Bond Ranks #1
Bond University has a distinguished reputation as Australia 's first private, not-for-profit university. Created in the scholarly traditions of pre-eminent private universities of world standing, Bond challenges students to be leaders and thinkers, taking them beyond the accepted definition of a university education to develop initiatives, enterprise, ambition and a lifelong commitment to making a meaningful contribution in their field. Bond has been recognised by a number of independent associations for their outstanding commitment to education resulting in the following ratings and rankings.
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# 1 in educational experience & graduate outcomes
# 1 in overall course quality
# 1 for graduates in full time employment
# 2 for highest mean salaries in the first year of employment
Bond MBA students are repeat world champions
Bond Law students beat Yale to win world championship
Bond has the only 5 star rated MBA and Executive MBA in Australia
Bond Law # 1 in overall course quality
Bond Law # 2 for graduates in full time employment
Bond Film School Ranked in World Top 10
Government audit applauds Bond University
Bond fitness center rated # 2 in Australia
Business Entrepreneur Competition
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There are no official rankings for Australian Universities. All Australian universities are accredited by the Federal Government of Australia.
#1 in Educational experience & Graduate outcomes
Bond University Australia’s highest rating university - 2012 Good Universities Guide.
Bond University is Australia’s highest rating university after earning the most five-star ratings of any university across an impressive ten key performance indicators in the 2012 Good Universities Guide.
The private, not-for-profit university on Queensland’s Gold Coast dominated the ‘Educational Experience’ categories, receiving the maximum five-star rating across the board; including in the important areas of teaching quality, student-staff ratio and overall satisfaction.
An independent consumer guide, the Good Universities Guide is Australia’s only definitive guide to university performance, providing ratings, rankings, comment and information about all Australian higher education institutions.
Bond University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Robert Stable said it is the sixth consecutive year Bond has been awarded five-stars by the guide for student-staff ratio and overall graduate satisfaction.
“The consistency of our performance in these key areas is testament to the dedication of our world-class teaching staff and our commitment to providing our students with a personalised educational experience that is second-to-none,” said Professor Stable.
“We have a culture of encouraging and supporting achievement and accolades such as this prove that our focus on excellence is working,” he said.
In summary, the 2012 Good Universities Guide - Bond University rates FIVE STARS
for
Student-Staff Ratio
Staff Qualifications
All Graduates: Teaching Quality
All Graduates: Generic Skills
All Graduates: Overall Satisfaction
Domestic Graduates: Teaching Quality
Domestic Graduates: Generic Skills
Domestic Graduates: Overall Satisfaction
Gender Balance
Non-Government Earnings
(Issued 17 August 2011
Bond University awarded five stars for fifth year running - 2011
Bond University has received a five star rating for student-staff ratio* and graduate outcomes for the fifth consecutive year in the 2011 Good Universities Guide, affirming the University has it right when it comes to providing a personalised and outcomes-driven education.
As Australia’s leading, private, not-for-profit university, located on the Gold Coast, Bond University is also Queensland’s highest rating university earning the most five star ratings of any university in the state.
The independent consumer guide is Australia’s only definitive guide to university performance, providing ratings, rankings, comment and information about all Australian higher education institutions.
Bond University Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Stable said achieving a five star assessment in the key indicators is testament to the University’s commitment to offer its students a personalised education that prepares graduates for work on the world stage.
“Our five star assessment in the Good Universities Guide for student satisfaction, student:staff ratio and graduate outcomes for the fifth year running acknowledges our consistent focus on quality personalised education, the dedication of our world-class teaching staff and the outstanding success of our graduates, Professor Stable.
“We are proud to provide our students with a unique education with small classes that are practical in experience, provide ample opportunity for international internships and exchanges programs, and offer curricula that is focused on managerial functions to develop graduates who are work-ready and global in perspective.
“These accolades come only one month after AUQA commended Bond for its student experience and truly international curricula.
“Bond University brings a new dimension to tertiary education in this country, providing greater choice for Australian students, producing exceptional graduates that meet the needs of global employers. This year’s Good Universities Guide five star ratings for graduate outcomes and graduate starting salaries confirm this.
“In the past several years our graduates have secured jobs at multinational companies all over the world including UbiSoft – one of Europe’s biggest computer gaming software companies, Barclays, JP Morgan, Microsoft, and IBM, and leading law firms Freehills and Clayton Utz,” said Professor Stable.
