment and Development Analysis
TS 401: Perspectives on International Tourism

Contact address

University of the South Pacific
Suva
Fiji