Accountancy, the first school of the Faculty of Commerce, began operations in 1955. The Faculty of Commerce was then formed formally in 1957 - later renamed the Faculty of Commerce and Economics in 1988. In 1977 the Australian Graduate School of Management was established. In 2006, the Faculty of Commerce and Economics and the AGSM merged to form what was initially known as the Faculty of Business, before being renamed the Australian School of Business in 2007. In 2014 the ASB was renamed 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. 41% 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 2019 QS World University Rankings ranked UNSW 15th in the world for Accounting and Finance. In ARWU 2019 Global Academic Subject Rankings UNSW is ranked 18th in the world for Finance and 51-75th in the world for Management. UNSW is also ranked 16th in the world for Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services. According to latest 2019 KUBS worldwide business research rankings UNSW is ranked 1st worldwide for Finance and 19th globally for Management for the last five-year period, in 2019 in the same ranking it is ranked 13th in the world for business and among the leading business schools worldwide. In the 2019 Apollo Communications Australian Top 50 CEO Report found that UNSW has educated more CEOs of Australia's top 50 companies than any other university in Australia and has produced more technology entrepreneurs in the past 20 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:
The School is also a signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Management Education.
Alumni and industry links
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.
