Rankings and Awards
As Kaplan Business School is not a research institution, we do not appear in the global university rankings tables such as QS and Times Higher Education. Instead, we devote all our resources to what matters most for students:
- Quality of Teaching
- Student Support
- Learner Engagement and
- Graduate Outcomes and Employability.
In these key student-focused areas, Kaplan Business School is highly ranked, and our success has been acknowledged in several Australian and global awards.
The Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) are a suite of national higher education surveys endorsed by the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment. They are the most comprehensive education surveys in Australia, covering the student life cycle from commencement to employment.
All 41 universities and many higher education institutions participate each year. The largest survey in the suite - the Student Experience Survey (SES) - is completed by hundreds of thousands of undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Kaplan Business School won the inaugural award in the Business School of the Year category
Our postgraduate students rate our Quality of Entire Educational Experience higher than every public university in Australia.
Students rate the quality of our postgraduate teachers higher than every public university in Australia.
International students rate our Quality of Entire Educational Experience, Teaching Quality and Student Support higher than every public university in Australia.
QILT 2021 Student Experience Survey National Report, published August 2022.Our postgraduate students rate our Student Support services higher than every public university in Australia.
QILT 2022 Student Experience Survey National Report, published June 2023
International students rate our Quality of Entire Educational Experience, Teaching Quality and Student Support higher than every public university in Australia.
QILT 2021 Student Experience Survey National Report, published August 2022.
Kaplan Business School rewarded internationally for our support of students.
Only independent higher education provider to be a finalist in the International Education category (and indeed across any of the categories).
Only independent higher education provider to be a finalist, in recognition of our COVID-19 Student Welfare Plan and $6 million support package for students.
First in the world for our COVID-19 response and Online Learning Experience at our Adelaide campus and overall satisfaction with Support Services and Study Experiences at our Melbourne campus.
Kaplan Business School Adelaide out of the 62 institutions that participated in this section of the International Student Barometer 2021
Kaplan Business School Melbourne out of the 69 institutions that participated in this section of the International Student Barometer 2021
Among the Top 2 most popular MBA courses in Australia.
The second-most popular MBA course in Australia for international students.
Kaplan Business School’s Lifetime of Learning Guarantee recognised as the best practice for innovation in our sector.
2022 ATEM Awards, Excellence in Innovation Award Winner
Kaplan Business School is acclaimed internationally in recognition of our unique Lifelong Learning Guarantee.
Kaplan Business School’s Careers Central team recognised globally for its leading career services and support.
Finalist for our unique Lifetime of Learning Guarantee in the 2021 NSW International Student Awards.