Business School Australia

The Griffith Business School joins the ranks of Harvard, Yale and the London Business School after being awarded a prestigious international accreditation.

Griffith University is only the fifth university in Australia to receive accreditation for all its business programs from the leading international business education accreditation body, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International).

Griffith Pro Vice Chancellor (Business) Professor Michael Powell said it was a great coup for the Griffith Business School to achieve such global recognition.

“AACSB International accreditation is considered globally as one of the highest achievements for an educational institution that awards business degrees,” Professor Powell said.

“Our selection reinforces our position as a first class business educator, with less than 5 percent of the world’s business schools accredited by AACSB International.

“The accreditation will strengthen students’ and industry partners’ confidence in these uncertain financial times that they will receive a first class business education when they choose the Griffith Business School.”

“The accreditation assessment process was rigorous with the final stage involving a three-day site visit by a panel of three international deans from prestigious business schools. Achieving such recognition is a great start to the year.”

Griffith Business School’s accreditation will be formally acknowledged at the Annual Conference of AACSB International in April in Orlando, Florida.

Professor Powell noted that Griffith’s MBA also recently received a five star rating for the seventh consecutive year from the Graduate Management Association of Australia.

“We’re only one of two universities nationally to achieve this feat and our International MBA program also received five stars in only its second year,” Professor Powell said.

AACSB International is the premier accreditation body for institutions offering undergraduate, master and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. It’s an association of more than 1,100 education institutions, businesses and other organisations in 70 countries dedicated to the advancement of management education worldwide.