Former names
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Australian School of Business |
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Type | Public |
Established | 200 |
Parent institution
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University of New South Wales |
Academic staff
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350+ |
Administrative staff
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218 |
Students | 13,012 |
Location | Sydney, Australia |
Affiliations | Australian Graduate School of Management |
Website | business.unsw.edu.au |
The UNSW Business School at the University of New South Wales is a business school located in Sydney, Australia.
The school offers 42 programs, including 26 undergraduate and 26 specialist master's degrees, as well as six MBA and executive programs through the Australian Graduate School of Management.
The Faculty of Commerce and Economics began teaching in 1955, and the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) in 1977. In 2007, the two schools merged to form the UNSW Business School.
Professor Chris Styles became Dean of UNSW Business School at UNSW Australia on 1 July 2014.
The Business School is guided by its Business Advisory Council, comprising 51 industry leaders and chaired by Nicholas Moore, CEO and Managing Director of Macquarie Group Ltd.
There are eight disciplinary schools within the UNSW Business School, in addition to the Australian Graduate School of Management. Including: School of Accounting, School of Banking & Finance, School of Economics, School of Information Systems, School of Management, School of Marketing, School of Risk & Actuarial, School of Taxation & Business Law.
In 2014, the UNSW Business School had 14,519 students enrolled: 8,283 undergraduate and 5,854 postgraduate students. 2% of its students are in research.
30% of all UNSW Business School students are international students, with the largest proportion of international students coming from China, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
From 2007 to 2014 the UNSW Business School was ranked by the Financial Times as having the best full-time MBA program in the country. The school's primary undergraduate degree, the Bachelor of Commerce, has the highest Australian high school entry score for a business undergraduate program in Australia. The 2016 QS World University Rankings ranked UNSW 13th in the world for Accounting and Finance.