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UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS
BUSINESS AT A GLANCE
81%
TOP 2%
OF UNIVERSITIES
OVERALL GRADUATE
SATISFACTION ABOVE
NATIONAL AVERAGE*
WORLDWIDE^ TRIPLE
PROFESSIONAL
84%
EMPLOYED 4 MONTHS
ACCREDITATION
FOR B ACCOUNTING
AFTER GRADUATION* ACCOUNTING
CAANZ, CPA, CIMA, IPA
5 STARS
FINANCIAL PLANNING
$54K
FPA, FPEC
FACILITIES, INCLUSIVENESS, A TAXATION
TPB
INNOVATION, TEACHING^^ UNDERGRADUATE
MEDIAN SALARY*
#1 UNI
IN SYDNEY FOR EMPLOYER
SATISFACTION#
* Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching (QILT) website (funded by the Australian Government
Department of Education and Training). 2016-2017 Undergraduate (Business and Management) qilt.edu.au
– Graduate satisfaction – overall satisfaction 80.1%
– Overall employment rate of graduates – 83.7 (12.1% pursue full-time study)
– Graduate employment – median salary
^ Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018
^^ QS World University Rankings 2018
#
Employer Satisfaction Survey 2018: 85.6% satisfaction rating
BUSINESS
AT WESTERN:
WHERE THE ACTION IS GLOBAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Study business with the School of With students coming from diverse
Business, Western Sydney University, cultural backgrounds you will connect
in the centre of Parramatta City. with fresh perspectives and insights.
Your fellow students will be local and
In the heart of Sydney and one international students, creating unique
of the fastest-growing regions in opportunities for networking on a
Australia, Parramatta City is a focus personal and professional level. Within
of economic activity as multinationals Parramatta City’s multicultural business
and small and medium enterprises community, you will have opportunities
choose to locate operations here. to gain knowledge and skills in cross-
cultural business management practices.
AT THE EPICENTRE OF GROWTH
Located in a purpose-built office tower in UNIQUE STUDENT SUPPORT
the Parramatta central business district, As an undergraduate student, you’ll have
the School of Business is connecting unique student support with a dedicated
students with industry and employers discipline-based academic advisor.
from the start of your degree. You’ll be You will be offered pastoral care and
at the epicentre of a national economic monitored throughout your degree by
and jobs boom. Using innovative and academics who want you to succeed. The
creative learning methods, and balancing School of Business provides mentoring
theory and real-world application, we and subject support from senior students.
will equip you to become a leader in the
technology driven global economy. You’ll have the opportunity to live in the
University Village with students from
CONNECTING YOU WITH INDUSTRY across the University, across Australia
Courses are taught by academics with and from around the world. And you’ll
research and industry experience be mentored all the way by more
bringing subjects to life and making them advanced student Residential Assistants,
relevant to the workplace of tomorrow. who are on hand to offer support
through your on-campus lifestyle.
SYDNEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
STUDY
WHERE THE
JOBS ARE
As the geographic centre of
the Sydney metropolitan area, PARRAMATTA CITY JOBS EXPLOSION
Parramatta City is experiencing PROPERTY INVESTMENT AND TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS
a population boom and jobs DEVELOPMENT Sydney Metro Northwest, Sydney Metro
explosion. Unprecedented Corporate and private investors are West and a Parramatta light rail network
corporate and government putting more than $3.4 billion into are new rail links connecting the region
developing commercial and residential to Parramatta City and to other Sydney
investment in Parramatta’s buildings, giving Western Sydney a locations. New train stations will support
economy is fueling growth in once-in-a-lifetime boom. Parramatta City is higher-density housing. WestConnex,
transport and logistics, the at the centre of this boom, uniquely placed the largest road transport infrastructure
healthcare sector, property if you are studying property and business. project in Australia, is creating faster links
investment and development and between Parramatta City and other parts
of the eastern Sydney metropolitan area. 2
education – creating study and HEALTHCARE SECTOR
With private and government investment,
career opportunities for students. Western Sydney Airport, being built at
Westmead Health Precinct, one of the
Badgerys Creek, in close proximity to
largest in Australia, aims to become the
Parramatta City, will be a catalyst for
Thirty per cent of Australia’s top 100 state’s ‘Silicon Valley of Health Innovation’.1
13,000 new jobs during construction and
businesses now have an office in The precinct is predicted to generate up
then 60,000 jobs when fully operational.
