Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur or an established professional, our nationally recognised and accredited programs offer flexible study options and prepare you for the global business marketplace.
A message to our students
Student success at UBSS is supported by a world-class team of mostly PhD specialised academics and student support staff. We are committed to students seeking to build or further their business leadership, accounting and information technology careers, based on an international education with an Australian experience, leading-edge innovation and digital technology for those who want to be job-ready when they graduate.
Part of our global citizenship is a student body that reflects the multicultural make-up of both the high-growth Asia Pacific region and the immediate surroundings of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The UBSS experience brings together international education and a solid Australian business foundation with colleagues and alumni who will form the basis of your long-term friendships and business contacts.
Set in the heart of the central business districts, UBSS’ campuses offer students more than a world-class education. It is also surrounded by a bustling, cosmopolitan, inner-city dining and shopping experience, only metres from major train station hubs. With multiple bus routes also accessing the campus, students are assured of safe and reliable transport options.
We look forward to welcoming you and supporting your career success.
Our Vision and Mission
Launch your own career from a strong foundation of Australian education.
Our Vision
UBSS will be a global leader in business education, consistently delivering the highest Australian quality standards and being recognised as one of the world's leading business schools. We strive to continuously redefine how business education is taught to inspire and empower the next generation of entrepreneurs and leaders.
Our Mission
To launch the careers of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs by delivering world-class Business, Accounting, Information Technology and MBA programs through flexible study options that give students the greatest advantage possible.
Our Approach
UBSS encourages and promotes a culture of intellectual inquiry and the open exchange of ideas in the pursuit of knowledge, innovation, transformative disruption and best practice.
Our courses are designed with modern learning in mind, through remote and in-person sessions, interactive modules, engaging subjects and the latest technology from pioneering practises, all taught by industry leaders.
Our Faculty
UBSS selects and appoints academic staff who are respected practitioners within their relevant fields of expertise and able to integrate academic theory with professional practice. Curricula is academically integrated and relevant to professional practise to equip graduates with the skills necessary to shift the thinking of their chosen discipline and be successful.
Our Values
- Delivering the Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Accounting and MBA with an Australian experience
- Providing a productive learning environment for the entrepreneurs of the future
- Offering a high level of student support and care
- Delivering cutting edge online and classroom education technology for all students
- Fostering diversity and cultural competence
- Ensuring academic excellence and free intellectual inquiry
- UBSS encourages and promotes a culture of free intellectual inquiry and the open exchange of ideas in the pursuit of knowledge, innovation and best practice.
Why Choose UBSS?
A thriving culture of education
Discover a dynamic learning community of academics, staff and fellow students at the forefront of business who all contribute to Australia's vibrant, commercial capital in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Fully accredited Australian Business School
Australian tertiary education ranks amongst the best in the world.
All UBSS courses are listed on the TEQSA National Register of approved courses and providers and recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) – meaning that your UBSS qualifications open doors in Australia and worldwide.
Acclaimed by your peers
In 2018, UBSS outperformed over 40 public and private Australian Universities in a number of categories with the release of results for QILT - the Australian Government’s annual student survey including:
#1 MBA Business School in Australia for Learner Engagement (QILT)
#1 MBA Business School in Sydney CBD for Student Support (QILT)
Top 10 Education Providers in Australia for Teaching Quality (QILT)
Entrepreneurial focus
With an entrepreneurial focus, UBSS provides a strong and conducive learning environment for the entrepreneurs of the future. This focus involves cultivating informed, agile, critical and ethical thinkers and doers to experience diverse perspectives in diverse settings and Executive delivery.
Centre For Entrepreneurship (CFE)
Exclusive to UBSS, our purpose-built Centre for Entrepreneurship promotes integral development through a hands-on approach and access to respected entrepreneurs with real-life experiences. Led by pioneering industry experts, this unique initiative takes learning to a whole new level by creating an entrepreneurial mindset and developing business acumen while studying.
Experienced lecturers
Our passionate and experienced teaching staff have internationally recognized academic qualifications, professional memberships and recent commercial experience that provides a real-world focus for learning.
eLibraries
In keeping with best practice at major universities in Australia, UBSS students have access to online databases such as Proquest, EBSCO Host, Emerald, Oxford Reference Online, Informit and Gale.
Moodle
As a widely adopted e-learning platform and resource, Moodle is used for all UBSS subjects and subject materials.
Interactive whiteboards
Interactive whiteboards allow active student participation both in class and at home.
myGCA
This international standard student management system allows students to access their academic details 24/7 online.
GCA Campuses
Our campuses offer study and recreational spaces with state-of-the-art computer labs, along with modern and bright classrooms to maximize student learning safety and comfort.
Business Strategy Game
Used internationally, business simulation games focus on the management of economic processes in a business, allowing students to experience and test themselves in situations before encountering them in real life.
Australian executives review the Business Simulation Game
Business leaders, company directors and managers, entrepreneurs and business authors review and advise on your business simulation game progress.
Governance and Leadership
Governance
Universal Business School Sydney (UBSS) is a trading name of Group Colleges Australia (GCA). The Board of Directors has ultimate responsibility for GCA’s performance and operation as an institute of higher education. Corporate governance is overseen by the Board of Directors with the advisory assistance of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Academic governance is delegated to the Academic Board by the Board of Directors in accordance with GCA’s Constitution. In turn, the Academic Board is supported by advisory committees, including the Learning and Teaching Committee, Academic Integrity Committee, Moderation and Grades Committee, Scholarship and Research Committee, and Course Advisory Committees.
GCA is managed by the Chief Executive Officer, who is supported by the executive leadership team, senior managers and staff, and committees that monitor and advise on health and safety, staff and student wellbeing and operational matters. Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Academic Officer is delegated with overall academic operational responsibility, working closely with senior academic and administrative staff to ensure effective course delivery, the achievement of course learning outcomes and student success.
Corporate Governance
Academic Governance
Compliance Documents
Course Advisory Committee
Course Advisory Committees are formed by the Academic Board from time to time to review and/or develop courses.
As leaders, employers, experts and/or academics in their respective fields, members of a Course Advisory Committee provide advice to update or create curriculum to ensure the quality, currency and relevance of current and proposed courses and compliance with the Australian Qualifications Framework and the Higher Education Standards Framework.
