Uni Adelaide has a “one-time only offer” an MBA programme for $20 000

The university is offering 200 places in its Emerging Leaders MBA programme at 59 per cent off the $49 500 list-price. The offer applies for February starts and the programme can be completed in 12 months. “People who are due to graduate, recent graduates and industry professionals” are eligible.

“By complementing your undergraduate degree with an internationally recognised MBA qualification, you will be primed for leadership positions and develop the critical soft skills demanded by today’s employers,” Uni Adelaide  asserts .

Undoubtedly this is a great deal, even though this “MBA qualification” is not an actual MBA – it’s an “MBA programme,” – as a university representative was quick to explain when CMM called.

Silly old CMM – problem is other people might also miss the distinction. The city of Adelaide’s own Advertiser newspaper appeared to. The lead on a a very positive story on the programme is; “Up to 200 students will be offered scholarships worth nearly $30,000 to develop their leadership skills through a Master of Business Administration at Adelaide University.”

So did MBA News, which headlined a  yarn yesterday, “University of Adelaide offers 200 $20 000 MBAs”.

So what  academic acknowledgement of this MBA programme will completers receive? CMM asked.  “A testamur that says MBA (Emerging Leaders),” Uni Adelaide responds.

But completing the programme does not necessarily count toward entry into the University of Adelaide MBA. “If any student wants to change into the Adelaide MBA, they would need to meet the entry requirements for that program. Consideration of credit would be governed by the university’s academic credit arrangements policy, and would be considered and decided according to that policy,” the university states.

“However, there is no reason for a student who has completed the MBA (Emerging Leaders) to undertake the Adelaide MBA, and therefore there is no automatic pathway to cater to this.”