Australian Business Schools

Griffith University Business School

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) course of study is currently considered among Australia's best, obtaining a 5 star rating, 6 years running.

The Griffith School of Business mission is to stand out as a supplier of top notch, cross disciplinary and internationally relevant business and public sector training and research, accentuating the relationship between business and society in creating sustainable enterprises and communities.

 Giffith Business School believes in the following:

• Sustainable commercial enterprise practises.  Advancing social, fiscal and environmentally friendly solutions that'll benefit the coming generations.
• Driving change. Working with industry, supporting their strong research culture, and developing domestic and international partnerships to keep step with the worldwide business environment.
• Creative leadership. Affording students the skills to formulate improved solutions for contemporary and future problems, here and overseas.

La Trobe University School of Business

La Trobe University business courses have a solid foundation in fundamental principles, while still having the flexibility to focus on particular areas of interest and career choice.

 The School offers:

•  A wide choice of majors and specialisations, in addition to twenty double-degree combinations.
• International and domestic industry connections and involvements that filter through to course content.
• The right blend of practical and theoretical learning, together with a teaching philosophy that promotes thinking outside the square.
• A common 1st year for all Business courses that allows opportunities for students to change to other related courses after the 1st year.
• Faculty members with impressive domestic and international experience - including 3 of the world’s top economists.
• An enviable international reputation for research. Staff are highly considered for their participation in research, policy development, in addition to  their involvement in important industry associations and conferences.
• Outstanding learning resources and student support services, including one of the finest libraries in the Southern Hemisphere, academic skills assistance and important online resources.
• A supportive learning and study environment. Class sizes are smaller than in many other institutions.
• Academic staff who work closely with students to facilitate learning outcomes. Lecturers and tutors also have regular consultation times to offer one-to-one assistance for individual academic problems.
• Important professional accreditation together with strong career results and customised employment assistance.

Macquarie Graduate School of Management

Established at MacQuarie University in 1969, the Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM), is the longest continuously running business school in New South Wales, Australia.

With campuses in Sydney CBD, Singapore and Hong Kong, the School has gained an enviable reputation as one of Australasia's leading centres of excellence in management training. The School is ranked 74th worldwide for its full time MBA program (Economist Intelligence Unit, Which MBA?, 2005 Global Full-Time MBA Rankings), and in the top 35 business schools worldwide for executive training (London Financial Times, 2005).

Around 1,800 postgraduate students are currently enrolled in postgraduate programs supported by some 40 full-time and approximately 20 part-time highly qualified staff.

MacQuarie Graduate School of Management's all-encompassing suite of postgraduate, executive and custom-made corporate training programmes address a wide range of modern day relevant subject areas, providing participants a chance to specialise in the area of their choice or to acquire skills for general management.

The School is also noted for its innovative and progressive approach to management training. By relating practical, 'real-world' experience with contemporary management theories and principles from around the world, MGSM supplies executives with a learning experience that exceeds the traditional bounds of a business school.

Queensland University of Technology - Business School

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) takes a real-world focus that has gained them a solid reputation for working successfully with business, industry and the community.

Queensland University of Technology is a world class university:

•  QUT ranks in the top two hundred universities in the world (UK Times Higher Education Supplement 2006), and ranks seventieth in the world Technology University ranking;
• QUT received two Awards for Australian University Teaching and eight Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2006;
• Highly qualified teaching staff includes practising professionals, bringing the boardroom into the classroom.

Internationally Recognised Business School:

•  QUT’s Faculty of Business has joined a select group of international business schools, having secured AMBA accreditation for their MBA programs and EQUIS and AACSB international accreditation for all Business courses. They're the first business school in Australia to achieve this esteemed ‘triple crown’.  Less than thirty business schools around the world hold all 3 accreditations.
• Only Queensland Master in Business Administration program (and one of only 3 Australian programs) to have ever been listed in the FT Top 100 rankings (in 2004 at no. 82).
• Ranked as a top tier Australian MBA program by Australian Financial Review BOSS magazine in 2005/06.
• The Faculty of Business is among the largest and most respected business faculties in Australia, with over 7,200 students enrolled each semester.
• QUT also attracts more than 1200 international students from over 50 countries.

Leaders in Research:

• QUT's MBA was the first Queensland MBA to be ranked in the Financial Times Global Top 100 programs in 2004, among only three in Australia to make the list. In 2005, it was ranked as a top tier Australian MBA program by AFR BOSS magazine.
  
• MAA has rated the QUT MBA as among Australia's five star programs for the four consecutive years (2002-2005).
• Asia-Inc magazine, in their annual 2004 rankings of Asia-Pacific MBA programs, rated QUT’s MBA program in the top four in Australia, and in 2001 it ranked their MBA third in Australia (tenth in Asia) for Student Quality.
• In the past 5 years, QUT’s Faculty of Business has performed strongly in national competitive grants awarded by the Australian Research Council. In 2006, the Faculty was placed first in the Business and Management category for all forms of Australian Research Council Grants and fourth in Econometrics.
  

Other achievements include:

•  QUT’s MBA was the first Queensland MBA to be ranked in the Financial Times Global Top 100 programs in 2004, one of only three in Australia to make the list. In 2005, it was ranked as a top tier Australian MBA program by AFR BOSS magazine.
• GMAA has rated the QUT MBA as one of Australia's 5 star programs for the 4 consecutive years (2002-2005).
  
• Asia-Inc magazine, in their annual 2004 rankings of Asia-Pacific MBA programs, rated QUT’s MBA program in the top 4 in Australia, and in 2001 it ranked their MBA third in Australia (10th in Asia) for Student Quality.
• Asiaweek magazine in May 2000, ranked Brisbane Graduate School of Business (part of QUT) fourth in Australia and seventeenth in Asia for their full-time MBA.

University of Wollongong Graduate School of Business

The Graduate School of Business has campuses at the University of Wollongong and Sydney Business School. The School offers a range of postgraduate business courses and provides professionally focused executive education programs and specially tailored short courses to external clients. Its degrees are also offered at the University of Wollongong, Dubai.

Their hallmark is their strong concentration on leadership and their commitment to developing in students the ability to negotiate complex business environments. The School's programs of study are challenging and academically rigorous. They expect their students to think strategically and present cohesive, well researched ideas and arguments.

The Graduate School of Business has a strong and dynamic faculty committed to excellence in teaching and research, and to strengthening their links with industry, business and government.

The Graduate School of Business has built a strong research focus with diverse interests across business related disciplines. The School also has three principal research centres; the Centre for Health Services Development, the Centre for Supply Chain Management and the Centre for Governance and Ethics in Business.