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Type
  
Public

Administrative staff
  
218

Total enrollment
  
12,238 (2013)

Academic staff
  
350

Established
  
200

Students
  
13,012

Phone
  
+61 2 9385 3189

Dean
  
Chris Styles

UNSW Business School

Former names
  
Australian School of Business

Parent institution
  
University of New South Wales

Address
  
College Rd, Kensington NSW 2052, Australia

Parent organization
  
University of New South Wales

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The UNSW Business School at the University of New South Wales is a business school located in Sydney, Australia.

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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.

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History

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.

Enrolments

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.

Rankings

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.

The latest Australian Graduate Survey in 2012 found that UNSW has educated more CEOs of Australia’s top 50 companies than any other university in Australia. UNSW has produced more technology entrepreneurs in the past 15 years than any other Australian university, and has the largest number of millionaire alumni of any other university in Australia.

Professional accreditation

The UNSW Business School was awarded EQUIS accreditation in June 2010 for five years. It has also been awarded accreditation from AACSB International.

Its programs are also accredited by professional bodies in most disciplines, including:

  • CPA Australia
  • Chartered Accountants Australia + New Zealand (CAANZ) (formerly known as Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, ICAA)
  • Institute of Public Accountants (IPA)
  • Institute of Actuaries of Australia
  • Institute of Actuaries (London)
  • Australian Human Resources Institute (AHRI)
  • Australian Computer Society (ACS)
  • Australian Market and Social Research Society (AMSRS)
  • Australian Marketing Institute (AMI)
  • The School is also a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME).

    The UNSW Business School has over 83,000 alumni.

    In 2014, the UNSW Business School provided 242 students with scholarships, adding up to a total value of $3,087,752. Additionally, 64 students received prizes valued at a total of $32,000.

    References

    UNSW Business School Wikipedia