Parramatta City. These include: to 50,000 jobs over 20 years. It will also
push ahead commercialising world-leading
≥≥ National Australia Bank TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS
medical research. Other Western Sydney
≥≥ BHP Billiton hospitals at Campbelltown and Penrith The area surrounding Western Sydney Airport
≥≥ Qantas are also undergoing multimillion-dollar will become the Badgerys Creek Aerotropolis.
expansions. With skills in management, This will include the Sydney Science Park, a
≥≥ Sony
you could get involved with directing focus for research and development focusing
≥≥ Canon on aerospace, defence, healthcare, education
the future of the healthcare sector.
≥≥ Coca-Cola Amatil and agribusiness, and draw together
≥≥ Deloitte Access Economics TOURISM SECTOR transport, communications and logistics.
This will lead to over 12,000 new ‘smart’ jobs. 3
≥≥ KPMG Parramatta City is expanding tourism,
≥≥ PwC – 200 staff in offices in the opening a new mega-capacity Western
Parramatta City campus building Sydney Stadium for sport in 2019 and the
new world-class Museum of Arts and Applied
Government presence includes: Sciences in Parramatta City in 2022. Western
Sydney is doubling its hotel beds and
≥≥ Australian Taxation Office
serviced apartments. 2 These developments
≥≥ Sydney Water Corporation Headquarters offer career opportunities for students
≥≥ NSW Department of Attorney with skills and qualifications in marketing,
General and Justice Headquarters hospitality and business management.
≥≥ Parramatta Justice Precinct Visitors to the city have increased by more
than 40 per cent in the past five years.
1. smh.com.au/national/nsw/westmead-could-become-silicon-valley-of-health-innovation-20160718-gq82lc.html
2. Economic Development Plan 2017-2021 – City of Parramatta
3. Shaping Future Cities Designing Western Sydney The story so far, Deloitte
4. cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/economy#
5. Parramatta 2021 Unlocking the Potential of a New Economy – PwC
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The region is experiencing a once- Parramatta has a significant demand One in 10 Australians lives in Parramatta City is Australia’s
in-a-lifetime economic expansion for skilled and qualified workers. 5 Western Sydney. The growth third-largest economy. Gross
with governments, multinational The economic boom is predicted rate is 2.5 per cent per year – Regional Product (GRP) at $23
corporations and private investors to create hundreds of thousands of twice the state average.4 billion continues to grow at
feeding an investment pipeline new jobs over the next decade. more than two per cent per year,
of more than $12 billion.4 MULTICULTURALISM reaching $30 billion by 2021. 5
Sectors with most job opportunities:
– business and management
– finance and accounting Residents speak more than 100
– logistics and transport languages. Sixty per cent of new
immigrants settle in Western Sydney.
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SYDNEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
CAPITALISE ON JOB
GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
AND STUDY BUSINESS
AT WESTERN Undergraduate programs:
≥≥ B Accounting
≥≥ B Business (10 specialisations):
– Money careers: Accounting, Applied
Finance, Economics, Property
– Markets careers: Hospitality Management,
International Business, Marketing, Sport
Management
– Management careers: Human Resource
Management, Management
– More than 16 second majors in non-business
career-related fields such as Advertising,
Public Relations, Climate Change, Tourism
and Urban Studies
≥≥ B Business (Advanced Business Leadership)
6 Western Sydney University
SYDNEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
INDUSTRY ACCREDITATION The Bachelor of Accounting is the
Gain industry-specific accreditation from Australia’s leading institutions only degree in Australia with triple
professional accreditation, so you
≥≥ CPA Australia (CPA) ≥≥ Financial Planning Association of can pursue multiple professional
≥≥ Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) Australia (FPA) careers from the one program. You
≥≥ Australian Property Institute (API) ≥≥ Chartered Institute of Management can study accounting with financial
Accountants (CIMA)
≥≥ Institute of Public Accountants (IPA) planning and taxation – it’s flexible
≥≥ Association of Chartered Certified and made to take you places.
