Waikato Management School - Rankings

The University of Waikato Management School is a top leading New Zealand business school with outstanding reputation for its education and research. It was the first New Zealand business school to respond to the opportunities of electronic commerce with a specialist e-commerce degree.

The School offers a range of qualifications at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral levels. Programs offered include the Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS), Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), Bachelor of Electronic Commerce (BECom), Bachelor of Tourism (BTour), Master of Business Administration, Master of Business and Management, Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), etc.

Waikato Management School is one of a small elite group of business schools around the world that has "triple crown" accreditation from: AACSB International, EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System), and AMBA (Association of MBAs). The Centre for Corporate and Executive Education is also accredited to ISO9001:2000.

Achievements and Rankings:

- Rated as New Zealand’s No 1 research-based business school in the tertiary rankings released in May 2007. The independent results of the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) was published by the Tertiary Education Commission. Waikato Management School achieved the top quality scores of 4.4 for the Management and related disciplines category, and 3.5 for Accounting and Finance. It was the top performer in the two largest business-related research categories: Management, Human Resources, Industrial Relations and other business, and Accounting and Finance.

- It was the first Australasian business school to be accepted into the European Academy of Business in Society (EABIS).

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