Deakin Business School
Through our courses, research and partnerships with industry and community, we work towards positive change that will benefit business, society and our environment.
Progressive, real-world learning and research
We inspire, inform and enable positive change through progressive learning experiences for our students, the power of our ideas and innovations, engagement with our communities and partners and by empowering our students and staff. To maximise our positive impact, we focus our work into four key areas of strength. These encourage us to work across disciplines with a focus on practical outcomes.
Deakin takes on the Electric Vehicle Challenge
In this episode of Leader Generation, presented by AACSB and BBC StoryWorks, our students tackle the Electric Vehicle Challenge. Our industry partners needed advanced analytics to detect EV charging patterns for grid demand planning. Drawing on our strength in business and technology, we delivered.
Choose a top-class MBA
Ranked in the global top 20, the Deakin MBA is shaped by business experts and taught by professors with extensive industry experience and worldwide recognition in their fields. Curate your MBA experience, online or in-person, with immersive study tours and residential intensives.
Study an industry-based business course
We design business courses at Deakin in consultation with industry and enrich them with insights from our research-active and industry-based course and unit leaders. Explore the breadth of our undergraduate and postgraduate courses in our management and MBA, business and economics, accounting and finance and sport study areas.
Our business disciplines
Aligning with the major professional fields in business, our discipline groups focus our research and teaching strengths. They are home to specialist expertise including arts and cultural management, financial planning, human resource management, property and real estate and sport management, and span:
- accounting
- economics
- finance
- information systems and business analytics
- management
- marketing.
Meet the Deakin Business School team
At Deakin Business School we’re optimistic for the future and striving to generate positive change in business and the communities we’re a part of. Our staff come from a variety of specialist areas.
Study a business degree that will make you work ready
We provide extensive work-based learning and international experiences to help you build global networks and perspectives along with practical capabilities that give you an employment edge.
Study opportunities
Connect with the world through faculty-led programs, short-term study programs, international internships and volunteering. Exchange and dual-degree programs offer a longer and more immersive international experience.
Internationally relevant
We partner with institutions across the globe to provide international learning opportunities and deliver our courses to students based overseas. Our international research collaborations increase our impact and benefit sustainable business globally.
Our accreditations set us apart
Deakin Business School meets the highest global standards for business schools, a fact confirmed by our AACSB, EQUIS and Small Business Charter accreditations. We are recognised for our deep commitment to small business, entrepreneurship and innovation, and for advancing internationalisation, ethics, sustainability and social responsibility in business education.
Our research
Our research emphasises practical impact, whether it is helping to improve policy and regulation, business practice, or economic and general wellbeing across the community. We collaborate with industry, government and community partners to devise fresh responses to the challenges facing business, society and our environment.
Our partnerships
Deakin Business School works with partners at every level, spanning our industry advisory boards and curriculum development, work-integrated learning, research centres and hubs and in our classrooms and events. We welcome the involvement of both organisations and individuals in our research and education.
Our facilities
Our high-tech teaching spaces include the industry standard Deakin Trading Room. Get first-hand trading experience in a model of an interbank trading floor and gain real-world insights into the foreign exchange market.
Ethics, inclusion and social responsibility
Our commitment to ethics, responsibility and sustainability principles is an ongoing effort to create a better future for our students, staff and wider community.
Our performance
Discover Deakin Business School's educational effectiveness through our key performance data.
Deakin references data from a range of government, higher education and reputable media sources. For more information, visit our University rankings page.
Deakin is ranked in the top 20 online MBAs, globally. CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings 2025
Contact us
If you have any questions about business courses or research, please get in touch.
