Combining studies in applied sciences and business management, this degree is designed to prepare graduates for changing roles as they progress through their scientific career and into management roles.

Your management degree will give you a broad knowledge base of business, and the applied science component will allow you to specialise in one of six majors, giving you the flexibility to create an individualised degree.

You will have the technical skills of a practising scientist, as well as the business skills to be an effective manager and leader: a highly attractive combination for employers.

Career Outcomes

A double degree broadens your career options and gives you a competitive edge.

With this range of transferable proficiencies and technical skills, RMIT science graduates are highly sought after.

You may choose to enter the commercial sector, pursue a career in teaching, or opt to continue your academic career in research at a master or PhD level.

Your journey in science could lead you to become the next molecular gastronomist, a materials chemist, a nuclear physicist, or perhaps even the next Nobel Laureate.

Depending on your area of study and your interests you could end up working in:

• analytical laboratories
• medical and research laboratories
• renewable energy organisations
• chemical processing plants
• educational institutions
• government organisations
• not-for-profit organisations
• environmental consultancies.

Graduates are successful nationally and overseas. Many hold key positions in public and private industry, research organisations and government departments.

The management degree allows you to move into fields like research management, technical services management, or science business development. The diversity of successful graduates reflects the breadth of the course.

Professional recognition and accreditation

Depending on your area of specialisation, on completion of the degree you may be eligible for membership of one or more of the following professional associations: 

• The Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
• Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST)
• Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand (EIANZ)
• Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
• Australian Institute of Physics (AIP)
• The Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM)

As a student, you may be eligible for student membership of a number of professional membership associations including: 

• Australian Biotechnology Association 
• Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
• Australian Institute of Environmental Health 
• Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology (AIFST) 
• Australian Science Communicators 
• Australian Water Association 
• Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
• Nutrition Australia 
• Royal Australian Chemical Institute
• Australian Institute of Physics