AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2024

The AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards bring together the leading lights of the global business education community to recognise and celebrate excellence among business schools, students & graduates, supplier and employers that share AMBA & BGA’s values of ambition, impact and integrity.

The AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2024 were held on January 19, 2024 at the exceptional Park Plaza London Riverbank. The Awards brought together leading lights from the global business education community to celebrate excellence and commend achievement among business schools, MBA students and graduates, suppliers and employers.

The ceremony was attended by more than 200 business school leaders, as well as category finalists, judges and members of the media.

The winners in the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2024’s 11 categories are as follows:

BGA Business School Impact Award 2024

The BGA Business School Impact Award is a celebration of business schools’ positive impact on all their stakeholders – from students and graduates to communities and the economy as a whole – in line with BGA’s vision and charter.

It is designed to showcase how business schools are contributing to the betterment of society using both quantitative and qualitative analysis of activities, initiatives and/or programmes.

BGA Student of the Year Award 2024

The BGA Student of the Year Award recognises students who have shown exceptional career potential and who BGA believes can act as ambassadors for the global business school community.

This award doesn’t just recognise ‘straight-A’ students but also focuses on leadership potential and career progression for students of any business education degree programme. Shortlisted students therefore represent a wide range of different personal and professional backgrounds.

Best Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Award 2024

In association with BlueSky

The Best Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative has been introduced to recognise business schools and the work they have been doing to create, incorporate and develop culture, diversity and inclusion practices.

Best Business School Partnership Award 2024

In association with Perlego

The Best Business School Partnership Award recognises business schools that share AMBA & BGA’s passion for building networks and have adopted a proactive and innovative approach to strategic collaboration.

It is open to any business school that is working strategically and collaboratively with another school/group of schools; an employer; consultant; education partner or technology provider; social impact group; individual; charity; or other organisation.

Best CSR and Sustainability Initiative Award 2024

In association with Cesim Business Simulations

The Best CSR and Sustainability Initiative will honour AMBA & BGA schools that share our commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability and who are passionate about making a difference to communities and societies.

The award will recognise business schools that are taking the initiative in creating a sustainable future and teaching students about social values, as well as those who are making a positive impact in practical and measurable ways.

Best Lifelong Learning Initiative Award 2024

In association with Canvas by Instructure

The Best Lifelong Learning Initiative is designed to recognise the efforts of AMBA & BGA schools that are reinventing teaching and learning among students, graduates, alumni networks and custom and executive education.

The winning entries will showcase the impact and success these initiatives have had not only to students but also to the business school.

Best Innovation Strategy Award 2024

In association with Kortext

The Best Innovation Strategy Award honours a school’s achievement in pushing boundaries in terms of creativity in practice.

This prestigious award is a celebration of innovation and radical thinking in business education delivery across all areas of a business school’s operations and has been developed to recognise and reward game-changing new practices, risks and creativity.

It promotes the values of taking risks in pursuit of the new in different areas, including teaching, learning, recruitment and alumni relations.

Start-up of the Year Award 2024

The Start-Up of the Year Award celebrates the achievements of successful students and alumni that have launched their own businesses. It aims to encourage and promote the value of new business innovation and potential in the current competitive climate.

It also highlights business schools that are nurturing a spirit of enterprise and ambition in their cohorts.

Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2024

The Entrepreneur of the Year Award celebrates the achievements of successful alumni in entrepreneurial business innovation and strategy. It is designed to recognise the impact made by growing organisations in terms of its development, results and achievements.

It also highlights business schools that are promoting entrepreneurship in their cohorts effectively and promotes its importance in the global market.

Postgraduate Leadership Award 2024

The Postgraduate Leadership Award honours alumni from AMBA & BGA business schools who have been making an impact in the business world following their graduation.

The award recognises the inspirational work of these graduates through their achievements, performance and recognition.

AMBA Student of the Year Award 2024

The AMBA Student of the Year Award plays a pivotal role in supporting AMBA’s pledge to support the MBA degree’s status as the leading international business qualification.

The AMBA Student of the Year Award recognises students who have shown exceptional career potential and who AMBA believes can act as ambassadors for the high quality of accredited MBAs and the opportunities these programmes provide for students.

This award doesn’t just recognise ‘straight-A’ students but also focuses on leadership potential and career progression.