The University of South Australia (UniSA) is the largest university in the state of South Australia, consistently ranked amongst the world's best institutions and received five star rating for its M.B.A. program.

The UniSA International Graduate School of Business (IGSB) is one of Australia's largest graduate business schools, offering a top rated MBA degree program on campus in Adelaide or online. The online programs are delivered via the internet, students are not required to attend the University in Adelaide at any time during the course. It is offered in four study periods per year (each study period is 11 weeks).

IGSB offers the following MBA Specialisations:
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Health Management
- HR Management
- Information Systems
- Marketing
- Property Management
- Sustainable Business

The MBA is a 12 course program (core courses plus electives). Compulsory core courses for the MBA with Specialisation option are: Leadership Dynamics, Contemporary Management Skills, Creative and Accountable Marketing, Accounting for Decision Making, Leading and Managing People, Managerial Finance, and Competitive Strategy.

The Division of Business received accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development under its European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

Rankings:

- The university was placed among the World's Top 300 universities in the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, rated 299th globally in 2006 and 291st in 2007.

- The MBA program was rated 5-Star in the 2009 Good Universities Guide. It was the highest ranked program in South Australia and among Australia's top 10.

- IGSB's MBA program was ranked in the overall top 10, moving up the rankings to 6th overall, from 7th in the 2007 ranking (Australian Financial Review BOSS magazine's survey 2009).

- According to the Good Universities Guide 2009 rankings, it was awarded a maximum 5-star rating for the following categories:
     - size of management faculty
     - 'share of the Australian domestic market'
     - academic qualifications of its staff
     - 'share of the international market'
In addition it was rated 4-star for corporate links, for graduates 'chances of getting a job', and for the high proportion of female students in its MBA. The overall GMAA Ranking for 2009 is 5-Star.

- It is also the only b-school in Australia invited to be a member of the European Academy for Business in Society (EABIS).

- Ranked No. 1 Australian University for Management and Commerce Students, Australian Governments Department of Employment, Training & Youth Affairs (2001).

- Scoring 34 out of 40 stars, it is ranked as the Top Australian University for MBA and graduate management programmes in Australia (The Good Universities Guide 2004).

* Suggested Reading: Top Online MBA in Australia

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