Regulation and Compliance - B6037
Master's degree
Few areas of modern business present the opportunity for positive change quite like regulation and compliance. It’s a complex and ever-changing environment, characterised by innovative disruption – where the future is always firmly in focus and sustainable, socially responsible ways of doing business are essential.
This degree brings your own future career into focus too, as you build on critical skills that are so vital for effective corporate governance, long-term social value and sustainable business growth.
MAKE YOUR NEXT MOVE
Throughout the program, you’ll learn how to establish, implement and manage game-changing regulatory compliance programs across a broad range of industries. You’ll discover how to better recognise risks – and draw on international best practice and the latest regulatory technologies to find practical solutions to real-world issues. Guided by the insights and experience of world-renowned business law experts, you’ll develop a greater awareness of your own ability to make an impact.
There are all kinds of ways for you to make that impact, too. The program is tailored for flexibility – so you choose from a range of discipline-specific electives, or focus on a specific area of regulation and compliance. These include banking and finance, sustainability and environment, global enterprise, contemporary business, and employment regulation, management and risk.
ELEVATE YOUR EXPERTISE
By the time you complete the program, you’ll have given your career a dynamic edge establishing yourself as an innovative, insightful thinker in the regulation and compliance space, who’s more than able to lead the business world forward – while protecting and empowering people and positively contributing to the environment and broader society.
Ready to make a real difference – and give your career a critical edge as you go?
At a glance
Course Details
Location |
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Duration |
1 or 1.5 years full-time, depending on prior qualifications and/or professional experience. See entry requirements. |
Start date |
First semester (February) and Second semester (July) |
Qualification |
Master of Regulation and Compliance |
Alternative exits |
Entry Requirements
You need to satisfy the following entrance requirements to be considered for entry to this course.
Minimum Entry Requirements (International students)
Qualifications
| Entry level 1: 72 points to complete (1.5 years full-time, 3 years part-time) | An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) with a major or minor** in a cognate discipline* with at least a high credit (65%) average or equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA). OR An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) and at least two years of relevant professional experience***. |
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| Entry level 2: 48 points to complete (1 year full-time, 2 years part-time) |
An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) with a major or minor** in a cognate discipline* with at least a high credit (65%) average or equivalent Grade Point Average (GPA) and Australian graduate certificate / honours degree (or equivalent). OR An Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent) with a major or minor** in a cognate discipline* and two years relevant professional experience*** |
*Cognate disciplines include: arts, business, commerce, economics, engineering, law, management, humanities, science or social science disciplines
**A minor is at least four units (equivalent to 24 Monash credit points).
***Applicants applying on the basis of work experience are required to provide a detailed curriculum vitae, outlining their employment history and professional experience.
English entry requirements
Level A
| IELTS (Academic): 6.5 Overall score, with minimum band scores: Listening 6.0, Reading 6.0, Writing 6.0 and Speaking 6.0 | or | Pearson Test of English (Academic): 58 Overall score, with minimum scores: Listening 50, Reading 50, Speaking 50 and Writing 50 | or | TOEFL Internet-based test: 79 Overall score, with minimum scores: Reading 13, Listening 12, Speaking 18 and Writing 21 | or | Equivalent approved English test |
University entrance requirements
Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.
The course is structured in two parts. Part A. Mastery knowledge and Part B. Electives.
Alternative exits
You may exit this course early and apply to graduate with one of the following awards, provided you have satisfied the requirements for that award during your enrolment in this master's course:
- Graduate Certificate of Business (B4001) after successful completion of 24 credit points of study with a minimum of 18 credit points at level 4 or above.
- Graduate Diploma of Business (B5001) after successful completion of 48 credit points of study with a minimum of 36 credit points at level 4 or above.
Partner with another course
Double degree courses allow you to study towards two different degrees at the same time, and graduate with two separate qualifications. And because a required subject in one course can count as an elective in the other, our double degrees take up to two years less than if you studied for the two degrees separately.
Making the application
Future students
Current Monash students
You may apply to transfer from another Monash course. Transfers are a competitive process. You may apply mid-year for available courses however consideration will be given as to whether you will be able to follow your course progression.
Please note that if you apply for a course transfer, you should still enrol in your current course as if you were continuing so as not to jeopardise your enrolment in the Faculty if your transfer application is unsuccessful. More about Course Transfer...
Self assess for credit eligibility
Check for study credit using the "Credit search" link on the Credit for prior study page
Fees
Fees are subject to change annually.
International fee
Fees are per 48 credit points which represents a standard full-time course load for a year. The fees for 2025 are:
A$56,800
Scholarships
We offer over 360 types of scholarships, valued at up to $280,000. Some scholarships offer one-off payments while others continue for the length of your course. Learn more about Monash Scholarships.
Other costs and fees
For information on other study costs and fees, see other study costs.
Enrolment Obligations
International students enrolling in a CRICOS-registered course can study no more than one third (33%) of their course by distance and/or online learning. Students must enrol in at least one unit that is not by distance and/or online in each compulsory study period unless the student is completing the last unit of their course. See standard 8.19 and 8.20 of National Code of Practice for Providers of Education and Training to Overseas Students 2018.
CRICOS code: 112903G
International course guides
If you are an international student and wish to find out more about our courses, entry requirements, studying at Monash and more, please download our international course guides below.
International Study Grants
