Bond University is the highest rated university in Queensland after earning the maximum five-star rating across an impressive ten key performance indicators in the 2009 Good Universities Guide.
The independent consumer guide, released on August 5, is Australia’s only definitive guide to university performance, providing ratings, rankings, comment and information about all Australian higher education institutions.
Bond University’s five-star showing in this year’s guide saw it rated the top performing university in Queensland, and second only to the University of New South Wales nationally. Bond was also the only university in Australia to achieve five stars across all of the educational experience and graduate outcomes categories.
Vice-Chancellor Professor Robert Stable said this was the second year running Bond has been the only university nationwide to achieve a five-star assessment in all of these critical areas.
"Our five-star assessment in areas such as graduate satisfaction, staff-to-student ratio, graduate starting salaries, teaching quality, getting a job and positive graduate outcomes is indicative that our unique, personalised approach to education is helping us deliver a superior quality education,’ he said.
"This result is testament to the outstanding success of our graduates, our consistent focus on quality, and the commitment of our world-class teaching staff, who are among the most highly qualified in the country.
"We are proud of what we offer here at Bond and the quality of the work-ready graduates we produce.
"At around 4,000 students, we are small, and we plan to stay that way in order to continue to provide a quality, personalised education to our students that is distinguished from what is available at any other Australian university.
"Bond University continues to bring a new dimension to tertiary education in this country, providing greater choice for Australian students," Professor Stable said.
In summary, in the 2009 Good Universities Guide, Bond rates FIVE STARS for:
Find out why the 2009 Good Universities Guide rates Bond higher than any other Queensland University at our Open Day from 10am – 3pm, this Sunday August 17, or phone 1800 074 074 for more information.
Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, officially opened Australia’s first 6 Star, Green Star designed educational building at Bond on August 11.
Following our state-topping performance in the Good Universities Guide, Bond’s quality teaching and learning practices have again been recognised by an independent body, this time, by the prestigious Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC- formerly the Carrick Institute).
The Bond University Postgraduate Centre, located in the heart of Sydney’s central business district, was officially launched on August 7. 
Leading family business researchers from around the nation and the world gathered at Bond University on Monday, August 4, for the First Annual Australian Family Business Researchers’ Summit.
Bond University has teamed up with IBM to launch a new Master of Service Management, designed to address the critical shortage of service management professionals.
All four of Bond’s Faculties were kept busy over the past month, hosting various events that gave the public, school groups and industry professionals a chance to share in the quality learning experience that our students experience on a daily basis.
This month we recognise Senior Teaching Fellow Tina Hunter from the Law Faculty (pictured), and Rugby League gun, Bond student Nuku Hifo. Plus, find out how you can nominate your favourite lecturer for the National Lecturer of the Year Competition.
Bond University will go public this Sunday (August 17), with hundreds of students, their family, friends and the wider Gold Coast public set to enjoy the University’s Open Day festivities from 10am – 3pm.
In his first year out of university, Film and Television graduate and now co-Director of GooRoo Animation, Cameron Edser has certainly made his presence felt on the international film circuit. 
