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Our Achievements and Awards


International Accreditation

EQUIS

EQUIS Accredited

  • Division of Business was the second Australian business school to be accredited by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
  • Accreditation is awarded after a rigorous assessment by a panel of international academics and business people.
  • There are 133 EQUIS accredited business schools across 38 countries in Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Australian Award

Excellence for Research in Australia (ERA)

  • ERA is the Federal Government's 'Excellence for Research in Australia' assessment, released in January 2011
  • The ERA initiative assesses research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprising experienced, internationally-recognised experts
  • The Division of Business is awarded a world class ranking for leading research in the areas of Law; Law and Legal Studies; Accounting, Auditing and Accountability; Business and Management; and Tourism

MBA Program Achievements

5 Star MBA BOSS Ranking Beyond Grey Pinstripes Top 100

5-Star MBA

  • The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program, offered by the International Graduate School of Business, was awarded the maximum five-star rating for the fourth consecutive year.
  • UniSA is one of just eight universities Australia-wide to receive this honour, determined by the Graduate Management Association of Australia, and published in the Good Universities Guide - one of the nation's most highly regarded guides to MBA selection.

BOSS Ranking

  • Our MBA was ranked first for student satisfaction and second for value for money in the 2011 Australian Financial Review BOSS survey of MBA alumni, conducted every two years.
  • The University of South Australia's MBA is one of only six MBAs in Australia to have been included every time in the "Top Ten" MBA rankings in Australia since the inception of the  'BOSS' rankings in 2007.
  • We have the highest ranked MBA in South Australia.

The Global 100

  • The MBA program was also ranked 78th in "The Global 100" list by the Aspens Institute's 'Beyond Grey Pinstripes' biennial survey.
  • The survey acknowledges those MBA programs that are integrating issues of social and environmental stewardship into curricula and research.

School of Management Achievements

SA Tourism Award Logo

SA Tourism Award

  • School of Management Wins SA Tourism Award - 2008, 2009 and 2010
  • The School was inducted into the Tourism Hall of Fame for being awarded the SA Tourism Award for Tourism Education & Training for the third consecutive year.

Best Event Education Program

  • The School of Management won the Best Event Education Program in the Australian Event Awards, the peak awards program for the events industry in Australia.

Highlights and Miscellaneous Achievements

2011 Division of Business Staff Excellence Awards

  • Recognition for academic and professional staff
  • Division of Business Awards logoThe second annual Division of Business awards night was held on Friday 6th May, with award categories for Research, Teaching & Learning, Internationalisation, External/Community Engagement, and for Professional Staff.
  • View the honour-board of our award recipients, and photographs of the highly successful event.
  • Previous years results: 2010 | UniSA news article: Business stars shine.

Catherine House Art Exhibition (ChART)

  • The Catherine House Art Exhibition (ChART) opened on the 14th October in the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery.
  • The launch event was sponsored by UniSA's Division of Business, the Hawke Centre, and the Marketing and Development Unit (MDU), and was opened by Christie Anthony, Creative Director, Adelaide College of the Arts. Catherine House is an organisation that supports homeless women.

Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Awards

  • Award for Teaching Excellence - Law, Economics, Business and Related Studies
  • In 2009 and 2010, Division of Business staff were singled out for recognition of their achievements in Teaching & Learning.
  • Awards for Teaching Excellence celebrate teachers (individuals and teams) renowned for teaching excellence, who have outstanding presentation skills and who have made a significant contribution to enhancing the quality of learning and teaching in higher education.

Business-Higher Education Roundtable Award for Community Engagement

  • B-HERT Awards were established in 1998 to recognise outstanding achievements in collaboration between business and higher education in the fields of research & development and education & training.
  • The objective of the program is to highlight at a national level the benefits of such collaboration and enhance links between industry and universities.

Australia China Alumni Awards

  • Division of Business alumni were recognised in 2009, most notably in the inaugural Australia China Alumni Awards.
  • UniSA was the only Australian university with two winners, including the top award of CPA Australia Alumni of the Year, awarded to Hui Wing Mau, Chairman and Executive Director of Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.
  • Qiao Luqiang, Deputy Director of the General Office at China's National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, won the Arts and Culture Award.

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