Discovering a High-Quality MBA

A high-quality MBA program is one of the most popular means to accelerate your career path, but how do you know you are choosing the right MBA program?

Not all institutions are equal, they have different priorities and values, and offer different levels of support and resources. Here at AIB, our number one priority is the needs of our students, so they can excel and achieve their career ambitions fast.

As an online-first provider, our program is intentionally developed around the online student. We offer a comprehensive curriculum and a wide range of tools to help you succeed from your very first day in the program to your last.

	THE AIB ONLINE MBA	TRADITIONAL MBAs
Practicality	Assessments based on your workplace or business give you tangible plans and strategies to implement.	Generally, a heavy focus on academic theory and case studies on other companies.
Flexibility	100% online learning allows you to study when and where you like, fitting seamlessly around your life.	Having to work your schedule around their program.
Support	Dedicated advisors at every point of your journey, including a Course Advisor, Enrolment Advisor, Academic Skills Advisor, Referencing and Library Support Team.	Generally impersonal student and academic support (some offer “email only” support).
Faculty	Highly qualified and experienced faculty with demonstrable industry success, plus industry guest speakers from learning global organisations.	Often career academics with limited practical experience.
Heritage	Almost 40 years of heritage in MBA education, with over 15 years of online experience building programs intentionally developed for the online student.	Most have resisted moving online and have simply transferred in-person elements online as a reaction to the pandemic.
Learning Resources	Subjects have carefully designed weekly online modules to work though, are regularly reviewed by the academic team and input from leading industry professionals to ensure real-world relevance, practicality and integrity.	Due to high levels of bureaucracy and less available support for enhancing subjects, it typically takes a lot longer to implement changes to coursework

AIB’s MBA ranked among Top 5 in Australia and Top 25 in the World

AIB has once again confirmed its Tier 1 Global Status for the third consecutive year and has maintained its position as one of Australia’s top 5 online MBAs for the second year, ranking 25th globally in CEO Magazine’s 2024 Global MBA Rankings.

Using a ranking system entirely geared and weighted to fact-based criteria, these rankings have become a key indicator of excellence, providing potential students with a performance benchmark for schools under review.

AIB student’s and graduate’s satisfaction results

When compared to institutions across Australia, AIB outperforms the national average, not only in overall education experience but several other factors including learning resources, student support, skills development and teaching quality.

AIB significantly surpasses the national average.

Among 78 participating institutions, an impressive 92.7% of AIB graduates rated their postgraduate business & management experience for 2023 positively, significantly surpassing the national average of 83.3*%

The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) are government-endorsed surveys for higher education, capturing the student life cycle. The Graduate Outcomes Survey (GOS) is completed by graduates of Australian higher education institutions.

Read about our results here.

*Source: ComparEd and 2023 GOS National Report Tables

AIB surpasses student experience benchmarks in government-endorsed surveys

The Student Experience Survey (SES) is the only comprehensive survey of current higher education students in Australia. It focuses on aspects of the student experience that are measurable, linked with learning and development outcomes, and potentially able to be influenced by higher education institutions.

Based on 16,242 responses by postgraduate business and management students at 76 Australian universities and institutions, AIB outperformed the industry average across numerous student experience metrics.