Business and Commerce

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. 

We are accredited through leading business school accreditations in Europe and North America – both the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). 

• #1 Best Business School in WA and #4 in Australia
  (AFR BOSS Best Business Schools 2024)
• 30+ active industry supporters 
  including AGL Energy, CBH Group, Chevron, Fortescue Metals, Reserve Bank of Australia, Wesfarmers Limited and Woodside. 
• 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.
• UWA Business School is a signatory of the UN PRME
  An initiative of the United Nations Global Compact.     
• An exceptional MBA program
  that ranks #1 in Oceania for Entrepreneurship and Alumni Outcomes (QS Global MBA Rankings 2025). 

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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