Australian School of Business

Australian School of Business
Established 2007
Type Public
Dean Alec Cameron
Academic staff 192
Students 11,700
Undergraduates 4,500
Postgraduates 3,500
Location Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alumni 60,000
Affiliations University of New South Wales
Website http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/

The Australian School of Business is a research institution for business in Australia and the Asia-Pacific. It is a constituent body of the University of New South Wales and offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees along with MBA and Executive programs.

The school has over 8,000 students, divided into 4,500 undergraduate students, 3,500 postgraduate students and 250 PhD and Honours students. The school has 220 full-time academics and researchers, as well as 192 professional and technical staff.[1][2]

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History

In November 2006, the Australian Graduate School of Management was merged with the Faculty of Commerce and Economics to form the Faculty of Business[3]. In mid-2007 the Faculty was rebranded The Australian School of Business [4]and by September 2007 had relocated into the newly renovated Australian School of Business Building [5]. The Faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees along with the AGSM MBA and AGSM Executive Programs.

For 2010 the ASB was ranked 36th internationally, and 1st in Australia, and 35th in the world, in the Financial Times 2010 Global MBA list.[6]

In June, 2010 The Australian School of Business received accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) for five years, the maximum allowed duration, under its accreditation brand the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).[7]

As of January, 2011 ASB is ranked 35th internationally, 34th by a 3 year average ranking, and remains 1st in Australia, as published in the Financial Times 2011 Global MBA list.[8]

Organisation

The Australian School of Business is composed of nine disciplinary schools:

Research

The faculty hosts ten research centres:

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