Why choose the Business School?

Business School academic staff are committed to delivering the highest quality teaching and research in topics that are forward-focused and relevant. We offer the following benefits to our students:

• Outstanding career opportunities — typically, 75% of our Business graduates are employed at the time of their graduation while a further 16% go on to postgraduate study.
• Flexibility — a double major enables you to enhance your career options by combining two specialist fields of study in Business and Economics.
• Breadth — conjoint degrees give you the option to combine specialist fields across two faculties, such as Commerce with Science or Law.
• Entry standards which are the highest for business and economics of any New Zealand university.
• Seven teaching departments which are consistently ranked among the top of their fields in Australasia.
• Our graduates have secured leading business and professional positions in top companies worldwide.
• Exciting and challenging opportunities for personal development through activities such as Spark, The University of Auckland Entrepreneurship Challenge and the Management Consulting Club’s business case competitions.
• We are located within walking distance of the city centre.
• Our Triple Crown accreditations are your assurance of the highest academic standards and offer global credibility and recognition.
• The University of Auckland is the only New Zealand member of Universitas 21, a global consortium of research-led universities, and the Association of Pacific Rim Universities.

Find out more about our Triple Crown accreditations

Each year the Business School selects and trains teams of talented students to travel around the world and compete against other universities in case competitions.

In each competition the teams are given a real-life business situation and asked to develop a strategy to address the issues. The subject of the case can vary from small technology start-ups to large multinationals.

The case teams are allocated up to 24 hours in which to identify the issues and formulate a solution. Once they have developed a strategy, they present their solution to a panel of judges comprising a group of prominent business professionals.

During the case competition programme, students develop a strong understanding of:

• How to work in high performance teams.
• How to apply theory to real-life situations.
• How to deliver a message clearly and effectively.

The Business School case competition programme has become an important component in the life of the Business School. The students selected for each case competition are amongst the most talented and able in the University. They gain enormous benefit from involvement in the programme. Places on the teams are keenly contested and students find it is a strong point of differentiation with potential employers.

Find out about our case competitions in the clubs and societies section

The Business School ASB Careers Centre has a clear focus on supporting student development. It offers a range of services to assist you with career planning, development and management.

Delivered through a programme of skills workshops, employer interactions and individual support, the Careers Centre will help you start a successful and rewarding career when you graduate. In addition, you have access to further support and opportunities from University Careers Services.

Visit the Careers Centre website

Auckland is the gateway to New Zealand’s spectacular natural beauty and lifestyle. The city sits between two harbours and is surrounded by sub-tropical islands, sparkling waters and lush native forests.

As New Zealand’s largest and most diverse city, it is home to 1.4 million people from a range of ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Auckland is New Zealand’s leading commercial centre with a wide variety of businesses from all sectors operating in a dynamic, innovative and competitive environment.

With a population of about 4.4 million, New Zealand and its people have achieved world eminence in many fields including scientific discovery, sport, creative industries and economic reform.

For more information about Auckland and New Zealand, visit the following websites:

• Tourism Auckland website
• Tourism New Zealand website

The University of Auckland is renowned as a high quality learning institution and is considered New Zealand’s leading university.

The 2006 research quality (PBRF) assessment by the Tertiary Education Commission again determined that The University of Auckland is the New Zealand university with the greatest overall research strength.

This is based on:

• The number and proportion of top-ranked researchers.
• The number of research degree completions.
• The scale of its assessable external research income.

Established in 1883, the University has about 40,000 students studying in more than 80 degree and 40 graduate and postgraduate diploma programmes in a wide range of fields: Arts, Business and Economics, Creative Arts and Industries, Education, Engineering, Law, Medical and Health Sciences, Science and Theology.

The University has active links with other parts of the world through research collaboration, and staff and student exchange arrangements with more than 91 universities in over 25 countries.

For more information, see New Zealand's leading university.

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.

Located in room 201 on Level 2 of the Owen G Glenn Building, the Business Information Centre provides support for all our staff and postgraduate students in their teaching, learning and research activities. You can:
 

• Research consultations with centre subject specialists.
• Access the library’s collection of electronic and print resources.
• Browse archives of New Zealand company annual reports.
• Search financial and business databases.
• Access the centre’s collection of more than 30 New Zealand and international business magazines and newspapers (all print resources are “Reference Only”).
• Photocopy, print and scan material via NetAccount.

Laptops may be used with power points and network notes located throughout the study area. The Business School’s wireless network is available.

Access to the Centre is via swipe card access. Please see your departmental managers if you have any card queries.

Visit the Business Information Centre section

You can join the University’s active sport and recreation programme, including access to the Recreation Centre, and there are more than 120 different clubs to join across a wide range of social interests.

There are more than 15 cafes including ethnic food outlets and a wide variety of entertainment such as the Maidment Theatre, Gus Fisher Gallery, George Fraser Gallery, Window, and projectspace B431.

For more reasons to choose postgraduate study at The University of Auckland, visit the central postgraduate website.