ANU Commerce and Economics · Programs, Majors, and Careers

ANU College of Business and Economics (CBE) offers undergraduate and postgraduate programs with a strong quantitative and analytical emphasis. CBE’s partnership with the Australian Treasury, Reserve Bank, and Productivity Commission provides distinctive policy-oriented career pathways.

Undergraduate Programs

Bachelor of Commerce — 3 years. Majors: Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Management, Business Information Systems.

Bachelor of Economics — 3 years. One of Australia’s strongest economics programs; ANU has produced more Reserve Bank governors and Treasury secretaries than any other Australian university.

Bachelor of Actuarial Studies — 3 years. Fully accredited by the Actuaries Institute. Entry: ATAR 97+ with strong mathematics.

Bachelor of Finance, Economics and Statistics (Honours) — 4 years embedded Honours.

Entry Requirements

ATAR: Commerce 85–87, Economics 87–90, Actuarial 97+. Mathematics prerequisite for Economics and Actuarial Studies.

Graduate Destinations

Common employers: Australian Treasury, Reserve Bank of Australia, Productivity Commission, APRA, ASIC; Big 4 accounting firms; investment banks (Macquarie, Goldman Sachs); consulting (McKinsey, BCG, Bain). The ANU Economics graduates’ pathway into Treasury/RBA is one of the most well-defined professional pipelines in Australian higher education.