When The University of Western Australia was established in 1911, Economics was one of the foundation subjects.
The Faculty of Economics was established in 1954 – 1955 and in 1961 was reconstituted as the Faculty of Economics and Commerce. In 2002, the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, operating as the Business School, was re-formed as two schools:
- the School of Economics and Commerce
- Graduate School of Management.
In 2006 it was decided to integrate the two schools.
Today the Business School has an excellent reputation for offering high quality courses that are diverse, flexible and widely recognised. 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.
| 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, which resulted in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce which comprised 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 Business School. |
