University of Western Australia
Business
Your student advising office is your one-stop shop for all your course-related queries. We can assist with:
- course advice and creating a study plan
- checking your enrolment
- MBA planning and resources
- advising on global and extra-curricular experiences
- directing you to student support services
- helping with complex matters regarding special consideration, credit transfer, approved leave, academic progression, graduation eligibility and other special approval requests
The Business School is located on the ground floor of the Business School building.
Visit us during our office hours, Monday - Thursday 9.30am - 4.30pm, Friday 10am - 4.30pm, and closed Tuesday between 12- 1pm.
Closed weekends, public holidays and university shutdown period.
Phone us on +61 8 6488 3235
Email us via askUWA
Book an online appointment with a Student Adviser
Featured opportunities
Stanford Summer International Honours Program
Combining top-notch academics with exclusive activities that explore the rich cultural, social, and geographical resources of the San Francisco Bay Area, the IHP is an invaluable experience.
Work Integrated Learning internships
Make the most of your time at UWA by undertaking an internship as part of your course. Opportunities are available throughout the semester and in summer and winter for postgraduate and international students.
Pollinate Student Fellowship Program
Venture to India with Pollinate Group to contribute to projects that make a difference to the lives of families and communities through sustainable business models and environmental solutions to real-world problems.
Get involved
The Business School offers heaps of vibrant student clubs for you to join. Work on an entrepreneurial community project, provide consultancy advice to not-for-profit organisations, run professional development workshops for students, or coordinate careers and social events.
Joining a student group helps you transition into university life, build and extend your professional and personal networks, put your business skills to practice, make new friends and have fun. Browse clubs and societies at the Guild's website.
One club, Enactus, is the world’s largest experiential learning platform, dedicated to creating a better world while developing the next generation of entrepreneurial leaders and social innovators. It is an international, student-run, non-profit organisation present in more than 39 countries around the world, engaging students from more than 1,500 universities.
Facilities
Rosemarie Nathanson Financial Markets Trading Room
A world-class training tool for students, the Business School’s trading and analysis centre allows users to gain access to real-time data from more than 400 global markets. Students have access during selected classes and special access can be assigned to research students.
Business Common Room
The Common Room offers students in business 24/7 access to study spaces, device charging facilities, a kitchenette, bathroom and vending machines. Room access is automatically granted on your UWA campus card when you enrol, and after-hours access is via the outside of the building near the EY Lecture Theatre.
Computer labs
We have a number of computer labs on the ground floor that students have access to when not being used for classes. Check the room schedule (posted on each door) for availability.
Professor Izan Postgraduate Study Room
Postgraduate students have an exclusive space in the common room for quiet study during building opening hours. Access is automatically granted on your campus card at enrolment.
More for Business students
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Assurance of learning
The Business School is strongly committed to enhancing the student learning experience through comprehensive assurance of learning procedures embedded within the curriculum.
Each program has broad goals and specific objectives that align with The University of Western Australia Educational Principles and the Business School teaching and learning operational priorities.
The program learning goals include:
- discipline-specific knowledge and skills
- critical thinking skills conducive to lifelong learning
- oral and written communication skills
- interpersonal skills, such as the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- reflective learning skills
- social and ethical awareness in an international context
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Curriculum maps
Curriculum maps across all programs identify where program objectives are taught, practiced and assessed. These matrices form the basis of our ongoing assurance of learning process which has a focus on improving student learning and ongoing curriculum improvement.
Undergraduate
- Accounting
- Economics extended major
- Economics single major
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Management
- Marketing
Postgraduate
- Master of Applied Finance
- Master of Business Administration Flexible
- Master of Business Administration Intensive
- Master of Business Analytics
- Master of Business Information and Logistics Management
- Master of Commerce
- Master of Economics
- Master of Human Resources and Employment Relations
- Master of Marketing
- Master of Professional Accounting (CA)
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SPARK for group assessments
SPARKPLUS is an online tool aid the development of team skills and enhance the team experience. SPARKPLUS has been developed with the purpose to improve learning from team assessment tasks and make the assessments fairer for students. It is used to help students understand the properties of quality work.
Download our PDF on using SPARK
How-to videos
Learn how to log in, change your password and edit your name.
Learn how to complete Self- and Peer Evaluation – Transcript [RTF, 36.0 KB]
Master of Business Administration (MBA) students
The UWA Business School offers a range of exclusive opportunities to enhance the MBA and graduate certificate student experience, from study abroad opportunities and dedicated student clubs, to facilities and prizes. Our Student Office is open late during trimester to support you when you’re studying after hours.
MBA resources
The Master of Business Administration (MBA) suite of programs includes the:
- MBA
- MBA Flexible
- Graduate Certificate in Business (GCB)
- Graduate Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation (GCE&I)
- Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management (GCHLM)
- Graduate Certificate in Leadership (GCL)
- Graduate Certificate in Minerals and Energy Management (GCMEM)
- Graduate Certificate in Social Impact (GCSI)
MBA 2025 timetable coming soon. In the interim, unit availabilities can be found in the 2025 Handbook.
MBA students, please contact the Business School Student Life Team for your study plan and course advice.
International Study Tour
An International Study Tour is being run by the Australian Institute of Management in 2024. For further information please visit: https://aimwa.com/course/international-study-tour/ To check if you have space to credit this experience to your UWA MBA please submit a special approval form to the UWA Business School. Please note this approval is simply to pre-approve eligibility for credit and will not guarantee you a place. The registration, payment and selection process are all facilitated directly through AIM.
Join the club
Our MBA student community includes vibrant, active student clubs hosting regular events and opportunities for networking and professional development.
MBA Social Club
This committee of postgraduate business students provides an environment that fosters friendships and networking opportunities. Events are held throughout the year such as First Friday Catch-Ups and the annual MBA Ball.
MBA Case Club
Case Club focuses on preparing MBA candidates to solve real-world business problems. Monthly instructional workshops with consulting industry professionals introduce the frameworks to tackle each type of case, and weekly practice sessions give you the chance to develop confidence using the techniques and applying them to business problems across a range of industry sectors.
Graduate Management Association (GMA)
Represents postgraduates and current students from The University of Western Australia’s Business School, fostering lifelong learning, networking events, resources for professional development, UWA-related news, knowledge-sharing opportunities and much more.
Your home at the Business School
The MBA Quarter is available 24/7, offering collaborative nooks for group work, individual study pods, a kitchen and bathroom facilities. MBA students are granted access automatically at enrolment.
Featured opportunities
Queen’s University MBA Summer Enrichment Program
Deepen your knowledge and skillset in Toronto while connecting with a group of world-class international business schools over an intensive four-day session.
St Gallen’s Short Term MBA Program
A 12-week intensive exchange in Switzerland with company visits and excursions, providing a learning laboratory for those aspiring to a career in international management.
Haskayne MBA Summer Program
Equivalent to the unit MGMT5608, this Calgary program teaches you to apply entrepreneurial thinking to generate value-added processes, products/services and business models. You’ll navigate entrepreneurial risk, prepare business cases, and pitch ideas to potential investors.
WHU MBA Europe Summer Institute
Undertake this overseas two-week course in Germany on ‘The Changing Environment for International Business in Europe' at the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management and gain targeted insight.
UWA MBA International Study Program
This program is an immersive cultural experience where our students visit organisations who are leaders in their industry to learn more about innovative global business. Previous destinations have included San Francisco, India and Europe.