≥≥ Financial Planning Education
Accountants (ACCA)
Council (FPEC)
≥≥ Chartered Accountants of Australia ≥≥ Accounting (CPA Australia,
≥≥ Australian Human Resources CAANZ, IPA, CIMA)
and New Zealand (CAANZ)
Institute (AHRI)
≥≥ Financial Planning (FPA, FPEC)
≥≥ Financial Services Institute of
Australia (FINSIA) ≥≥·Taxation (TPB)
Our courses respond to industry demands and skill Benefit from the jobs explosion in Western Sydney
requirements of tomorrow 84% of Western Sydney University undergraduates
≥ fully accredited by industry associations employed four months after graduation
Participate in real-world industry experiences through Undergraduate Business and Management
internships and projects average salary A$54,000
≥ internships transition you into professional practice
Post-study work opportunities to work
≥ academic supervisor and a specific business supervisor guide you
in Australia after you graduate
throughout your internship
using skills and qualifications that are in
demand in the Australian labour market
The Parramatta City PROGRAMS OPPORTUNITIES Parramatta City
vertical campus: FOR INDUSTRY TO WORK IN campus is:
≥ located in a state-of-the AUSTRALIA ≥ in the heart of Parramatta
art office tower City – Australia’s third-
largest economy
≥ six floors of innovative, ≥ located where more than
technologically infused 30% of Australia’s top 100
learning spaces
≥ dynamic collaborative
WHY STUDY businesses are based
learning studios WORLD-CLASS
FACILITIES
BUSINESS AT PARRAMATTA
CITY
≥ close to internship
and job opportunities
≥ everywhere WESTERN? LOCATION ≥ a short walk to the
WiFi-connected Parramatta Transport
Interchange, connecting to
≥ interact with other trains and buses to take
campuses remotely SUPPORTING you all over Sydney and NSW
LIVE IN
≥ private and open work A VIBRANT YOU TO SUCCEED ≥ right beside Westfield
spaces for group or CITY Parramatta, Australia’s
IN BUSINESS
individual study third-largest shopping centre
≥ Student Services Hub – provides advice
on enrolment, fees and exams and referrals
≥ Enjoy a multicultural lifestyle ≥ Counselling service – qualified social workers
≥ Live on campus or share with and psychologists offering free and confidential
other students off campus service face-to-face, by phone or Skype
≥ Watch sport at a local sports field ≥ Student Welfare Service – advice and support
or a performance at a theatre on financial issues, health and accommodation
≥ Shop at Westfield Parramatta, Australia’s ≥ Careers Hub – assists your job search
third-largest shopping centre during study and after graduation
≥ Relax on the Parramatta River. Explore parks and ≥ Merit-based Partial Scholarships –
recreation facilities. Catch the ferry to Sydney Harbour contribute to your course fees
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SYDNEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
LEARN THE
SKILLS OF
THE FUTURE
The School of Business at Western Sydney University is uniquely placed to help students get the
real-life experience, practical skills and knowledge they need for their future careers in the new
world of work. We equip you to lead, influence, build, support and service the new-age future cities.
CONSULT TO INDUSTRY INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIPS SKILLS-FOCUSED
Engage in real-world consultancy projects. International experience helps you better Our teaching focuses on you gaining
As a student, you will collaborate with your understand the world, be more flexible and robust technical skills and developing
academic mentors to develop practical adaptable. Go on an international internship expert professional skills in areas such as:
solutions for actual clients. Projects include that ranges from five to eight weeks and ≥≥ leadership and networking
working for local municipal councils, apply for a grant to help fund your trip.
