University Of Melbourne

The University’s business school finds its name amongst the top business schools of Australia as well as the Asia-Pacific. It is Australia’s oldest and debatably the most reputed business school.

Provider Information

MBS has been ranked as the Australia’s best business school according to the 2006 report of Financial Times. Mt. Eliza centre is an important part of MBS which takes care of Executive Education and programs related with Management Development. MBS emphasizes on a collaborative and pro-active study environment driven by cutting-edge business ideas, teaching material and cases which focus on issues concerning Australian, Asia-Pacific as well as various other regions.

MBS’s faculty is internationally qualified having a global perspective which allows students to acquire knowledge through top quality research and teaching programs. Business partnerships and alumni are an integral part of MBS. The school organizes various programs, events and exchange agreements with about 30 leading business schools of the world. The total student strength of MBS is around 595 with 138 of them being international students belonging to countries such as Belgium, Canada, Colombia, India, Belgium, China, Germany, Chile, Indonesia, Italy, Mauritius, Israel, Mexico, Malaysia,…

Major Areas Of Study

The primary curriculum subjects for MBS’s MBA program are:

• Accounting
• Marketing
• Managerial Economics
• Managing people showing high performance
• Public Policy and Economics
• Decisions with Data
• Managing processes
• Business Strategy
• Financial Management

Students can informally complete specialization in some discipline by choosing amongst 10 elective courses by selecting a specific one or a combination of them. Options for elective courses are:

• Strategy
• Accounting and Finance
• Governance and Competition
• Global Business Management
• Marketing
• Human Resources
• Organizations
• Economics and International Business
• Operations and Technology Management
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Students are required to complete 22 JD subjects, 10 MBA subjects and 4 elective courses for completing JD/MBA program. The compulsory programs of JD program are:

• Commercial law
• Constitutional law
• Administrative law
• Comparative law
• Criminal law
• Contract claims
• Evidence
• Corporations
• Dispute Management
• Fiscal law
• International law
• Legal Research
• Intellectual Property
• Private law
• Legal theory
• Public law
• Property Transactions
• Property law
• Trusts
• Torts

EMBA program spans the following four modules: Value creation, Value Determinants, Business Globalization, Implementation and Integration.

International Student Services

The Student Services office is dedicated towards assisting students with enrolment, administrative and general issues.

Accommodation

The University’s Student Housing Office assists students in matters concerned with securing accommodation according to their needs and budgets.

Orientation Meetings

Orientation meetings emphasize on introducing the students with each and the services and facilities of the University and methods on maximizing the learning experience. Various group activities and sessions are conducted for achieving these objectives.

Opportunities To Study Abroad

MBS helps students in developing their networks and skills by pursuing about a couple of terms in an overseas business school. MBS has agreements with 40 such prestigious business schools. Students from these institutes also come to Melbourne allowing for international networking and cultural interchange. Certain electives are specifically designed for some regions of the world only.

An innovative, global and progressive outlook distinguishes an MBS experience with all the others