Business School
Inspiring students to become the innovative world leaders of tomorrow
The UWA Business School is one of the premier business schools in the Asia-Pacific region. The School uses world-class teaching, thought-leading research and corporate associations to provide real-world experience, hands-on learning and industry networking, giving students a career edge in their field.
5000+ students from 62 countries
Top 100 worldwide for Accounting and Finance and Business and Management Studies (QS 2018)
UWA Business graduates have the highest starting salaries in Australia (Australian Education Network)
30+ corporate supporters
Our accreditations
A degree from the UWA Business School is your passport to the world. We are the only business school in Western Australia, and one of only eight institutions in Australia, to be accredited by both the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). These are leading business school accreditations in Europe and North America, meaning employers around the world recognise the quality of a UWA degree in business.
Our departments
Accounting and Finance
The Accounting and Finance school focuses on business recording and reporting combined with the identification of profitable projects.
Economics
The School of Economics looks at understanding the fundamental workings of the economy and global markets.
Management and Organisations
The Management and Organisations Department at the UWA Business School focuses on key research and teachings in all employment relations.
Marketing
The Marketing Department at UWA provides students with a strong understanding of marketing principles, fostering innovation in customer communication.
Welcome from the Dean and Head of School Peter Robertson
Corporate supporters
The UWA Business School has a network of over 30 industry and corporate partnerships including Bankwest, EY, Woodside, KPMG, BHP Billiton, Chevron and many more. Strong industry contacts give students the added advantage of growing quality networks to draw on when you graduate. Our Business School courses are influenced by a board of industry leaders who ensure content remains current and students are prepared for their chosen career when entering the workforce as well as giving a key insight into what employers are looking for when hiring graduates.
A world-class pathway to global industry
Our graduates are represented in top positions across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors around the world. Additionally, many of our graduates choose to establish their own businesses, working in fields ranging from healthcare and technology, through to consulting and the performing arts. A degree from the UWA Business School gives you endless possibilities to excel across the globe.
Gain a world-class MBA at UWA
Every leader’s journey is unique. At the UWA Business School, our Master of Business Administration (MBA) course is all about you. Tailor the UWA MBA to your goals – from completing a personalised leadership development program, to attending high-level networking events and undertaking applied industry projects. You will be able to choose from a range of option units that suit your interests.
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Intensive
Our MBA Intensive gives you the opportunity to enhance your career prospects through more direct contact with business leaders and a personalised leadership development program.
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Flexible
Learn how to lead in any situation; whether it be building a commercial enterprise or not-for-profit organisation from the ground up, or running a large, multinational company.
Choosing your study pathway
Do you want to make your mark in the business world? Studying business at UWA equips you with invaluable knowledge and skills, along with exposure to industry and analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
Scholarships and prizes
With the generous support of individual and corporate sponsors, the UWA Business School offers scholarships and prizes to help students reach their full potential. Each scholarship is awarded on specific criteria, which often includes academic merit, financial hardship, leadership potential, regional and remote locations, and interest in certain study areas. You can apply for scholarships to help you reach your full goals and gain recognition for your success.
Facilities
The Rosemarie Nathanson Financial Markets Trading Room
The Rosemarie Nathanson Financial Markets Trading Room is the largest trading room and trading facility of its kind in Australia
One Button Studio and Lightboard
The One Button Studio is a simplified video recording system that can be used to create high-quality, polished video projects without any previous video production experience.
Research
The UWA Business School is committed to a research culture that focuses on international excellence. Research performance is viewed as a critical determinant of both the School’s reputation and its ability to attract top students and world class academics to the School. Our research objectives align with the University’s aim of attracting the very best researchers and building on our competitive strengths.
Six Years and Counting:
A White Paper developed to encourage a national discussion aimed at realising the potential inherent in the Australian Disability Services System that includes a fit-for-purpose NDIS.
Nutrition insecurity in rural Myanmar
This project is generating new insights into the ways that nutrition outcomes relate to livelihood circumstances in rural Myanmar.
Taxational resource curse – evidence from China
Can mining industries do harm to non-mining ones through taxation?
Privacy Personalisation Paradox
Exploring the awareness of the personal data we share online
Worker Experience in the Food Delivery Gig Economy
This UWA research project examines the implications of platforms such as Uber, Deliveroo and Airtasker on the nature of work and employees.
The role of innovation hub networks in startup internationalisation
Can innovation hubs help startups expand overseas?
Social Media for CSR in the Resource Sector
Exploring how resources sector companies can develop more effective communication strategies and enhance their corporate social responsibility contributions through social media.
Award-winning teachers
We are committed to maintaining an educational experience for students that combines the best features of new technologies, with those of an interactive learning environment, to meet the learning needs of a diverse student body. Our staff have demonstrated teaching and learning excellence around the globe.
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Caspersz, Donella
Dr Donella Caspersz is a published researcher, teacher and supervisor at the UWA Business School, specialising in employment relations and family business management.
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Dee Roche
Adjunct Professor/Teaching Associate Dee Roche is a coordinator and lecturer at the UWA Business School, specialising in leadership, strategic change and transformation.
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Dr Adam Parr
Dr Adam Parr is a Professor of Practice at the UWA Business School. He brings his experience as an author, investor, strategy expert and global business leader to the School as an advisor.
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Dr Liudmila Tarabashkina
Dr Liudmila Tarabashkina is a researcher at the UWA Business School and a marketing research consultant focusing on empowering consumers, assisting government with policy making and helping firms with strategic marketing communication.
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Gilchrist, David
Professor David Gilchrist is a researcher and teacher in accounting and economic policy whose current research focuses on the NDIS.
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Goods, Caleb
Dr Caleb Goods is a researcher and lecturer, examining two forces that are challenging and changing people’s working lives around the world: climate change, and the ‘gig’ economy.
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Harrigan, Paul
Dr Paul Harrigan is an associate professor, published researcher and international consultant at the UWA Business School, specialising in digital and social media marketing.
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Jetter, Michael
Dr Michael Jetter is a senior lecturer and economics researcher specialising on the effects of corruption, terrorism and gender.
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Liu, Zhangxin
Dr Zhangxin (Frank) Liu is a UWA finance lecturer and researcher, specialising in the exploitation of market sentiment from financial derivatives markets.
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Professor Jac Birt
Professor Jac Birt is the Head of the Accounting and Finance department within the UWA Business School. She holds research interests in contemporary accounting issues.
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