Student testimonial - Recent Graduates

"A bit over a year after my completion of the course, I found myself in the midst of the worst financial crises ever. However, the year I spent in this course provided me with skill sets that I could 100% use. I have secured a full time permanent role in Institutional Banking and it requires the understanding of the economy, and good analytical writing skills. All of which I believe I gained through the completion of my undergraduate studies in Bio Medical Science, and my graduate studies in this course. The variety of subjects and the exposure I obtained has helped open up a whole new career path which prepared me in any roles in the industry.  I strongly recommend anyone who would like to follow a non-scientific pathway without foregoing what they have learnt during their scientific studies."

Andrew Lim
Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology) student

"I think that two of the leading benefits of this course is both the breadth and specificity that it provides. Breadth in that various aspects of business are covered, providing you with a macro view of the business world, and ensuring that you have an understanding of numerous areas. Specificity is addressed within specific subjects and assessments, providing a micro understanding of areas that are relevant for commercialising science and technology. The practical experience that was gained in the commercialisation project allows industry experience to be developed in a real world environment, with the support of course leaders. This aspect really allows you to grow your understanding of the industry, with industry experienced lecturers educating and encouraging you along the way. Your skills and practical knowledge will greatly advance during the year, complementing your previous knowledge base and definitely putting you in a fantastic position to begin your career in this industry."

Emmanuel Churchley
Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology) student

"With employers seeking the most talented and skilled graduates, it is important to complete studies in areas that give you the best possible chance of being employed. This course does just that. A very intense and challenging year; the course bridges the gap between science and engineering related disciplines and essential business knowledge. Employees view this niche set of skills very highly. The course was everything I expected from a Masters program and I wasn't disappointed."

Caner Gurses
Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology) Student

The course has given me the fundamental business, economic, legal, marketing and management skills required to contribute to the process of commercialisation.Its core objective was to expose us to industry to utilise our theory and skills in a practical sense via a commercialisation project which ran concurrently with our theory units throughout the year. This experience clearly highlighted the differences between expectations from industry and academia, also better preparing us for employment.

The course equipped me with knowledge and skills which allow me to bridge the gap between researchers and industry or other external organisations such as government agencies. Together with providing me with a broad understanding of concepts in research, management and strategy, it expanded my planning skills and developed my critical thinking and communication skills.

I would definitely recommend it to any science or technology graduate who enjoyed their course yet feels unsure about taking the research path. This course opens the doors to many and varied employment opportunities.

Maree Agiazis
Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology) Student

"The Masters of Business (Commercialising Science & Technology) course has been skilfully put together by both Nick Birrell and Michael Vitale, and is exceptionally well taught by a broad range of highly experienced lecturers. The course provides it students with the knowledge and hands on experience that differentiates them in the workforce and makes them more attractive to employers. What attracted me to this course was the broad spectrum of subjects on offer, the challenging nature in how the course was run, and the link that it creates between business and science. Whilst highly demanding, I found the course extremely interesting and enjoyed it thoroughly. If you have completed a Science or Technology degree, and have a keen interest in business, then there is no better course that bridges these two very different areas. I am currently working for Novus Capital Ltd in their Melbourne Office. I work in the corporate wing (Novus Capital Partners Pty Ltd) which specialises in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, and corporate advisory services. My main line of work specialises in the small to medium sized technology, mining and engineering companies in Novus’s portfolio”.

Ben Yeo
Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology) Student

Master of Business (Commercializing Science and Technology) is an ingeniously designed program that provides Science and Technology students an insight into how wealth can actually be generated from these two aspects. It offers a range of relevant units including intellectual property law, business law, economics, management, marketing, accounting and finance, which constitute the imperative elements required on the commercialization pathway from science to wealth. Skills and knowledge acquired through these units represent the missing pieces that complete the jigsaw puzzle of accomplishing a real-life commercialization project, which forms the most crucial part of the entire Master course. It essentially provides students a valuable opportunity to experience working in a dynamic and challenging environment where they interact closely with scientists, entrepreneurs and, to a certain extent, government authorities, to progressively forward the commercialization project to the next level. A successful completion of this Master of Business course is an enrichment of substantial value-added gains to a primary Science/Technology degree. It nurtures a unique set of qualitative attributes much sought after by employers, and it shall duly grant the graduates an edge over today’s competitive knowledge workers.

Wan Ru
Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology) Student

Since graduating from the MBus course, I have worked as an assistant business development manager for a financial planners group, and was part of the cardiovascular account management team at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Currently I'm working as a business development and project manager at Adrenalin, a communications agency that creates medical education programs for GPs and produces medical writing and promotional material for new drugs on the market. On a part time basis I'm also heading the finance team for a youth charity event sponsored by the Department of Education & Early Childhood Development.

Petrina Davidson
Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology) student

After the culmination of the SWC program, I moved up to Sydney for 4 months with the venture firm Innovation Capital. It was an outstanding experience and I worked closely with the investment team on deals that varied from a device to prevent the oxidation of wine to text analytics software. In particular, working with an incredible team of colleagues and a few startup CEOs, I learned first hand about the challenges associated with starting a company (and gained some great friends along the way). After travelling through Queensland, Tasmania and New Zealand, I returned to Melbourne to work with Professor Vitale on a study examining Australia's scientific and commercialization "output". I am still working to finalize the results into a presentation and paper, but had a great experience trying to pin down and quantify the challenges associated with starting ventures in Australia. I moved home to California in June and began reconnecting with friends and colleagues in the Bay Area. After spending a month working at Stanford Sierra Camp near Lake Tahoe as a kids group counsellor, I moved to San Diego to start a job with ResMed, an Australian medical device company. Working on the channel architecture and marketing/product management teams, I am examining the sleep apnoea treatment process with an eye toward boosting patient awareness, diagnosis and overall "experience". Taking an entrepreneurial approach to the project, I am leveraging everything I learned at Monash to come up with effective (yet feasible) ideas..

Ben Fohner
Master of Business (Commercialising Science and Technology) student