Welcome to the School of Finance at the University of Sydney Business School.
Finance plays a central role in shaping economies, organisations, and society. At the School of Finance, our mission is to advance world-class research, deliver outstanding education, and prepare future leaders who can make informed, ethical, and impactful decisions in a rapidly changing financial world.
Our School is home to a vibrant community of scholars, students, alumni, and industry partners. We are proud of our collegial, ambitious, and outward-looking community. Whether you are joining us as an undergraduate student, postgraduate student, higher degree research candidate, visiting scholar, alumnus, or industry partner, you are part of a school committed to academic excellence, professional engagement, and positive societal impact.
I invite you to explore our programs, meet our people, and learn more about the School of Finance. We look forward to welcoming you and supporting you as you become part of our story.
The School of Finance delivers world‑class research and teaching in finance, consistently ranked among the top institutions globally. Our teaching excellence spans undergraduate, postgraduate, MBA and doctoral programs, integrating frontier research into curriculum design and giving students strong exposure to industry standards and real‑world practice.
Our academics conduct research at the frontiers of finance, contributing to global debates on corporate finance, investment strategies, financial institutions, market design, fintech, sustainable finance, climate risk, governance, and financial regulation. This research excellence informs our teaching and ensures that our students engage with ideas, evidence, and analytical tools that are both rigorous and relevant.
Deeply connected to policy, regulation and industry, our academics engage with central banks, regulators, financial institutions, professional bodies and the media to shape public debate on issues such as financial stability, AI in finance, governance, climate risk and financial innovation. This deep engagement with policy and industry ensures that our research has real‑world impact and that our graduates are exceptionally well prepared to thrive in a rapidly evolving global financial landscape.
Discover our undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses in finance and banking.
Our research spans corporate finance, asset pricing, financial institutions, market design, and financial economics, and extends into fast-growing areas such as Fintech, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, ESG and climate finance, financial regulation, labour market, corporate innovation, and household finance.
Our research both informs and is informed by its close relationships with industry and policy stakeholders, supported by its distinguished alumni network. With exceptional data access and deep methodological capability in large-scale data analytics, the School is well placed to lead the AI-enabled finance research in Australia and beyond.
Our areas of research expertise include:
Professor Buhui Qiu
Dr Henry Leung
Associate Professor Jing Yu
Emma Conyers
emma.conyers@sydney.edu.au
+61 2 8627 6997