In summary,
the 2011 Good Universities Guide rated Bond University rates FIVE STARS for
• Student:staff ratio
• Positive Graduate Outcomes
• Graduate Starting Salaries
• Overall Satisfaction
• Teaching Quality
• Staff Qualifications
• Generic Skills
• Non-government Earnings
(Issued 16 August 2010)
Australian Good Universities Guide 2010 Ratings
Issues August 12 2009
Bond University is Australia’s highest rating university after earning the most five-star ratings of any university across an impressive nine key performance indicators in the Australian 2010 Good Universities Guide.
The independent consumer guide is Australia’s only definitive guide to university performance, providing ratings, rankings, comment and information about all Australian higher education institutions.
Bond University was awarded five-star ratings in nine categories, including the important markers of Educational Experience and Graduate Outcomes.
In summary, in the 2010 Good Universities Guide, Bond rates FIVE STARS for :
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The Australian Good Universities Guide 2010 found Bond's Business and Management graduates were stand-out beneficiaries of the University's focus on quality and opportunities, enjoying the equal highest rates of employment and as high or higher salaries than like graduates across Australia.
#1 in overall course quality
Australian Good Universities Guide 2009 Ratings
Issues August 4 2008
In summary, in the 2009 Good Universities Guide, Bond rates FIVE STARS for :
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Australian Good Universities Guide 2008 Ratings
Bond ranks FIVE STARSfor :
- Graduate Satisfaction
- Graduate Starting Salary
- Teaching Quality
- Staff Qualifications
- Staff – Student Ratio
- Getting a Job
- Positive Graduate Outcomes
- Generic Skills
- Entry Flexibility
- Non-Government Earnings
Australian Good Universities Guide 2007 Ratings
5 Star ratings for:-
Graduate Satisfaction
Graduate Starting Salaries
Teaching Quality
Staff to Student Ratio 1:11
Overall Graduate Ratings
Getting a Job
Positive Graduate Outcomes
Generic Skills
Electronic Support
“Bond’s clear conception of university education shows through. Well above average starting salaries, well qualified staff, flexible entry which focuses on the individual not only a score, and a diverse student body, make Bond an attractive university.” - August 15, 2006
2003 Australian graduates, Bond had the highest mean overall satisfaction with course quality.
Graduate Careers Council of Australia
2004 Graduate Destination Survey
#1 for the proportion of Australian graduates in full time employment
Employment Status of all 2003 graduates, by university, for the proportion of Australian graduates in full time employment.
Graduate Careers Council of Australia
2004 Graduate Destination Survey
#2 for highest mean salaries in the first year of employment
Mean salary levels of all 2003 graduates by university.
Graduate Careers Council of Australia
2004 Graduate Destination Survey
Bond MBA students are repeat world champions
“The Super Bowl of World Business-Plan Competitions”
The Bond Business Faculty is the most consistent performer in the International Moot Corp MBA Competition held each year in Austin, Texas. Teams of MBA students from Bond University have been competing in this world wide and prestigious competition for the last thirteen years and have beaten their counterparts from Harvard, Wharton, Stanford, UCLA and London School of Business, winning in 1994, 1996 and 2000. They have achieved second place on three occasions and received special awards on four occasions. Bond holds the record for the most wins at this competition.
Learn more at www.mootcorp.org
BOND LAW STUDENTS BEAT YALE TO WIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
On February 20, 2009, a group of talented Bond Law students won first place in the prestigious International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Competition in the The Hague, the Netherlands.
20 teams from 14 countries competed in the ICC Trial Competition, including the UK, USA, Russia, China, India, the Netherlands, South Africa and Canada.
The victory for Bond came after defeating Yale University and Utrecht University in the grand final.
The ICC Trial Competition is the third law contest Bond University has won within the last 12 months. Bond also took first place in the International Intellectual Property Law Mooting Competition in Beijing, China in August 2008...and the National Family Law Mooting Competition in Australia, in March 2008.
Bond has the only 5 star rated MBA and Executive MBA in Australia
In 2003, the Bond Business Faculty was noted as having the only five star rated MBA and Executive MBA programs in Australia.
Graduate Management Association of Australia
Australia's leading umbrella association of Business Schools
Bond Law # 1 in overall course quality
Number 1 for overall satisfaction of Australian Law graduates with course quality.
Graduate Careers Council of Australia
2004 Graduate Destination Survey
Bond Law # 2 for graduates in full time employment
Number 2 for proportion of Australian Law graduates in full time employment.
