Rankings & reputation
UNSW Business School is a world-class catalyst, shaping the careers of responsible leaders who make a global impact.
Successful leaders start here
UNSW Business School is a top business school in the Asia–Pacific region, with a global reputation for innovation, research excellence and teaching that embeds real business and community challenges into curricula.
At our core are exceptional academics and researchers, alongside students dedicated to advancing social, economic and environmental progress for future generations.
As a result, UNSW Business School holds prestigious accreditations, maintains elite memberships, attracts significant funding from government and industry, and achieves consistently high research rankings in Australia and worldwide.
Our study and research programs lead the field
UNSW is a global top 20 university (QS World University Rankings, 2026). UNSW's Business School is ranked among the top tier of Australian business schools (Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business Schools, 2025). And our Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) is home to the #1 online MBA program in Australia. (Financial Times Online MBA Rankings, 2026).
The Australian Research Council's latest Excellence in Research for Australia assessment (2018) recognises our research in economics and commerce as “well above world standard”.
Current UNSW Business School rankings
| Discipline | Rankings highlights |
|---|---|
| Business School | #1 Best Business School in Sydney (Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business Schools, 2025) |
| Accounting & Finance | Top 30 globally (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026) |
| Actuarial Studies & Risk Management | #1 globally (UNL Global Research Rankings of Actuarial Science and Risk Management & Insurance, 2024/2025) |
| Business & Management | #1 in Sydney (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026) |
| Economics & Econometrics | #2 in Sydney (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026) |
| Information Systems | #1 in Australia and top 20 globally (Association for Information Systems, 2024) |
| Marketing | #1 in Sydney and top 50 globally (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2026) |
| MBA | #1 in Australia and #48 globally (Financial Times Global MBA Rankings, 2026) |
| MBAX | #1 globally for Carbon Footprint and Sector Diversity by ESG metrics (Financial Times Online MBA Rankings, 2026) |
Previous rankings by year
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#2 Business School in Australia (AFR BOSS)
1st in Australia and 10th worldwide for MBAX (Financial Times MBAX Rankings, 2025)
Up by 12 places from 2024 and 67th worldwide for full-time MBA (Financial Times Global MBA Rankings, 2025)
2nd in Australia and 33rd worldwide for MBA (QS Global MBA Rankings, 2025)
67th worldwide for full-time MBA, up 12 places year-on-year (Financial Times Global MBA Rankings, 2025)
1st in Australia and 22nd worldwide for Accounting & Finance (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025)
1st in Australia and 35th worldwide for Business & Management Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025)
1st in Australia and 20th worldwide for Marketing (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025)
2nd in Australia and 40th worldwide for Economics & Econometrics (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2025)
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#1 Business School in Australia (Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business Schools ranking, 2024)
1st in Australia and 27th worldwide for MBA (Executive) (QS Global EMBA Rankings, 2024)
1st in Australia and 1st worldwide for Actuarial Studies & Risk Management (UNL Global Research Rankings of Actuarial Science and Risk Management & Insurance, 2024)
1st in Australia and 4th worldwide for Online MBA (QS Online MBA Rankings, 2024)
1st in Australia and 10th worldwide for Information Systems & Technology Management (Association for Information Systems, 2024)
1st in Australia and 18th worldwide for Marketing (QS World University Rankings by Subject)
1st in Australia and 20th worldwide for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024)
1st in Australia and 35th worldwide for Business and Management Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024)
3rd in Australia and 37th worldwide for Economics and Econometrics (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2024)
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#1 Business School in Australia (Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business Schools ranking, 2023)
1st in Australia and 21st worldwide for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023)
1st in Sydney, 2nd in Australia and 42nd worldwide for Business and Management Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023)
1st in Sydney, 4th in Australia and 42nd worldwide for Economics and Econometrics (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023)
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#1 Business School in Australia (Australian Financial Review BOSS Best Business Schools ranking, 2022)
1st in Australia and 20th worldwide for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2022)
1st in Sydney, 2nd in Australia and 44th worldwide for Business and Management Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2022)
1st in Sydney, 3rd in Australia and 36th worldwide for Economics and Econometrics (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2022)
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1st in Australia for Finance (Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects)
1st in Australia for Management (Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects)
2nd in Australia and 19th worldwide for Accounting and Finance (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2022)
2nd in Australia and 40th worldwide for Business and Management Studies (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2022)
Ranked within the Top 50 worldwide for Economics and Econometrics, and in the Top 100 worldwide for Computer Science and Information Systems (QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2022)
Our graduate employability
The Australian Association of Graduate Employers (AAGE) has repeatedly named UNSW Business School's Career Accelerator the most Outstanding Careers Service (2023 and 2025).
UNSW has also been recognised for producing Australia's most employable students for seven years in a row (Top100 Future Leaders & Graduate Employers Awards, 2020–2026). These awards celebrate Australia’s most popular graduate employers and top emerging student talent. We're proud to share that 40 UNSW students were recognised as Top100 Future Leaders in 2026. This included three award-winners and 26 finalists from the Business School.
Our memberships
Memberships enable our academics and students to collaborate and share knowledge with leading universities worldwide. UNSW is a member of Universitas 21, a network of internationally competitive, research-intensive universities. The University is also proud to be a member of the Group of Eight, which represents the top eight universities in Australia.
The UNSW Business School is the only Australian university representative in the Global Network for Advanced Management, alongside higher education institutions such as Yale in the United States, Fudan in China and INSEAD in France.
Our accreditations
Accreditations are awarded through strict quality audits and establish the standard of education we provide. UNSW Business School programs are EQUIS- and AACSB-accredited. These accreditations represent the highest standard of achievement for any business school worldwide. International students should also know that TEQSA trusts and authorises us to self-accredit our programs and courses.
