Accreditation and rankings
La Trobe Business School has a number of courses recognised worldwide through global accreditation and rankings.
AACSB accreditation
La Trobe Business School is an accredited member of AACSB International - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business - the highest standard of achievement for business schools worldwide. Learn more.
ACS accreditation
The Master of Business Information Management and Systems is accredited by the Australian Computer Society (ACS).
AHRI accreditation
The Bachelor of Business (Human Resource Management), the Master of Management (HRM) and the HRM major are accredited by the Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI).
AMI accreditation
The marketing major in the Bachelor of Commerce and the Bachelor of Business, as well as the Bachelor of Business (Marketing), the Bachelor of Business (Event Management/Marketing), the Master of Marketing, and the Master of Digital Marketing Communications are accredited by the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI).
CAANZ accreditation
The accounting degrees and majors are accredited by Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).
CPA accreditation
The accounting degrees and majors are accredited by Certified Practising Accountants Australia (CPA).
EPAS accreditation
The La Trobe MBA and the Bachelor of Business (Tourism and Hospitality) are both accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) through the prestigious EFMD Programme Accreditation System (EPAS).
ARWU ranking
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy ranks La Trobe Business School in the top 45 for Hospitality and Tourism Management (2019), in the top 200 for Finance (2017), in the top 400 for Business Administration (2019) and in the top 500 for Economics (2019) worldwide.
CEO ranking
La Trobe Business School has been ranked 2nd in Australia and 8th in the world for their online MBA program by CEO Magazine (2019).
ERA ranking
La Trobe Business School rates “well above world standard” for Banking, Finance and Investment, while Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, Accounting, Auditing and Accountability, Business and Management, Tourism, Economics and Applied Economics are all “at world standard” (ERA 2018-2019).
QS ranking
La Trobe Business School ranks in the top 35 for the Online MBA (2019), in the top 50 for Hospitality and Leisure Management (2017), in the top 75 for the Masters in Business Analytics (2019), in the top 150 for Accounting & Finance (2018), and in the top 250 for Business and Management (2018) and Economics and Econometrics (2019).