Business school of Deakin University, Australia, offering programmes aligned with industry relevance, innovation, and a strong commitment to graduate employability.
Deakin Business School operates under the mission "DBS is a Catalyst for positive change," reflecting its commitment to embedding the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals at the forefront of its strategic agenda. The school exists to inspire, inform and enable positive change through progressive learning experiences, research innovation, and engagement with industry and community partners.
The school's distinctive focus centres on four key areas of strength: business and society, capital markets, business and technology, and small-to-medium enterprises and entrepreneurship. This multidisciplinary approach emphasises practical outcomes that address real-world challenges facing business, society and the environment.
Deakin Business School demonstrates a substantive commitment to responsible leadership and sustainability in management education. The institution has embedded ethics, responsibility and sustainability principles throughout its curriculum and operations, viewing this as an ongoing effort to create a better future for students, staff and the wider community. The school is a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), positioning sustainability and responsible management as cornerstones of its pedagogy. Its research emphasises practical impact, collaborating with industry, government and community partners to devise responses to challenges in business, society and environmental sustainability.
The school's AACSB, EQUIS and Small Business Charter accreditations recognise its deep commitment to advancing internationalisation, ethics, sustainability and social responsibility in business education. This alignment with responsible leadership principles and demonstrated commitment to sustainable business practice makes Deakin Business School a relevant contributor to the GRLI community's mission of developing globally responsible leaders.