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The Asia Pacific Management Forum is proud to introduce RMIT UNiversity, Melbourne Australia, as a partner of the Forum. RMIT University opened on June 7, 1887 as a response to the need for growing numbers of well qualified and experienced graduates. It is renowned as a university that emphasises education for employment and the conduct of applied research into real world problems. RMIT is Australia's largest multi level university and the most successful exporter of education and training services to the Asia-Pacific region. The RMIT main campus is located in the heart of Melbourne while a large, attractive campus is located at Bundoora approximately twenty kilometers to the north east of the city in a rapidly developing suburban area. RMIT has also recently opened a campus in Penang in Malaysia. With an enrolment of over 40,000 students from Australia, Asian countries and elsewhere in the world, RMIT is a genuinely multi cultural university that recognises the great value to be found in the diversity of its student body. RMIT BUSINESS Click on the above link to access the home page of RMIT Business. It is the largest business school in Australia with over 13,000 students in Melbourne and in South East Asia and more than 300 business and management education programs. It is located in the heart of Melbourne's business district in a newly refurbished building. RMIT BUSINESS GRADUATE SCHOOL The RMIT Business Graduate School offers 48 programs on a full and part time basis in Australia and in conjunction with partners in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. RMIT BUSINESS MBA PROGRAMS RMIT MBA programs are designed to prepare managers and professionals for broader general management roles in an increasingly international context. Strong emphasis is placed on the development of management competencies for immediate use and the acquisition of strategic perspectives. The Melbourne 'city' based MBA program is offered both part-time for Australian residents and full time for international students. The full time MBA can be completed in one and a half years. Contact the Program Manager MBA full time international program. The MBA: International Management is offered in association with members of the Asian Association of Management Organisations (Singapore Institute of Management, Malaysian Institute of Management, Hong Kong Management Association and Australian Institute of Management) and as a result has a strong Asia-Pacific regional focus. This two year part-time program operates concurrently in the four regional centres with two intakes per year; in January and July. The curriculum consists of two 8 day residential sessions, eight semester length subjects and a seminar series conducted during each semester of the program. One residential session is held at RMIT in Melbourne. The other is arranged by one of the AAMO partner organisation. Enquiries Program Director Dr. Greg Birchall.