1. Melbourne Business School by Melbourne University

Melbourne Business School (MBS) is a graduate business school of the University of Melbourne in Australia. The School offers an MBA, specialist Masters, doctoral, and executive education programs. MBS began teaching in 1955 when the University of Melbourne offered Australia’s first residential executive education program in the summer of that year. Its first Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree was awarded in 1965, which was also the first MBA degree awarded in Australia. MBS was ranked number 3 globally for marketing program in 2017.

One of the world’s largest surveys of business schools, the QS World University Rankings rates various degrees and universities by region and specialisation.

Our Executive MBA degree was placed in the top five in the Asia Pacific region, alongside INSEAD in Singapore and CEIBS in Shanghai, as well as the best in the country.

The Executive MBA is designed for experienced managers who want to complete an MBA degree without putting their career on hold. Students stay on-site at Melbourne Business School for 17 long-weekend modules over 18 months, as well as one week in Asia.

The program requires a minimum of five years’ experience in management, as well as an undergraduate degree.

Business is changing faster than ever before, so business schools need to make sure the way they deliver degrees and training programs, as well as what they teach, is up to date,” Professor Harper said.

“At Melbourne Business School, we pride ourselves on staying connected to the business community to make sure our education programs meet the demands of corporate Australia and the world.”

In the past year, QS has refined the way it compiles Executive MBA rankings by taking into account a school’s reputation among academics and employers, demographic of the cohort and the uplift of salary after graduation.

2. University of New South Wales

The Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) is a postgraduate management and business school that is part of the UNSW Business School in Australia. The School offers general management, executive and leadership development programs. For many years the school’s MBA program has been ranked by the Financial Times as the best in Australia. Despite being the second best business school in Australia behind Melbourne Business School. The school remains a member of Asia-Pacific’s top 10 in this year’s regional MBA rankings.

3. Monash University

Melbourne’s Monash Business School at Monash University is the only institution on this list to hold the much-coveted ‘triple crown’ in accreditation, by dint of the fact that only two business schools in Australia currently hold AMBA accreditation – where criteria for a school’s MBA students to hold at least three years of prior work experience even rules out many of the big hitters in the US.

The Monash MBA program is most often completed over two years – a structure that has been designed to allow students the option to combine working with studying.

4. RMIT University

RMIT University’s Graduate School of Business and Law is part of the RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology). The MBA program is usually completed in 1.5 to 2 years, although there is a possibility to progress more quickly should you wish to be granted ‘advanced standing’. There’s also an option to study in Ho Chi Minh City at RMIT Vietnam.

5. University of Technology, Sydney

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia. The university was founded in its current form in 1988. As of 2018, UTS enrolls 45,930 students, including 33,070 undergraduate and 12,860 postgraduate students through its 9 faculties and schools. The university is regarded as one of the world’s leading young universities (under 50 years old), ranked 1st in Australia and 10th in the world by the 2019 QS World University Rankings.