Unknown Top MBA Schools
When you think of the top MBA schools in the World, you probably think of Harvard Business School, London School of Economics, or any other elite institution.
To some it may come as a surprise that some of the top MBA schools are actually Australian, and they rank among the top 100 business schools in the world. For instance, back in 2002 four Australian Universities were ranked among the top 100 MBA schools according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s World MBA. These were Melbourne, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, AGSM, and Mt Eliza Business School.
The Australian School of Business (ranked 32 in 2009) and Melbourne Business School (ranked 52 in 2009), according to the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings.
Australian School of Business AGSM MBA
The AGSM MBA is the oldest program in Australia and it is constantly in the list of the best MBA schools Worldwide according to respected MBA school ranking publications.
The Australian School of Business has been the first higher education institution in Australia to be accredited by the AACSB. AACSB International accreditation is a trademark of distinction in management and business higher education. It stands for the highest canon of accomplishment for business schools and top MBA colleges Worldwide.
The Australian School of Business is also the largest business school Down Under. It is made up of the following schools:
- School of Accounting
- School of Actuarial Studies
- School of Business Law and Taxation
- School of Banking and Finance
- School of Economics
- School of Information Systems, Technology and Management
- School of Marketing
- School of Organization & Management
- School of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Top MBA Program Rankings
- The MBA is placed 1st in Australia and 6th best of non-us MBAs (Forbes 2007).
- The Executive programs is placed 1st in Australia by the Financial Times (2002-2006).
- The AGSM open programs is placed 1st in Australia (FT 2007).
- UNSW is a top research university being awarded the maximum 5-star for seven key performance indicators, including research grants, research intensivity, student-staff ratio, staff qualifications, cultural diversity, graduate starting salary and positive graduate outcomes. (Good Universities Guide 2009).
- The Executive MBA programme is placed 1st in Australia.
- The full time MBA is ranked 1st in Australia and among the top 40 Worldwide in the Financial Times 2009 rankings of Worldwide full time MBA courses.
- No. 1 in highest median starting salaries for first degree business graduates in the country (Good Universities Guide 2009).
- The M.B.A. has been placed 1st in Australia, according to the Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) BOSS magazine.
- The MBA program is ranked number one in Australia and in Asia, by Forbes in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007.
- Rated 1st out of 1087 institutions Worldwide for accounting research in the June 2007 edition of the international journal Accounting and Finance.
