The UWA Business School is one of the premier Business Schools in the Asia Pacific Region, and has a reputation for international excellence in research, teaching and learning. When classes commenced at the University of Western Australia in 1913, Economics was one of the first courses offered. Since then the teaching and research of business and management has developed into the one of the University’s largest Faculties. Today the Business School has an excellent reputation for offering high quality courses that are diverse, flexible and widely recognized. The Business School is supported by a Board of respected business leaders, has a complement of over 160 full-time staff servicing around 4000 undergraduate and postgraduate students in Western Australia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. Graduates students from the School have moved on to become leaders in a variety of industries throughout the world. Results from the Graduate Destinations Survey show that The UWA Business School has the highest rate of graduate employment in Western Australia, and the second highest in all Australian universities. Strengthening this foundation is the design and construction of a new Business School building, due for completion in 2008, which will boast leading-edge facilities supporting best practice in teaching and learning, whilst working alongside the evolving needs of today’s business community. When The University of Western Australia was established in 1911, Economics was one of the foundation subjects offered by the newly formed institution. The Faculty of Economics was established in 1954 – 55 and in 1961 was reconstituted as the Faculty of Economics and Commerce.
In 2002, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, operating as the UWA Business School, was re-formed as two schools, the School of Economics and Commerce and the Graduate School of Management. Bachelor’s degree courses, including a wide range of double-degree courses with Law, Arts, Engineering and Science, and postgraduate degrees by research and coursework are offered across a wide range of business-related disciplines. In 2006 the integration of the Graduate School of Management and School of Economics and Commerce was approved. Today The UWA Business School has an excellent reputation for offering high quality courses that are diverse, flexible and widely recognised. | Key History Dates | | | 1911 | Economics was one of the foundation subjects offered by the newly formed institution, The University of Western Australia. | | 1914 and 1920 | Teaching in Economics followed by teaching in Accounting begun within the Faculty of Arts. | | 1954 – 1955 | The Faculty of Economics was established by the Senate. | | 1961 | The Faculty was reconstituted as the Faculty of Economics and Commerce. | | 1977 | The Department of Commerce was reorganised into a School of Commerce, comprising a Department of Accounting and Finance, and a Department of Management | | 1982 and 1991 | Department of Industrial Relations followed by the Graduate School of Management were established. | | 1993 | Department of Management and the Department of Industrial Relations were reorganised to form two new departments named the Department of Information Management and Marketing, and the Department of Organisational and Labour Studies respectively. | | 2001 – 2006 | The University undertook a major academic restructure as a result of which the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, operating as the UWA Business School, comprises two schools, the School of Economics and Commerce and the Graduate School of Management. | | 2007 | Integration of the former School of Economics and Commerce and Graduate School of Management to form the UWA Business School. |
The new building will provide state of the art facilities in a single location for the Business School, currently housed in several buildings both around and off the Crawley campus. It will also provide room for expected growth and opportunities for us to engage the business community, our alumni and friends. The construction of this new space is an important step in establishing the School as one of Australia’s most prestigious and highly ranked business education institutions. The new building will be a three-storey, environmentally sustainable development representing a new type of building for the campus. It has been designed to reflect the history of the University’s architecture in a contemporary and innovative way, as well as to embrace learning environments of the future. The construction of the building will provide leading-edge facilities encompassing flexible learning spaces, fostering an environment for high levels of interaction, working and learning. The groundbreaking launch on 9th June 2006 signified more than three years of strategic planning and brought to fruition a significant element of the Business School’s long-term vision for teaching and developing tomorrow’s leaders in business, industry and commerce. The development works hand-in-hand with the school’s provision of internationally renowned business education for the benefit of our students and staff, and also for the business sector and the wider community. The Business School acknowledged that the new Business School building is situated on Noongar land, and that Noongar people remain the spiritual and cultural custodians of their land, and continues to practice their values, languages, beliefs and knowledge. | 