Brisbane Graduate School of Business - Brisbane - Australia

Brisbane Graduate School of Business

QUT’s Brisbane Graduate School of Business (BGSB) is home to ‘Australia’s Innovative MBA’ and provides well structured courses to help prepare you with the management skills needed to contribute effectively at senior levels.

World Class MBA
BGSB has officially moved into the top echelon of Australian MBA programs by becoming the first in Australia, and one of only a few globally, to earn all three international accreditation symbols of excellence
- AACSB International, AMBA, and EQUIS.

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 have made the list. In 2005, it was ranked as a top tier Australian MBA program by Australian Financial Review’s BOSS magazine.

Australia’s Innovative MBA
The innovative structure and curriculum of the MBA program is unique in Australia and allows students greater choice and flexibility when designing their course. Each MBA unit is conducted over a seven week teaching period. There are six teaching periods a year (two per semester), and six entry points each year. Students may choose to have time off over the summer, or take a break for a teaching period or two depending on their workload.
• 17 subject areas in the core that are essential to employers. How do we know - we asked them!
• Half-semester core and elective units which allows coverage of more core areas and sampling of elective subject areas.
• An MBA with minors, concentrations, and majors.

By undertaking the shorter, sharper units, our students cover a wider range of core units and have a greater choice of electives, giving them more depth than a standard MBA and a distinct career advantage.

Entrepreneurial Expertise
We are renowned for our Entrepreneurship program. We have offered Australia’s first and most comprehensive MBA concentration and major since 1998, and have one of the largest list of entrepreneurship offerings in the country, if not internationally. But the fact that we include entrepreneurship and new venture planning in the core units indicates something more - that we regard entrepreneurship as a necessary item in the toolkit of the modern business decision maker.

Career Progression
Finally, our graduates make an impact. Our Financial Times ranking saw use listed no. 8 in the world for Career Progression and our average graduate salary increase was 165% after completing the MBA.

Further Information
Visit our web site www.bgsb.qut.edu.au to find out more about the QUT business advantage.