Macquarie University

Macquarie University

When you successfully complete the Aspire Diploma of Business, you may choose to articulate to the second year of a three-year Bachelor of Business Administration or a Bachelor of Commerce at the Macquarie Business School.

About Macquarie Business School

The Macquarie Business School at Macquarie University rethinks, reimagines and rewrites the rules of business – so its community of students, staff, alumni and partners can find purpose and collaborate to deliver solutions and ideas with global impact.

The Macquarie Business School takes a progressive, cross-disciplinary approach to research and education that unlocks industry’s potential to drive beneficial change and sustainable outcomes in the world. Together, with your ambition and its support, you can shape the future.

That’s you to the power of us.  

Macquarie University is in the top 1% of universities, according to World University Rankings (QS 2025 and Times Higher Education 2025).

Macquarie Business School Degree Pathway Options

Students entering the Bachelor of Business Administration or the Bachelor of Commerce at the Macquarie Business School with a completed Aspire Diploma of Business may receive a maximum of 80 credit points credit (equivalent to up to one year of study). They need to have successfully completed the diploma with minimum CGPA of 2.7 out of 5.0 and an IELTS score of 6.5, with no band less than 6.0.

Both domestic and international students will have the same credit recognition.

Bachelor of Business Administration (CRICOS code: 027343K), with majors in:

  • Business Administration
  • Management and Leadership
  • Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

or

Bachelor of Commerce (CRICOS code: 048246D), with majors in:

  • Accounting
  • Business Information Systems
  • Economics
  • Human Resource Management
  • International Business
  • Marketing
  • Marketing Insights and Consumer Analytics
  • Finance (will take 2.5 years)

Macquarie University’s CRICOS provider number is 00002J.

Learn more about Recognition of Prior Learning at Macquarie University.

Note: the credit recognition arrangements above are only a guide and do not guarantee admission into the Macquarie University course.

View the agreement between Aspire Institute (referred to as ICMS) and Macquarie University:

Pathway Programs


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