Motto | The Practical Business School |
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Type | Private business school |
Established | 1985 |
Location | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Website | www |
The Australian Institute of Business, commonly known as AIB, is a graduate business school based in Adelaide, South Australia. It is registered by the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA). All of AIB’s programmes are fully accredited within the Australian Qualifications Framework.
AIB is “the first and still the only private institution in Australia to be accredited to confer the full suite of business degrees”, offering programmes including the Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Management (MMgt), Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and Doctor of Philosophy in Management (PhD).
AIB began as a management consulting firm before transitioning to offer higher education in Australia and around the world. Formerly known as the Gibaran Learning Group, the Australian Institute of Business amalgamated its institutes, including the Gibaran Graduate School of Business, the Australian Institute of Business Administration, the Tourism Institute of Australia, and the Entrepreneurship Institute Australia, into one educational organisation in 2011.
The Agile MBA is Australia’s largest and most progressive MBA, which has been specifically designed with the career-driven working adult in mind. Studying one subject at a time allows students to delve deep into the subject theory and apply the learnings in the workplace. This provides immediate benefit to the student and their employer from the time they start studying.
The Master of Management (MMgt) programme at AIB offers a degree, primarily suited to working managers, that combines Master’s-level coursework with an in-depth research project. MMgt students often undertake their research project in a subject area related to their current industry or work projects. The programme can be completed in 18 months, but may take up to three years to complete.
The Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) is a research degree designed for experienced managers. It offers an opportunity to take business and management knowledge and understanding to a higher level and, importantly, to relate it closely to the workplace needs. Like the PhD, the DBA offers a doctoral qualification but, in this case, one that is more directly linked to the world of work.
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is the traditional doctoral qualification that is associated with a wide range of subjects in universities across the world. It offers an opportunity for research to be undertaken in depth and for the outcome to be assessed as a contribution to knowledge. Although it has a theoretical dimension, the research programme at AIB can also enable managers to explore specialist areas of practical application.