Gain real-world industry experience and networks before you graduate at WA's top ranked Business School. 

By studying business and commerce, you’ll gain an understanding of how businesses and organisations work from the inside out. You can expect to develop the critical decision-making skills needed in projects, and build a career transferable to the workforce anywhere in the world. Through a variety of units where business theory is applied via practical activities, you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of industries such as accounting, sales, finance, marketing, business management and human resources. 

The UWA Business School is accredited by EQUIS and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and is a Communicating Signatory to Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME).

Top five reasons to study Business and Commerce at UWA

1. Get career ready with one of Australia’s leading business schools, ranked #1 Best Business School in WA and #4 in Australia (AFR BOSS Best Business Schools 2024)

2. Engage in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) and stand out to future employers by getting real-world experience before you graduate

3. Join one of our 15+ Business School student clubs, including the Student Managed Investment Fund, Women in Business, Bloom Startup, Enactus, UWA Consulting Society, ECOMS and the Graduate Management Association

4. With over 30+ active industry supporters, including AGL Energy, CBH Group, Chevron, Fortescue Metals, Reserve Bank of Australia, Wesfarmers Limited and Woodside, you’ll grow a large professional network to draw on when you graduate

5. You’ll have access to state-of-the-art facilities such as the Rosemarie Nathanson Financial Trading Room with industry-level software and over 50 financial terminals and data from the ASX, NYSE and LSE to explore

Hear about our new unit
Student Managed Enterprise Investment Fund (SMEIF)

Are you ready to gain real-world hands-on experience in financial investment decision making? Then get ready to dive deep into the world of Finance in UWA’s new Student Managed Enterprise Investment Fund (SMEIF) unit, unique to UWA and one of only a few offered in Australia. You’ll get the opportunity to make intelligent financial investment decisions using real data and real money.

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Access state-of-the-art training facilities

The Rosemarie Nathanson Financial Markets Trading Room is a state-of-the-art trading and analysis centre where you can gain access to real-time data from more than 400 global markets. The largest trading room and training facility of its kind in Australia, this facility offers access to industry-standard tools you would find in a real hedge fund or trading desk.

Women in Economics and Finance 

We had the opportunity to speak with a group of accomplished women, shaking things up in the business world and who all have a background in economics or finance. From students and academics at UWA to influential industry leaders, each of them shared their perspectives on diverse leadership and emphasised the need to continue the transformative culture shift in today's business environment. 

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