Southern Cross University and NSBM Partnership

Your Australian Business Degree in partnership with NSBM, Sri Lanka

Southern Cross University Australia and the National School of Business Management (NSBM) in Sri Lanka have partnered to offer an international business degree pathway delivered in Colombo.

Through this collaboration, students begin their Bachelor of Business at NSBM’s Green University Town and, upon successful completion of Year 1, transition into the second and third years of Southern Cross University's program.

You'll get to study locally and graduate globally, earning an internationally recognised Australian qualification, without the need to study abroad.

About NSBM Green University Town

Located just 20km from Colombo, the campus is home to modern facilities, industry partnerships and a vibrant student community across business, IT, engineering and science.

NSBM Green University is the first ever green university in South Asia and sets an example for the whole South Asia by paving the way for environmental sustainability. The university is open for both national and international student community and it has turned a new chapter in Sri Lankan higher education.

IT'S BUSINESS.

But not as usual

This is a business degree built for the real world - where marketing, human resources and management aren’t electives, they’re essentials. From your first term, you’ll work on real business case studies and build the skills employers actually want. With 6-week terms, professional accreditation, and 93% graduate employment*, this is business, reinvented.

Start your business career at a Top 500 University (THE 2026) that's transforming tomorrow.

It's Business Reinvented. Built for how business actually works. No early majors. No choice overload.

Learn with Industry from Day One. Real projects. Real businesses. From your first term.

Future-Ready Skills. AI, analytics, sustainability. For jobs that don’t exist yet.

Globally Connected. Study in Japan, the UK, or the US. Intern globally.

No Boring Lectures. Practical assessments with interactive learning. 6-week terms. Higher GPAs.

Designed for Employment. Created with industry. 93% grad employment.* 5-star teaching.^

Why choose Business with Southern Cross?

Top 2 in Australia

We're No.2 nationally for Skills Development and Student Support in Business and Management.

(UG, Good Universities Guide 2026)

Graduate employment

Southern Cross has 93% graduate employment in Business and Management (PG, GUG 2025)

Innovative approach to learning

Since our six-week terms were implemented, our students have achieved higher grades than ever before.

Average student grade point averages (GPAs) increased considerably between 2019-2023.

Accessible and affordable

You'll gain an affordable pathway to an Australia degree.

Course structure

*NSBM students completing the Bachelor of Science in Management will receive Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for the following units in the Southern Cross University Bachelor of Business.*

Unit	Unit Code	Unit	Unit Code
Financial Literacy for Business	ACCT1001	Economics for Decision Making	ECON1001
A Culture of Dialogue	COMM1005	Introduction to Business Analytics	STAT1001
A Culture of Enquiry	COMM1004	Introduction to Business Law	LEGL1003
Business Practice and Impact	BUSN1008	Applied Artificial Intelligence	COMP1005

Year 2		Year 3
Course	Unit Code	Course	Unit Code
Marketing and Sales	MRKT1002	Strategic Marketing	MRKT3001
Finance for Business	ACCT2007	Competitive Strategy	BUSN3001
Digital Marketing Strategies	MRKT2007	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	BUSN3003
Service Design Thinking	BUSN2010	Understanding the Business Environment	HRMT2001
International Business	BUSN3004	Innovation Ecosystems	BUSN3010
Organisational Stakeholder Management	HRMT2002	Sustainable Business Management	BUSN3002
Consumer Behaviour	HRMT2001	Professional Work Experience (double weighted) - Capstone	BUSN3012
Professional Development for the Workplace	BUSN2001

Dr John Haw explains what's new in the Bachelor of Business degree at Southern Cross University.

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Have any questions, contact us:

nsbm@scu.edu.au

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