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Business School

Dean's List for Academic Excellence

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UNSW Business School Dean’s List for Academic Excellence was established to recognise the outstanding achievements of its students.

Undergraduate

Undergraduate students who achieve outstanding Academic Excellence and are in the top 3% of their single or double degrees are eligible to receive the Dean’s List Award. This award is based on Academic performance from the previous calendar year.

Recipients of the Dean’s List Awardreceive a certificate, an entry is recorded on their academic transcript and their names published on the UNSW Prize Winners website.

  • The Award is only available to students who have successfully completed a minimum of 24 units of credit (UOC) of Business School courses in the previous calendar year (industrial training/experience and exchange courses are not counted as completed units of credit). The Award is not available to students for their honours year.

  • Selection is based on a student’s WAM across Business School courses completed in the previous calendar year. Awards will be granted for the following stages (stages are based on UOC for all courses, not just Business School courses):

    Stage 1: 0-48 UOC completed

    (0-54 UOC for students who have completed more than 48 UOC in the year. This is to take into consideration that students can complete 54 UOC across the trimesters.

    I.e. if a student has 54 UOC completed and this is completed across 1 year only, they would be considered for the Stage 1 award. However if e.g. the student has completed 24 UOC in 2021, and completed 30 UOC in 2022. They would be considered for the Stage 2 award for 2022.)

    Stage 2: 49-96 UOC completed

    (49-108 UOC for students who completed more than 48 UOC in the year. This is to take into consideration that students can complete 54 UOC across the trimesters.

    I.e. if a student has 108 UOC completed and they had completed 54 UOC across 1 year only, they would be considered for the Stage 2 award. However if e.g. the student has completed 72 UOC in prior years, and completed 36 UOC in 2022. They would be considered for the Stage 3 award for 2022)

    Stage 3: >96 UOC completed

    As the top 3% of students are selected, the cut-off WAM may vary from year to year and from stage to stage. Students may only receive a Dean's List Award once for each Stage.

  • The recipient list for the Dean’s List Awards cannot be accessible before February thefollowing year. That is, e.g., for 2021 Dean’s Award recipients, the official list will beupdated in February 2022.

    Students are strongly encouraged to arrange for any credit transfer applications assoon as possible. Late grades may affect your eligibility for inclusion on the Dean’sList.

    Please email us if you have any undergraduate Dean’s List criteria or qualificationenquiries,or for questions regarding the Dean’s List celebration event please email busawards@unsw.edu.au.

  • Please refer to the for details on past recipients.

Postgraduate

Postgraduate students who achieve outstanding Academic Excellence in their Master’s programs are eligible to be considered to receive the Dean’s List Award. This Award recognises the top student in each individually coded Master’s program or specialisation, who has completed their program in the previous calendar year, based upon overall performance (WAM).

Recipients of the Dean’s List Awardreceive a certificate, an entry is recorded on their academic transcript and their names published on the UNSW Prize Winners website.

Please see here for previous years' recipients.

  • The Award is available only to students enrolled in Masters Programs (coursework), who have successfully completed all program requirements and are eligible for graduation. Students must also qualify to graduate ‘’.

    The award also includes Master (coursework) programs within AGSM and UNSW Online programs.

    The award is not available to students enrolled in Graduate Certificates and Graduate Diplomas. Students are only eligible to receive a postgraduate Dean’s List Award once during their UNSW Business School postgraduate program.

    Pleaseemailus if you have any postgraduate Dean’s List criteria or qualification enquiries, or for questions regarding the Dean’s List celebration event please email busawards@unsw.edu.au.

  • The top student from each program or specialisation who satisfies theeligiblecriteria will receive the Dean’s List Award. This list is determined by specific criteria, as outlined above.

  • Please refer to the for details on past recipients.

FAQs

  • The undergraduate recipients of the Dean’s list represent the top 3% (highest WAMs) of students inthe Business School, based on academic performance in the previous calendar year.

    The postgraduate recipients of the Dean’s list represent the top student (highest WAM) in yourprogram or specialisation in the completion term – max 1 student per specialisation/program perterm. Student must achieve the highest WAM in your program or specialisation, in the term youcomplete your program. So, if you competed in Term 2, you would be ranked against all the other students completing your program/specialisation in that term (minimum WAM is 80 – must have achieved Excellence).

  • The Dean’s List are calculated once each calendar year – e.g 2020 awards (advised in February 2021)we will use the 2020 results. This comprises Summer 2020 and Terms 1 – 3. The Prize winners arepublished on the UNSW Prize Winners

  • Unfortunately, we are unable to share information earlier than the specified period.

  • The undergraduate Dean’s List is calculated based on all terms in a calendar year – e.g. Summer2021, T1-T3 2021. Previous years’ results are not used to assess the Dean’s List, only thosecompleted in that calendar year.

    The postgraduate Dean’s List is calculated based on the cumulative WAM across all terms andcourses attempted in the program.

  • Please refer to the above relevant sections for eligibility criteria for undergraduate and postgraduateDean’s Award.

  • For undergraduate Dean’s List award, the cut-off is always subject to the performance of the cohortand varies from year to year.

    Historically, the Stage 1 cut-off is in the 83-86 WAM range, Stage 2 is 86, Stage 3 around 85.

    For postgraduate Dean’s List award, this award represents the top student (highest WAM andminimum 80 WAM) in a program/specialisation completed.

  • Students will receive more information on their certificate andevent a couple of months after theofficial notice of their Dean’s List award. We recommend that you keep an eye on your studentemails for further details, or for questions regarding the Dean’s List celebration event please email busawards@unsw.edu.au.

  • Only Business School courses are included in the calculation of the undergraduate Dean’s List.

    For all Actuarial students, MATH1151/1251 are classified as Business School courses because theyare a compulsory component of the Actuarial Studies degree. As such MATH1151/1251 are includedas Business School courses for the purpose of calculating “Dean’s List” WAM.