Graduate Careers Council of Australia
2004 Graduate Destination Survey
Bond Film School Ranked in World Top 10
Bond University's Centre for Film, Television and Screen-based Media has been
identified as one of the ten best film schools in the world by the Gabarron
Foundation. The Foundation, which has headquarters in both Spain and the United
States, has recently inaugurated an international student film competition.
Bond University's 'Quality Versus Quantity' Approach Applauded in Government Audit (2005)
Bond University’s unique personalized approach to tertiary education was recognized today, amongst other commendations, in a report released by the Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA).
The AUQA report states that Bond’s small class sizes and low student ratios ‘are a real strength and a distinguishing factor between it and most, if not all, other Australian universities’. This contributes significantly to a distinct ‘Bond experience’ highly prized by students.
In a list of twelve commendations, Bond University was applauded for its small class sizes, personalized approach to students, alumni relations, focus on graduate attributes, operational efficiency, and outstanding IT and library resources.
Titled Report of an Audit of Bond University, Australia’s peak university quality authority confirmed what Bond University , its students and alumni, have long claimed. That is, that Bond University offers its students a ‘distinctive experience’ during their studies through to their working life.
The Australian Universities Quality Agency (AUQA) is an independent, not-for-profit national agency that promotes, audits and reports on quality assurance in Australian higher education.
AUQA further commended Bond University for the following practices:
- AUQA commends Bond University for achieving its goal of maintaining a low student/staff ratio and small tutorial class sizes.
- AUQA commends Bond University for the high level of satisfaction expressed by students in the staff and the teaching.
- AUQA commends Bond University for addressing its goal of being client-focused by offering students the standard option of a three-semester year.
- AUQA commends Bond University for the outstanding relations it has developed and maintains with its students.
- AUQA commends Bond University for the way it mobilises and maintains contact with its alumni.
- AUQA commends the Vice-Chancellor of Bond University for encouraging an organisational culture that fosters openness to discussion and high levels of interaction within the Bond community.
- AUQA commends Bond University for the quality of its IT support for students.
- AUQA commends the Bond University Library for its effective support of the University’s academic activities through planning, training, co-ordination, and its links with the wider library community.
Bond Fitness Center ranked # 2 in Australia (2004)
The Bond University Fitness Centre (available to all Bond students) was recently voted runner-up in the Australian Fitness Centre of the Year award. This prestigious award comes a few months after the Centre received the title of 'Queensland Fitness Centre of the Year', an honor awarded by Fitness Queensland, the state governing body. Both awards were based on criteria such as the provision of innovative programs and practices, quality services and facilities, and leadership and management practices.
Australian Fitness Centre of the Year (Runner Up) – 2004
Queensland Fitness Centre of the Year – 2004
Gold Coast Fitness Centre of the Year – 2003
Australian Fitness Centre of the Year – 2000
Faculty of Business, Technology & Sustainable Development
Moot Corp
Proven Success: Bond MBA teams in the global MOOT CORP Challenge
Held annually at the University of Texas, the Moot Corp International Challenge attracts entries from 40 of the world’s best business schools. It is touted as the “The Super Bowl of World Business-Planning Competitions” and offers the largest guaranteed prize of any student contest in the world, equivalent to around 180,000 USD.
Bond MBA teams have a reputation as the most consistent performer in the international challenge, having previously championed over the likes of the Harvard, Stanford and UCLA to be record three-time world champions.
Bond Moot Corp Challenge History
1992 4th overall
1993 2nd overall
1994 World Champions
1995 2nd overall
1996 World Champions and 2nd NASDAQ
1997 2nd (San Diego NASDAQ)
1998 Best Business Plan / Honourable Mention
1999 Best Business Plan, Best Presentation / Honourable Mention
2000 World Champions
2001 2nd overall, Best Business Plan
2002 Geffinor Venture Challenge Champion, Best Business Plan
2003 Australian Moot Corp Winner and Most Outstanding Business Plan Award
McGinnis Venture Competition (Carnegie Mellon): Overall Winner
Northwest Venture Championship (Idaho): Overall Winner
International Moot Corp: Won Murphree Ventures Challenge
2004 2nd overall, Best Presentation, Moot Corp Australia
2005 John Heine Entrepreneurial Challenge (Aust. Moot Corp): Overall Winner
Best Business Plan
Winner: Elevator Pitch
2006 3rd Runner-Up International Moot Corp
2007 John Heine Entrepreneurial Challenge (Aust. Moot Corp): Overall Winner
2008 John Heine Entrepreneurial Challenge (Aust. Moot Corp): 3rd overall
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