Newcastle Business School
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Faculty of Business and Law
Committed to quality, equity and engagement
The Faculty of Business and Law provides an innovative and dynamic learning community that offers leading-edge degrees.
With strong connections to industry, the Faculty of Business and Law delivers education and research grounded in contemporary issues affecting the world today.
As a student you’ll gain a professional edge through real-world, practical experience and teachings designed to make you work-ready. You’ll graduate with the skills, knowledge and professional networks needed to excel in your chosen field – law, marketing, finance, human resources, management, accounting, entrepreneurship, economics, tourism and sports management.
Our academics are leaders in their fields who continue to advance our disciplines through research with global impact. This ensures our degrees remain relevant in an ever-evolving professional landscape
Our schools
Our students benefit from a curriculum which is international in focus and challenges them to understand and question the global economy and society of which they are part.
The Faculty is based in Newcastle’s CBD campus, NeW Space, a state-of-the-art building designed to facilitate the blended learning which has become a defining feature of our approach to teaching.
Faculty research
With internationally renowned researchers and University Centres, the Faculty of Business and Law produces world-class research in all our areas of activity.
The Faculty strives to assist business and society to create sustainable enterprises and communities. We welcome the opportunity to pursue new and innovative research with commercial and public sector organisations.
Faculty highlights
Scholarships
The Faculty offers a broad range of scholarships, with both future and current students encouraged to apply for any and all for which they may be eligible.
Latest news
News • 1 Jan 2008
Highlights from the 2019 EMPOWER Professional Development Grant Recipients
In 2019 the Faculty of Business and Law Empower Network supported 11 undergraduate students in pursuing professional development in the area of their studies or interest. They attended international conferences, women’s leadership courses, software workshops and student competitions. These professional development opportunities widened their view of where education can lead them, they helped in creating new connections with like minded individuals, and in building real world knowledge and practical skills that will assist them in their careers and in the legacy they will leave for the future. Below is a summary of some of these experiences, in the students' own words.
News • 5 Feb 2020
The GLAMX Lab – offering new skills to students from across the University
The GLAMX Lab offers the opportunity for students to learn hands-on skills to students and increase their employability.
News • 17 Jan 2020
Beachside clinic offers free legal advice to the community and bushfire victims
In the midst of the bushfire crisis, the University of Newcastle Legal Centre’s annual Law on the Beach pop-up clinic will soon kick off, offering people free legal advice on any law-related matter, including bushfire insurance claims.
Upcoming events and conferences
Event • 28 Feb 2020 at 6:45am
Newcastle Breakfast Series - 28 February
Do we need a 'Hunter Regional Outlook'?CSIRO's Chief Economist Energy, and study team participant Paul Graham, will discuss CSIRO's Australian National Outlook 2019: Securing our nation's future prosperity (ANO). Their…
Accreditation and affiliation
Faculty Contacts
Heads of School
- Professor Tania Sourdin
Dean and Head of School, Newcastle Law School - Professor Abul Shamsuddin
Dean and Head of School, Newcastle Business School