Business School
Facilities and resources
Covering over 34,000 square metres, the Owen G Glenn Building is New Zealand's largest teaching space and home to staff and students of The University of Auckland Business School.
The Business School's state-of-the-art Owen G Glenn Building gives staff and students an integrated, purpose-built structure. It houses fully-equipped lecture theatres, computer labs, work rooms and social spaces, along with cafés and an on-site bank, clustered around a spectacular 26m-high atrium. Disabled access and facilities are throughout the building.
Completed in 2008, the iconic building stands as a place of convergence for business, academia and government — a collaborative, knowledge-rich environment within which to forge the capabilities that this country needs to succeed in sophisticated global markets.
The Business School building is named after the major donor and New Zealand entrepreneur and benefactor Owen G Glenn.
The main teaching facilities are located on Level 0 and include:
- Two 600-seat lecture theatres (Fisher and Paykel Auditorium).
- Two 300-seat lecture theatres.
- One 150-seat lecture theatre.
- Four case rooms each seating 75.
- Eleven computer labs each seating 31.
Additional teaching and study spaces are on Level 2 for postgraduate students and Level 3 for students completing programmes designed for executives and managers. The Business School's Short Course programmes are normally delivered on Levels 2 and 3.
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Level 0 study spaces
Level 0 also provides an extensive open space where you can study, circulate and meet other students informally. A limited number of computers are available, however, bench-top space, power points for laptops and wireless capabilities are provided. Photocopying and printing are available via your NetAccount.
The Business School Bookshop and the assignment drop-off and collection point are also located on Level 0.
The Business History Wall and the Business Hall of Fame are located on Level 0, too, and both provide a colourful and informative historical display for students and visitors alike.
Level 2 of the Owen G Glenn Building offers dedicated study spaces for postgraduate students with computers, printers and wireless capabilities.
The light and airy Postgraduate Lounge with bench-top, table and lounge meeting spaces, kitchenette facilities and plasma screens is also available for relaxing between lectures and studying. Doctoral student spaces have panoramic views of the harbour and the Auckland Domain.
Along with access to the University’s world-class research library, Business School postgraduate, and executive and manager degree programme students can utilise online and print resources available in the Business Information Centre.
The Business Student Centre is your first point of contact for all of our undergraduate and postgraduate degree programme enquiries. We're a comprehensive course planning advisory service for prospective and returning students.
Student advisers are available to answer your enquiries on a drop-in basis. If we can't help you straight off, then we can refer you to the person who can help you the best.
Our services include:
- An information centre.
- Course planning assistance and enrolment advice.
- Computer work stations and a printer.
We are located on Level 1 of the Owen G Glenn Building on the City Campus.
The Business School Bookshop and the assignment drop-off and collection point are located on Level 0. For more information about the bookshop please visit the section on Facilities and resources.
Opening hours
The Business Student Centre is open from Monday to Friday (excluding University holidays). Opening hours are as follows:
- Undergraduate enquiries: 8.30am to 5pm.
- Postgraduate enquiries: 9am to 4pm.
