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About the School

The School's vision comes to life through the collective efforts of a committed group of expert staff from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds.

The School of Business offers undergraduate, postgraduate and research degrees enriched with co-created industry learning opportunities that prepares students for the future of work (which is now).

Strength in Teaching

UniSQ Business graduates are equipped to be critical, creative thinkers; ethical, engaged professionals; effective communicators and collaborators; and employable enterprising professionals. Lead by Program Directors who care deeply about the learning outcomes of students, dedicated staff lead and inspire students in their career pursuits.

Through the use of real world and compelling examples, student knowledge and application is tested and extended. Students are prepared for the future of work with embedded enterprise skills, known to be greatly sought after by industry.

Strength in Research

The School of Business encourages a quality research culture for both its researchers and postgraduate research students. High quality research training and development
programs enhance the scholarship potential and expertise of researchers and research students.

In 2021/2022 a number of academic staff in the School were acclaimed for world leading research in:

  • Economics and Business
  • Health Economics and Health Informatics
  • Data and Text Mining and Machine and Deep Learning
  • Entrepreneurship and Economic Development
  • Accounting
  • Finance

 

Our research is often showcased through the Institute for Resilient Regions and the Centre for Health Research, for example: Advancing women in rural, regional and remote enterprises.

In 2021, the School of Business exceeded the world average (based on field-weighted citation impact) for research performance in Economics, Commerce and Management.

The world-class quality of the research efforts in the discipline of Information Systems were confirmed by the 2018 Australian Research Council’s Excellence in Research (ERA) as being ranked at world standard.

Strength in Community 

The School of Business plays an active role in working with community partners, focusing on academic programs and undertaking applied research that is relevant to community priorities. Our research and work with community partners, contributes to the University vision of being an innovative, student-focused, connected and forward-thinking University, that creates a better future through excellence in learning and teaching, and research.

Our impressive UniSQ School of Business Advisory Board has distinguished, industry leaders who co-create the industry focused learning experiences of our UniSQ School of Business.