Melbourne Business School

Melbourne Business School is the graduate business school of the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The School offers an MBA program, specialist Masters programs, a doctoral program, and executive education programs. The MBS Head Office and main campus are in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton, walking distance from Melbourne's Central Business District, in a complex designed by Daryl Jackson. The School’s Mt Eliza Executive Education is located in a heritage property at Mt. Eliza on the Mornington Peninsula.It has offices in Pitt Street, Sydney, and George Street, Brisbane, as well as a program inquiries office in Beijing.HistoryMelbourne Business School began in 1954 when the University of Melbourne offered Australia’s first residential executive education program in the summer of that year. Its first Master of Business Administration degree was awarded in 1965, which was also the first MBA degree awarded in Australia.During the 1980s, MBS was awarded the status of a National Management School by the Australian Government and the Graduate School of Management was established within the University of Melbourne.In 1989, it was re-organized again, this time as the Graduate School of Management Ltd: a non-profit company limited by guarantee and managed by a Board of Directors which includes the chairs and directors of leading Australian corporations. This organization structure has helped create a major link between the university and those who have a responsibility for management. It is currently co-owned by the University of Melbourne and Australian businesses .