The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program of the Graduate School of Business (GSB), University of the South Pacific (USP) has become a market leader among Pacific Island states with an excellent regional reputation for quality and relevance. These characteristics have contributed greatly to the rise in enrolments over the decade and to the graduation of over 500 students. The program makes a much needed and appreciated contribution to addressing the shortage of skilled managers in the region. At a personal level, graduates reported their high appreciation of the blending of theory and practice while the 2007 Tracer Study found that USP’s MBA graduates experienced an average 66 percent salary increase compared to their pre-MBA incomes. Staff on the MBA program, both academic and administrative, were found to be well qualified, able and highly committed. They have been keys to the success of the program.
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First Cohort
Tonga Campus started the MBA Programme on 31st January 2011. Fifty-two students began this program on a part-time basis over a two year period (January 2011- November 2012). The first cohort set a very high standard for themselves and the MBA Programme in Tonga. They aimed to start together and graduated together. On 26th July, 2013, 47 graduated with their MBA degree at the 2013 Tonga Graduation, in front of their families and friends. Three graduated with a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration.
New Cohort
The new and second cohort of MBA students started their program on 11th February 2013 with MBA 431: Quantitative Business Analysis. Dr Halahingano Rohorua from the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand was in Tonga to begin this teach MBA 431.
