I am a kiwi so I thought I would offer everyone on here a local perspective. Regarding AIS, I have never heard of this institution and had to google it to find out what it was. It started as a english language school for international students and grew from that. The fact that it is not on my radar mean I would definitely not recommend you obtain an mba from this institution, it is not recognised locally. Also in recent years their have been some high profile news coverage about some appalling standards and rubber stamping of qualifications offered at certain foreign student only learning institutions, so lots of bad press for these types of institutions.
Secondly regarding AUT, I looked at doing an MBA last year and went along to a couple of classes with a friend who was studying. I can say I was not impressed. About half the students were foreign students which I have no problem with but I did have a problem with some of there english language skills. For some their language and vocabulary was just not up to scratch for undertaking a post graduate qualification. It held them back in terms of understanding the complexity of ideas and it held back the class in term of their ability to communicate articulately within the group. Secondly I wasn't that impressed with the local students either, I found them to overall of mediocre quality, I want to be in a program full of very sharp people not mediocre, because when they graduate you are put in the same bucket with them. If the graduates aren't of high quality then you qualification is dumbed down and not highly regarded in the workplace. I also went along to one Auckand Univesity MBA class and I found the standard of student to be a lot higher, and a higher standard of discussion within the class. Also access to the MBA from the post Grad Diploma requires a B+average or better so not just anyone can get into it, for AUT there was no restriction you could keep going as long as you passed and they said they passed over 95% of people, sound a bit like rubber stamping to me.
In the end I decided not to do an MBA as I couldn't see enough value for the investment. Instead I found a three month unpaid work trial/ experience in the new industry I wanting to move into, and completed several industry short course. I year later I now have a management position in that industry so I am happy with my decision. My friend who completed her MBA at AUT, earlier this year, has been trying to find a more senior position but has had no luck as of yet. She said generally the feedback regarding her brand new MBA has been, "that is all well and good, but where is your solid real life experience, in operations, senior management etc" Good luck with your decision.
I am a kiwi so I thought I would offer everyone on here a local perspective. Regarding AIS, I have never heard of this institution and had to google it to find out what it was. It started as a english language school for international students and grew from that. The fact that it is not on my radar mean I would definitely not recommend you obtain an mba from this institution, it is not recognised locally. Also in recent years their have been some high profile news coverage about some appalling standards and rubber stamping of qualifications offered at certain foreign student only learning institutions, so lots of bad press for these types of institutions.
Secondly regarding AUT, I looked at doing an MBA last year and went along to a couple of classes with a friend who was studying. I can say I was not impressed. About half the students were foreign students which I have no problem with but I did have a problem with some of there english language skills. For some their language and vocabulary was just not up to scratch for undertaking a post graduate qualification. It held them back in terms of understanding the complexity of ideas and it held back the class in term of their ability to communicate articulately within the group. Secondly I wasn't that impressed with the local students either, I found them to overall of mediocre quality, I want to be in a program full of very sharp people not mediocre, because when they graduate you are put in the same bucket with them. If the graduates aren't of high quality then you qualification is dumbed down and not highly regarded in the workplace. I also went along to one Auckand Univesity MBA class and I found the standard of student to be a lot higher, and a higher standard of discussion within the class. Also access to the MBA from the post Grad Diploma requires a B+average or better so not just anyone can get into it, for AUT there was no restriction you could keep going as long as you passed and they said they passed over 95% of people, sound a bit like rubber stamping to me.
In the end I decided not to do an MBA as I couldn't see enough value for the investment. Instead I found a three month unpaid work trial/ experience in the new industry I wanting to move into, and completed several industry short course. I year later I now have a management position in that industry so I am happy with my decision. My friend who completed her MBA at AUT, earlier this year, has been trying to find a more senior position but has had no luck as of yet. She said generally the feedback regarding her brand new MBA has been, "that is all well and good, but where is your solid real life experience, in operations, senior management etc" Good luck with your decision.
