Research rankings

The UNSW Business School ranks highly for research within Australia and worldwide.

The Australian Research Council's latest Excellence in Research for Australia assessment found our business research "Well above world standard".

Our fields of Research 14 (Economics) and 15 (Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services - which includes Accounting, Auditing, Banking, Finance and Management) rated at the highest level of quality.

Our research is ranked on an international scale by various organisations. They include Brigham Young University, Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings by Subject.

For more information, please explore the study areas listed below.

Accounting
 World Rank
Australia Rank
Year
1
 1
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – Audit
 2018*
3=
 1=
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – Managerial
 2018*
7
 1
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – all topics
 2018*
15=
 1=
 QS Accounting & Finance
 2019
13
 1
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – Other topics
 2018*
74
 1
 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
 2013-17
24
 2
 URAP Business
 2018
70
 3
 THE Business & Economics
 2019
93
 5
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – Accounting Information Systems
 2018*
Banking & Finance
 World Rank
Australia Rank
Year
7
 1
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – all topics
 2018*
10=
 1=
 QS Accounting & Finance
 2018
16
 1
 AWRU Finance
 2018
74
 1
 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
 2013-17
24
 2
 URAP Business
 2018
61
 2
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – Financial
 2018
70
 3
 THE Business & Economics
 2019
Economics
 World Rank
Australia Rank
Year
27
 3
 URAP Economics
 2018
31=
 3
 QS Economics & Econometrics
 2018
44
 3
 US News BGU Economics & Business
 2019
70
 3
 THE Business & Economics
 2019
51-75
 4=
 AWRU Economics
 2018
Information Systems & Technology Management
 World Rank
Australia Rank
Year
7
 1
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – all topics
 2018
5
 1
 AIS Research Rankings (Basket of 8, 3 yrs)
 2016-18
42
 1
 URAP Information & Computer Sciences
 2018
74
 1
 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
 2013-17
24
 2
 URAP Business
 2018
51-75
 3
 AWRU Business Administration
 2018
51-100
 4=
 QS Computer Science & Information Systems
 2019
51-100
 5=
 QS Statistics & Operations Research
 2019
95
 5
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – Accounting Information Systems
 2018
Management
 World Rank
Australia Rank
Year
50
 1
 AWRU Management
 2018
24
 2
 URAP Business
 2018
26
 2
 QS Business & Management
 2019
79
 2
 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
 2014-18
15
 3
 URAP Commerce, Management & Tourism
 2018
44
 3
 US News BGU Economics & Business
 2019
51-75
 3
 AWRU Business Administration
 2018
70
 3
 THE Business & Economics
 2019
Marketing
 World Rank
Australia Rank
Year
24
 2
 URAP Business
 2018
26
 2
 QS Business & Management
 2019
79
 2
 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
 2014-18
24
 2
 URAP Business
 2018
26
 2
 QS Business & Management
 2019
15
 3
 URAP Commerce, Management & Tourism
 2018
51-75
 3
 AWRU Business Administration
 2018
44
 3
 US News BGU Economics & Business
 2019
70
 3
 THE Business & Economics
 2019
Risk & Actuarial Studies
 World Rank
Australia Rank
Year
1
 1
 UNL Global Research Rankings of Actuarial and Risk Management & Insurance
 2014-18
7
 1
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – all topics
 2018
15
 1
 QS Accounting & Finance
 2019
16
 1
 AWRU Finance
 2018
74
 1
 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
 2013-17
24
 2
 URAP Business
 2018
79
 2
 THE Business & Economics
 2019
70
 3
 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School research Rankings
 2014-18
Taxation & Business Law
 World Rank
Australia Rank
Year
7
 1
 BYU Accounting Rankings (6yrs) – all topics
 2018
34
 1
 AWRU Law
 2018
23
 2
 THE Law
 2019
24
 2
 URAP Business
 2018
79
 2
 UT Dallas Top 100 Business School Research Rankings
 2014-18
14
 3
 QS Law
 2019
44
 3
 URAP Law & Legal Studies
 2018
70
 3
 THE Business & Economics
 2019


Key: (In the Table)

AWRU: Academic World Ranking of Universities – Global Ranking of Academic Subjects

BYU: Brigham Young University

QS: QS World University Rankings by Subject

THE: Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject

URAP: University Ranking by Academic Performance – Field-based Ranking

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