Melbourne Business School Rankings

Program

Organisation

Year

Int'ntl ranking

MBA The Financial Times
 		2009 52
  The Economist Intelligence Unit
2008 26
 AFR Boss Magazine
2009 1
  CNN Expansion.Com
2009 25
EMBA The Financial Times
 		2008 45
Executive Education
 The Financial Times
 		2009 1 (Asia Pacific)
Executive Education
The Financial Times
 		2009 36
Executive Education (Customised Only)
The Financial Times
2009
45
Executive Education (Open Only)
The Financial Times
2009
41

 

WHY ARE RANKINGS SO IMPORTANT?

A number of organisations rank business schools around the world, using a variety of criteria.

The most well-known of these in Australia include the Financial Times (UK) , the Economist Intelligence Unit (UK) or the personalised ranking produced by TopMBA.com.

It tends to be true that higher ranked schools are going to attract better students and faculty members, and they're going to indicate something about the placement and career prospects of people from the program.

The rankings themselves are not as important as the underlying factors they measure.

One of these factors is student quality. A huge amount of the education that you get in the classroom is going to depend on the quality of the interactions that you have with other people.

Good programs ensure there is diversity in the classroom-industry, cultural and general life experience diversity.

Diversity is all about making sure that you get exposed to people that you can learn from. For example, some people in your class may have been involved in a corporate merger. Having someone in your group with this experience is a great learning opportunity for you.

You should also care about whether the people around you are bright-and that's where the GMAT comes in - it just makes learning so much more fun if your fellow students are quick, sharp, capable and competent.

These people are going to form your future network and because you care about the value of your education in 30 years time, you should also care about the network that you will take with you.

Jennifer George
Dean & Director
Melbourne Business School