Macquarie Graduate School of Management
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| Established | 1969 |
| Type | Public |
| Dean | Dr Robert Widing |
| Academic staff | 100+ |
| Students | 750+ |
| Location | Sydney, Australia |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.mgsm.edu.au |
Macquarie Graduate School of Management (MGSM) is a graduate business school based on the campus of Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and associated with the University's Faculty of Business and Economics. Established in 1969, MGSM is one of Australia's oldest and most established business schools and is consistently ranked a leading graduate business school in the Asia Pacific region as ranked by the QS Global 200 Business Schools Report attaining the ranking of 11th in 2010[1] and 7th in 2009[2] the school was ranked 7th in the Asia Pacific region. The School is also affiliated with the UNICON group, a group consisting of some of the most prestigious business schools in the world including the Harvard Business School and Oxford Said Business School.[3] The school offers full and part-time MBA and doctoral programs, as well as many executive and corporate education programs.
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[edit] Programs
Offering a range of programs in Sydney, Singapore and Hong Kong, MGSM's comprehensive suite of management programs are innovative and practical and include:
- Postgraduate Programs - including the MBA.
- Research Programs - including the DBA.
- Executive Education Programs - open enrollment programs.
- Customised Corporate Programs - degree and non-degree programs.
MGSM has two campuses in Sydney, one at Macquarie University in Macquarie Park, North Ryde and one in the CBD, near Circular Quay. These venues meet the requirements of students and cater for corporate conference and training needs. The Macquarie Park venue features a 4-star hotel, dining rooms, bar and restaurant.[4]
MGSM currently has around 1,800 graduate students enrolled.[5] Dr Robert Widing became dean of MGSM in March 2010. Dr Widing was previously Provost and Senior Vice President of Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona, USA.
The School is ranked 3rd in Australia and Asia and 57th in the world for its full-time MBA program (Economist Intelligence Unit, Which MBA?, 2008 Global Full-Time MBA Rankings), in the top 3 business schools in Australia and New Zealand and among Asia's 15 best schools (Asia Inc, 2003). The MGSM MBA was also ranked equal 1st of Australian MBA programs (Australian Financial Review BOSS Magazine, 2003) and in the top 40 business schools worldwide for executive education (London Financial Times, 2003).
[edit] Alumni
MGSM has over 14,000 graduates working in 51 countries around the world.[6] Notable alumni include:
- Bill Beerworth, Managing Director, Beerworth and Partners Ltd
- Peter Debnam, former leader NSW Opposition
- Ken Moroney, Commissioner, NSW Police Force
- Greg Mullins AFSM, Commissioner, Fire and Rescue NSW
- David Murray AO, Chairman of the Australian Government Future Fund Board of Guardians, and former Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia
[edit] References
- ^ "Global 200 Top Business Schools 2010 by Region: Asia and Australia". TopMBA. 2010. http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200/2010/region/asia. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Global 200 Top Business Schools 2009 by Region". TopMBA. 2009. http://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/global-200/2009/region/asia. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "UNICON Member Schools". UNICON. http://www.uniconexed.org/. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
- ^ MGSM: Rankings
- ^ MGSM: Overview of MGSM
- ^ "MGSM Alumni Association". Macquarie Graduate School of Management. http://www.mgsm.edu.au/wps/wcm/connect/Internet/Root/mba/international/connect/opportunities/alumni/. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
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