NUS Business School is the first in ASEAN and among the firsts in the Asia-Pacific to be accredited by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) for meeting the highest standard of achievement in education and research for business schools worldwide.
NUS Business School, by invitation of GMAC Board of Directors, has been representing the South-East Asian region as a governing school of the Graduate Management Admissions Council (administrative body for Graduate Management Admission Test, GMAT) since 2000. The School is also a "Non-European" member of EFMD - The Management Development Network.
In its quest for excellence, NUS Business School has been rated consistently as a top business school in the Asia-Pacific by regional publications such as Asia Inc and Chief Executive China. It has also been ranked among the world's top 100 business schools by the Economist Intelligence Unit and The Financial Times.
The College of Business & Economics is the home to the Australian Centre of Regulatory Economics (ACORE), the Australian National Centre for Audit and Assurance Research (ANCAAR), and the National Centre for Information Systems Research (NCISR). It has joined with the National Graduate School of Management (NGSM), to form the new College of Business and Economics. The ANU College of Business and Economics also incorporates the former ANU National Institute of Business and Economics.
The University of Auckland is New Zealand's leading research-led university. It is the only New Zealand member of Universitas 21, a global consortium of research-led universities, and of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU).
The Faculty of Economics and Commerce at the University of Melbourne is one of world's leading centres of teaching and research in core areas of accounting and business information systems, actuarial studies, economics, finance, management and marketing. The Faculty played a key role in achieving a world ranking of #10 in the World Social Science University Rankings published by the Times Higher Education Supplement in October 2006.