Undergraduate · Business
Bachelor of Commerce
University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
About this program
Sydney Business School's Bachelor of Commerce draws one of the largest commerce cohorts in the country, and the degree's major list is genuinely broad: accounting, finance, business analytics, and marketing sit alongside more specialised options like business information systems and international business. The university's central location and large finance-sector alumni network give commerce students unusually direct access to Sydney's banking, consulting, and professional services employers, and most of the big four accounting and consulting firms run dedicated recruitment pipelines specifically targeting Sydney commerce students.
The degree includes an integrated capstone experience (a real client-based project in most majors), and students can pursue a combined degree (commerce with law, science, or arts) to extend their qualification with a second discipline. Sydney Business School's research strength in areas like accounting and business analytics feeds into elective offerings for students wanting to go deeper than the core major sequence.
Because Sydney's commerce cohort is so large, first and second-year units run as sizeable lectures with tutorial support, and it isn't until third-year major electives that class sizes drop to a genuinely seminar-style format. That's a structural reality of studying commerce at one of the country's largest business schools rather than a smaller boutique program.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
4 terms of coursework
- Year 1: Economics for Business, Accounting for Managers, Quantitative Business Analysis, Marketing Principles, Business Law
- Year 2: Major units begin (Accounting, Finance, Business Analytics, Marketing, International Business, or other majors), Financial Management, Business Statistics
- Year 3: Advanced major units, Strategic Management, capstone client-based project, electives
- Combined degree options with Law, Science, and Arts extend the degree length
Admissions
Completion of Year 12 (or equivalent) with ATAR of approximately 90-96; mathematics background recommended.