In 1977, UNSW established the AGSM as New South Wales' second school of postgraduate management studies. In January 1999, the AGSM and the Graduate School of Business of the University of Sydney merged under the AGSM brand. In November 2005, the universities demerged their business schools and the AGSM reverted to wholly UNSW ownership. One year later, UNSW merged the AGSM with the UNSW Faculty of Commerce and Economics, creating the Faculty of Business. In mid-2007, the faculties physically combined, and moved into UNSW's newly renovated Heffron Building, which UNSW renamed the Australian School of Business Building. In 2011 Professor Chris Styles was appointed as Deputy Dean and Director AGSM, and the Master of Business & Technology program was added to AGSM offering. In June 2014, Professor Julie Cogin was appointed Director of AGSM, following the elevation of Professor Styles to Dean of the UNSW Business School. The current Director of AGSM is .
Programs
The AGSM offers a full-time MBA program in Sydney which generally takes 16 months to complete. Alternatively, students can complete one of two part-time MBAs - AGSM MBA or the MBAX, an AGSM Graduate Certificate, and a range of short course executive education programs. A rich offering of opportunities to explore international study is offered across most Award programs. In 2015 the highly respected Master of Business & Technology was transitioned into the globally-recognised MBAX Program.
Rankings
Rankings of the AGSM's MBA programs include the following:
#1 MBA Program in Australia, Financial Times 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
#1 MBA Program in Australia and Asia, Forbes bi-annual survey 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
#1 MBA Program in Australia, Financial Times 2001-2007
#1 MBA in Australia, Forbes magazine
#4 MBA in the world, QS Online MBA Rankings 2020
#8 MBA in the world, Forbes Global MBA Rankings 2019
#9 MBA in the FT Online MBA Rankings 2019
Campus and facilities
The main campus is located at the University of New South Wales in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney 15 minutes from the CBD. The AGSM Building houses teaching facilities, administrative services, a common room, syndicate rooms and a cafe. It also has accommodation facilities for students in Residential programs and for visitors. Students have access to the facilities of the Business School on the same campus including additional teaching and study spaces. AGSM also has a central Sydney city campus and satellite facilities in the ACT, Melbourne and Perth. UNSW, established in 1949, is one of the top 100 universities in the world, with more than 59,000 students and a 7,000-strong research community.
Student body
The full-time MBA program has one intake per year, usually with over 50 students. The student body organises a number of clubs focusing on disciplines such as marketing, finance, corporate social responsibility and entrepreneurship. The part-time programs have approximately 1,500 students at any point in time.