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About Kaplan Professional

Kaplan Professional is a leading national provider of professional education and training for the financial services, tax and accounting and real estate sectors in Australia.

We form part of Kaplan, Inc., (Kaplan) a leading global education provider with over 70 years experience in schools, colleges and universities. Today Kaplan is in over 35 countries worldwide, serves more than one million students each year and has over 31,000 employees in approximately 600 locations.

With over $2.3bn in annual turnover, Kaplan delivers programs globally for early education, post-secondary education, professional training and more. Kaplan is also a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company (NYSE: WPO). For more information, visit www.kaplan.com.

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Our Mission and Values

At Kaplan Professional, our mission is to help individuals achieve their educational and career goals. We build futures one success story at a time.

All Kaplan Professional employees adhere to the core values of: integrity, knowledge, support, opportunity and results.

Other Kaplan businesses in Australia

Other Kaplan education providers within Australia include:

  • Kaplan Business School provides both local and international students with a range of full-time undergraduate and postgraduate courses in accounting, commerce and business. Campus locations are in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
  • Bradford College provides a pre-university pathway for international students entering undergraduate courses at the University of Adelaide. 
  • Kaplan International Colleges (formerly Kaplan Aspect) provides English language training via schools in Sydney, Brisbane, Cairns and Perth.

Kaplan worldwide

  • Kaplan is the largest accountancy training organisation in the U.K.
  • Kaplan serves over one million students across the globe every year
  • Kaplan is one of the largest for-profit providers of higher education in the world
  • Kaplan is one of the largest diversified educational companies in the world
  • Kaplan Higher Education serves over 100,000 students, more than many of America’s largest public universities 
  • Kaplan provided accounting and financial services education to approximately 48,000 in 2008
  • Kaplan is one of the largest providers of academic English in the world
  • In 2008, Kaplan delivered 425,000 professional education courses to individuals and corporate clients

Annual Reports

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Accredited and Approved

Kaplan Professional’s courses are accredited as higher education or vocational education qualifications under the Australian Qualifications Framework. Some courses also provide the education requirements to give financial product advice in accordance with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) Regulatory Guide 146 (RG 146).

Company Details

Kaplan Education Pty Limited (ABN 54 089 002 371) 
Kaplan Higher Education Pty Limited (ABN 85 124 217 670)

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