Kaplan Business School is a global leader in providing affordable higher education business degrees in Australia.
We offer undergraduate and postgraduate business, accounting, information technology, marketing, management, tourism, entrepreneurship, health services, digital management, analytics, project management and leadership courses.
The KBS advantage is the unique offering that students will find at KBS.
Our focus in student-centric areas such as quality of teaching, student support, learner engagement, graduate outcomes, and employability, has been acknowledged in a number of Australian and global awards and rankings.
We’re here to help you succeed and to support you along the way.
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Our postgraduate students rate our Quality of Entire Educational Experience higher than every public university in Australia.
QILT 2023 Student Experience Survey National Report, published November 2024.
Our MBA is globally acknowledged for its innovative and future-focused content delivery.
Progressive education delivery award finalist and highly commended runner-up, 2020 PIEoneer Awards.
Our alumni enjoy free lifetime access to all the live online classes of the course from which they graduated and lifelong career coaching. Find out more about our Lifetime of Learning Guarantee in our blog.
Our postgraduate students rate our Student Support services higher than every public university in Australia.
QILT 2023 Student Experience Survey National Report, published November 2024.
Globally recognised for our world-leading career services and support.
Employability international impact award finalist, 2020 PIEoneer Awards.
Students rate the quality of our postgraduate teachers higher than every public university in Australia.
QILT 2023 Student Experience Survey National Report, published November 2024.
Of over 160 institutes of higher education in Australia, we are one of thirteen trusted with the self-accreditation of our own business courses — precisely like a university.
TEQSA Notice of Decision, September 2022.
With campuses in five states across Australia, no other Institute of Higher Education offers business and IT courses in a wider range of study locations
Developed in consultation with industry and our own students, all our curriculum and assessments ensure the cultivation of the following graduate attributes:
Kaplan Inc., a subsidiary of Graham Holdings Company, is a global, diversified education leader specialising in higher education, test preparation, professional education, English-language training and university pathway programs.
As one of the world's leading providers of lifelong education, Kaplan offers a variety of programs in Australia and New Zealand, through a diverse family of brands including:
As part of the Kaplan international network, KBS provides unparalleled opportunities for students to achieve their career aspirations, supported and connected by a truly global organisation.
GLOBAL NETWORK
Kaplan operates in 27 countries.
GLOBAL ALUMNI
One million students are helped by Kaplan to achieve their educational and career goals each year.
GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS
Kaplan has relationships and partnerships with over 15,000 corporations and businesses.
Kaplan’s passion for helping students achieve academic and career success has served as the foundation for Kaplan’s mission and values for over 80 years.
The story of Kaplan Business School’s expansion in Australia has seen us grow from one campus with a couple of hundred students to now delivering our courses across five campuses – the only Institute of Higher Education with campuses in five Australian states.
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Stanley H. Kaplan starts his own tutoring business in his parents’ basement in Brooklyn, NY.
Kaplan is acquired by The Washington Post Company.
Kaplan expands outside the United States, with the first centre opening in London.
Kaplan expands its financial and real estate training business to Australia.
Kaplan Business School opens its first campus in Adelaide and later opens campuses in Sydney and Melbourne.
Kaplan Australia is formed, incorporating Kaplan Business School and Kaplan Higher Education.
Kaplan Business School opens a fourth campus in Brisbane.
Kaplan Business School launches Careers Central.
Kaplan Business School introduces its revised Master of Business Administration program, offering five specialisations.
Kaplan Business School celebrates its tenth anniversary and introduces the MBA Tourism and Hospitality Leadership specialisation.
Kaplan Business School offers new postgraduate courses in Business Analytics and introduces the MBA Women in Leadership specialisation.
Kaplan Business School opens its fifth campus in Perth.
The new MBA Data-Driven Leadership specialisation is launched. Kaplan Business School now offers eight MBA specialisations, including a dual specialisation option.
Kaplan Business School offers new undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Information Technology.
Kaplan Business School is awarded Business School of the Year at the 2023 PIEoneer Awards.
Kaplan Business School opens its sixth campus on the Gold Coast.
Kaplan Business School is committed to the development of our students. We invest in course development and delivery and support services to help our students achieve their career goals.