While every graduate school likes to boast of its strengths, it is only when an independent and respected observer, such as The Economist, comes along and ranks it as one of the world's best business schools that both academia and the business community sit up and take notice. The Macquarie Graduate School of Management is clearly moving from strength to strength.
MGSM was ranked the best MBA programme in Asia and Australia by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2002, and 42nd worldwide. It was also ranked number one in the world for student quality, and came in second for personal development and educational experience.
Domestically, the Australian Financial Review Boss MBA Survey ranked the school's MBA programme as the best in the country. It was also ranked as one of the top 10 business schools in the Asia-Pacific region in the MBA Career Guide (2002-2001).
According to the Good Universities Guide to Business and Management Courses in Australia, MGSM graduates have earned the highest starting salaries for four years running. They have also received the highest category ranking for finding suitable employment for the past two years.
'Our outstanding international reputation has been built on our ability to provide leading-edge programmes, flexible in delivery, contemporary in content, and real world by nature,' Elizabeth More, director, MGSM, says.
'I believe that MGSM offers a truly world-class education that not only fulfils our mission to be the leader in management education across the Southeast Asian region but also positions our school as the logical choice for today's management professional.'