≥≥ collaboration and teamwork
when you’ll go out into the local business International students are eligible for most
communities to better understand internships. International study tours are ≥≥ resilience and resourcefulness
the challenges and obstacles facing also available. ≥≥ agile and creative thinking
business. You may tackle issues such as
≥≥ communication, influencing
the challenges facing the manufacturing ENTREPRENEURSHIP
and negotiating.
sector, the difficulties experienced by Do you have a startup idea you want to
the health and wellness industries, the bring to life? As a student, you can access
technological needs of the retail industry the research and development to help a
or the impediments to environmentally startup succeed. Launch Pad is a business
sustainable business practice. incubator and accelerator that gives student INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT
entrepreneurs access to meeting spaces, PARTNERS INCLUDE:
INDUSTRY INTERNSHIP mentoring, events, networking and training. CNHI, IKEA, The Coca-Cola Company,
Get hands-on experience while you study Entrepreneurs can tap into the university’s KPMG, Linfox, Bevchain, Crescent
by taking an Enterprise Internship unit. You expertise and knowledge to develop new Wealth, Forrester Cohen, Thrive (a
will apply the knowledge you’ve gained in business opportunities through technology not-for-profit assisting refugees to
your degree in a real-life workplace. At an and innovation. build new businesses), Camden City,
undergraduate level, you must organise Southwest Community Transport,
your own internship and seek approval Kimberly Clark, United Nations
from your unit coordinator. During your (India), Willis Tower Watson, Weber
internship you will have an academic Shandwick, Youth Action, PwC,
supervisor and a specific business supervisor. Deloitte, United Cellars (United
All internships are project-based and you’ll LifeStyle Group)
produce a business report for assessment
at its conclusion.
It was a great opportunity for students to experience
real-life work environments, get out into the street
and talk to businesses about the challenges they face.
GARY COLEMAN, CITY OF CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN COUNCIL
8 Western Sydney University
SYDNEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
I am very impressed by the way
Western Sydney University is
putting down roots in the
business community. They
want engagement to happen.
DAVID BORGER, WESTERN SYDNEY
DIRECTOR, NEW SOUTH WALES
BUSINESS CHAMBER
STUDENT AND GRADUATE SUCCESS
BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (SPORT BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (ADVANCED
MANAGEMENT) BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN
RESOURCES), BACHELOR OF APPLIED
LEADERSHIP AND CRITICAL THINKING*
ANDRES PENAHERRERA TRISHWEEN SINGH NAIB BRIANA MELVILLE
ECUADOR INDIA AUSTRALIA
Andres dreams of becoming a Sport is a big focus of Trishween’s life, The first time she visited Western
qualified accountant and successful so he was thrilled to find the perfect Sydney University, Briana was attracted
entrepreneur. He plans to use his degree at Western Sydney University to study here. “It is a very inviting
accounting skills and experience to pursue a career in sport. “I’ve loved environment,” she said. “Down to
working with startups to set up his working in groups,” he said. “You really earth and so much practical industry
own company importing quinoa into get to network.” Trishween completed engagement with your studies.”
Australia. Andres is working as a junior an internship at Cricket NSW and now Briana is grateful for the “incredible
accountant while studying and enjoys has a job there on a part-time basis as opportunities”, such as a study tour to
the Parramatta City campus facilities. an analyst. He played cricket and soccer Stellenbosch University in South Africa
“I think it is the best campus in as a child and was involved in track and support to attend a United Nations
Australia,” he said. “There are screens and field, representing his school and student leadership conference in
everywhere, and most of the walls are later college in different capacities. Thailand. Her internships have included
whiteboards. So you can just write A career in sport management was a working at the University as a research
anywhere you want. When it comes natural progression. assistant and with a recruitment
to technology and the use of video company in HR. “I was studying diversity
and audio in classes, it’s amazing. But policies in class and I could apply that
it’s not just technology, it’s also the directly at work.
