Personally most of the MBAs offered by Australian Unis here are overpriced. Simple reason being, most of them are from lower-ranking Aussie Unis (USQ, Ballarat, JCU, Sunshine Coast, Charles Sturt, Southern Cross etc). You can check this out at http://www.australian-universities.com/rankings/. Most of the Unis i mentioned are in the lowest quarter of the list!!!

That said, MBAs normally have their own rankings, independent of Uni rankings. You can check out some Aussie MBA rankings here: http://www.mbaguide.com.au/mba-rankings.php and http://www.afrboss.com.au/mbaschool/

From the two lists, we can see that the "best" Aussie MBAs available in Malaysia are: Uni of South Australia (from ITD KL), Curtin (Curtin S'wak & KLIUC) & RMIT (maybe not available here anymore). If I recall correctly, I know the fees are about RM32K for UNISA, RM30K for Curtin MBA in Sarawak, RM45-50K for Curtin MBA in KLIUC and around RM50K for RMIT MBA.

My personal opinion, go for USQ, USC, Ballarat, JCU MBAs if budget is a concern. That said, some of these still charge up to RM33k, which I say is too expensive in relation to their industry perceived value. Go for UNISA or Curtin Sarawak MBA if you can afford it. But If you can afford RM45-50K for the MBA, better to consider MBAs from Nottingham (not Nott.-Trent) or Strathclyde.

Alternatively you can check-out Oklahoma City University's MBA offred by Unity College. The fees is around RM32k (based on present exchange rate). Lecturers are supposed to be all from US. The problem is, it has no MBA accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS or AMBA). BUT it is an American MBA...

Actually most of the Aussie and UK MBAs available here don't have any accreditation too. I know UNISA MBA is EQUIS accredited, Curtin is AMBA accredited, Nottingham is AMBA accredited. Strathclyde is triple accredited (all three accreditations). The only other MBA in Malaysia with triple acrreditation is Manchester Business School's (RM80K around 2 years ago).

BTW, UM's MBA is AMBA accredited now.....

This post has been edited by kasemalam: Sep 23 2008, 12:55 PM

It was advertised in the papers sometime ago, there is also a link on the net if you search.... but seems to lead nowhere.

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Added on September 23, 2008, 1:13 pmTheir MBA website doesn't mention AMBA too.... Maybe the AMBA accrediatation is no longer valid? LOL. Knowing Malaysian Uni's penchant for bragging about mediocrity, they surely would have featured AMBA accrediation prominently on the website.

This post has been edited by kasemalam: Sep 23 2008, 01:14 PM

The UM MBA is indeed AMBA accredited... the prospectus states it

This post has been edited by kasemalam: Sep 23 2008, 05:46 PM