different spaces the building provides.” * Bachelor of Applied Leadership and
Critical Thinking is not available to
international students
GRADUATE SUCCESS
Many Western Sydney University graduates are now leaders in industry. Their successful careers highlight the value of Western Sydney
University degrees in Australia and overseas. For example, our graduates have strategic responsibilities for commercial property portfolios
in excess of AUD$10 billion. These include:
≥≥ Charter Hall – Managing Director ≥≥ JLL, US – Chairman of the Global ≥≥ Asia Pacific, Cushman & Wakefield –
≥≥ AMP Capital – Global Head of Real Estate Corporate Solutions Board and CEO Head of Asset Services
of Americas Corporate Solutions ≥≥ Preston, Rowe and Paterson –
≥≥ Lendlease Investment Management
– Global Chief Investment Officer ≥≥ Greater China, Goodman – Head National Director
≥≥ UBS, Hong Kong – Managing ≥≥ VALAD Europe – Former CEO, now ≥≥ Charter Hall – Former CEO, now
Director, Global Head of Real CEO, Arrow Property Investment Executive Chairman, Aliro Group
Estate Equities Research ≥≥ Heitman, Hong Kong – MD
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SYDNEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
WORLD-CLASS
FACILITIES IN THE HEART
OF PARRAMATTA CITY
The Parramatta City vertical SUPPORT AND CAREERS ≥≥ MATES stands for Mentoring and
Transition Equals Success. As a first
campus is one of the most Parramatta City campus has an onsite Student
Services Hub – your first point of contact – year student, MATES connects you with
technologically advanced providing advice on enrolment, fees and other new students and mentors in later
university campuses in Australia. exams, and referrals to other areas. years of study. Gain knowledge and
It occupies 10 floors of a state- skills to settle into life at university
of-the art office tower located in ≥≥ Merit-based partial scholarships* ≥≥ PASS is the Peer Assisted Study Sessions
help contribute to your fees and include
the centre of Parramatta Central (PASS) and is a free student-centred
the Western Sydney Undergraduate
Business District. Scholarship for international students
learning program. Either face-to-face or
online, you work collaboratively with other
and also the Vice-Chancellor Academic students to understand course content
Six floors are dedicated to innovative,
Excellence Undergraduate Scholarships and develop study strategies to help
technologically infused learning and
teaching spaces. Each floor has four dynamic ≥≥ Careers Hub assists you to search for jobs improve your academic performance
collaborative learning studios accommodating during your study or after graduation, ≥≥ MESH is the Mathematics Education
up to 60 students. Sit in a group pod of five to giving you career information and Support Hub (MESH) team. Just bring
six students around a screen while the lecturer opportunities to attend career events your questions and lecture and tutorials
walks around advising you. ≥≥ Student Welfare Service gives advice and notes you don’t understand and this
support on financial issues, tax, emergency roving drop-in service in the library
Interact with students in other campuses grants, health and accommodation will answer your Maths problems
remotely without leaving the Parramatta
≥≥ Counselling service has qualified ≥≥ Accommodation is available on-campus
campus. All walls are whiteboards to draw on
social workers and psychologists in the Western Sydney University Village
during discussions. Surrounding the learning
offering free and confidential service
studios are WiFi-connected private and open
face-to-face, by phone or Skype
work spaces for group or individual study.
≥≥ Study Smart offers assistance in all the
libraries and you can also get online support *Terms and conditions apply.
See westernsydney.edu.au/internationalscholarships
10 Western Sydney UniversitySYDNEY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT RECREATION Studying in Parramatta, you’ll discover a wide selection of department stores, cinemas, restaurants, cafes, local markets and specialty stores. You can explore major retail centres including Westfield Parramatta, one of Australia’s largest shopping centres. And with the city’s rich, multicultural population, you’ll find the flavours, foods and spices you’re accustomed to at home – or why not be adventurous and sample some new cuisines? With nature close at hand, including national parks, abundant parklands and the Parramatta River, the area is ideal for outdoor and sports enthusiasts. It’s easy to find a place to jog, walk, cycle, row, kayak or swim – or enjoy a peaceful picnic, barbecue or a friendly game of cricket, soccer or Frisbee with friends. westernsydney.edu.au 11
CONTACT US
Call +61 2 9852 5499
Email internationalstudy@westernsydney.edu.au
FURTHER INFORMATION
For information about studying Business at
Western Sydney University, including course details,
how to apply, tuition fees, financial requirements,
assessment methods, accommodation options
and living in Australia, please visit
westernsydney.edu.au/international
School of Business
Western Sydney University
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Penrith NSW 2751 Australia
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