Bachelor of Business Bachelor of Sustainability and Environment

4 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

University of Technology Sydney

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Sustainability & Environment at UTS brings together solid business training with a deep, real-world understanding of sustainability — perfect for students who want to lead in the green economy. You’ll develop core business expertise while also learning to think across scientific, legal, social and environmental dimensions of sustainability.

Curriculum Structure

Year 1:
In your first year, you’ll begin by building a strong foundation in business through subjects like Accounting and Accountability and Economics for Business. Alongside this, you’ll dive into sustainability fundamentals with courses such as Understanding Sustainability and The Biosphere, helping you see how environmental and social systems connect with business. This blend ensures you not only learn business basics but immediately start thinking about environmental challenges through multiple lenses.

Year 2:
The second year continues to deepen your business knowledge with courses such as Marketing and Customer Value and People and Organisations, while simultaneously expanding your sustainability studies with units like Sustainability and Social Justice in the City and Monitoring and Evaluating for Sustainability. You’ll engage in more hands-on, problem-based learning, applying your skills to real sustainability issues — often working in teams, the way you will in your future career.

Year 3:
From the third year onward, you’ll choose one of several business majors — for example, Finance, Human Resource Management, or International Business. While focusing your business discipline, you’ll also take a core sustainability course such as Planetary Decarbonisation and continue electives from streams like governance, society or environmental science. This year is all about integration: you connect your business specialization with sustainability action and theory.

Year 4:
In the final year, you’ll consolidate your knowledge into a capstone-style experience — often studio-based or internship-like — where you work on real sustainability projects in partnership with industry or community partners. You’ll draw on courses such as Internships in Sustainability & Environment, and wrap up your business major, readying yourself for the professional world. By the end, you will graduate with both degrees and a portfolio of meaningful work.

Focus Areas:
Sustainable business, environmental policy, social justice, economic decarbonisation, organizational impact

Learning Outcomes:
You’ll graduate able to solve business problems with evidence and creativity, communicate and collaborate effectively, make socially responsible decisions, evaluate sustainability initiatives, conduct multidisciplinary research, and design evidence-based solutions to sustainability challenges.

Professional Alignment (Accreditation):
This dual degree equips you with both business professionalism and sustainability literacy. The business component provides real-world, technical business skills, while the sustainability side emphasizes transdisciplinary thinking and problem-solving in partnership with industry — giving you a well-rounded, career-ready profile for roles in corporate, government and NGO sectors.

Reputation (Employability Rankings):
UTS is highly regarded for its graduate outcomes: it ranks among Australia’s top universities for employability. On sustainability too, UTS is making waves — it’s ranked in the top 50 globally in the QS Sustainability Rankings, which underscores the university’s strength in environmental education and impact.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

That’s a really thoughtful choice — combining business with sustainability and environmental science puts you in a powerful position to make a real impact. In this degree, you’re not just learning theory: you’ll gain hands-on, real-world experience by working directly on sustainability challenges with industry and community partners. Those “studio” subjects mean you get to apply your business knowledge to environmental problems, designing solutions that are not just academically sound, but practically viable. By the time you graduate, you’ll have built a toolkit that combines business acumen with sustainability thinking — something employers increasingly value in the green economy.

Here are some of the concrete, experiential learning opportunities embedded in the Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Sustainability & Environment at UTS:

Studio subjects with real partners: In later years, you’ll tackle real sustainability issues in studio classes, working with industry and community organisations to co-create projects and strategies.
Internship-like experiences: The program includes an “Internships in Sustainability & Environment” subject, giving you workplace exposure directly related to sustainability.
Problem-based learning: Across your sustainability core subjects, you’ll use problem-based learning to explore real sustainability challenges, helping you develop creative, evidence-based solutions.
Multidisciplinary research: You’ll engage in multi-disciplinary research, drawing on science, governance, social justice, and business to understand and address sustainability issues.
Flexible stream electives: You can choose electives in governance and policy; science and environment; society and culture; or management — letting you shape your learning around how you want to make change.
Global perspective and exchange opportunities: The flexible elective structure supports study abroad or exchange options, so you can bring international sustainability perspectives back into your work.
Teamwork & stakeholder engagement: Throughout the course, you’ll work in teams and engage in stakeholder communication — skills essential for any career in sustainability, from consulting to corporate social responsibility.

Progression & Future Opportunities

Progression & Future Opportunities

Graduates from this dual degree step into the workforce with a rare mix of strengths: you’ll understand how businesses operate — finance, marketing, analytics, management — and you’ll know how to help organisations transition toward more sustainable, low-carbon ways of working. Because the course is built around hands-on studio projects and an internship in sustainability and environment, you finish with real experience, not just theory.

Typical career paths include roles like sustainability analyst or officer, environmental consultant, corporate sustainability manager, or business analyst with an ESG focus. These flow directly from the combination of your business major, applied sustainability subjects and practical industry experience.

Here’s what this really means for you:

Learning that builds employability from day one:
You won’t just study sustainability in the abstract — you’ll work on real problems through industry and community-based studio subjects, plus an internship specifically focused on sustainability and environment. It’s the kind of experience you can confidently talk about in interviews.

A campus environment that supports your development:
Your classes take place at the UTS City Campus, including access to UTS Business School learning spaces like the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building and the UTS Library. These spaces are purpose-built for collaboration, project work and connecting with industry, which adds a lot to your day-to-day learning.

A course structure employers recognise:
Across the four years, you’ll complete 96 credit points of business (choosing a major such as Marketing, Finance, Business Analytics, HR, or International Business) and 96 credit points of sustainability and environment subjects. It’s a clear, balanced structure that gives you solid business capability and specialised sustainability expertise.

Study planning and practical details:
The degree runs over four years full-time, with part-time options available. It offers Commonwealth-supported places, and the indicative total tuition for government-supported domestic students is listed on the official course page so you can plan ahead confidently.

Industry connection that genuinely supports your career:
The course emphasises real engagement with industry and community partners through its studio subjects and internship. While it doesn’t list specific partner organisations on the page, the practical, project-based design means you’ll be building relationships and a portfolio as you study.

Accreditation and long-term professional value:
The program sits within the UTS Business School and is designed for careers in the growing green economy. The course page doesn’t list specific professional accreditations, so if you’re aiming for a path that requires one — for example, certain accounting or technical registrations — it’s worth checking the UTS Handbook or the relevant professional body.

Further Academic Progression

If you want to keep studying after this degree, UTS offers clear next steps. Many graduates move into postgraduate coursework in sustainability leadership or business, or explore research pathways such as a Master by Research or PhD in sustainability-related fields. These options are great if you see yourself moving into specialist roles, leadership positions, or the research and policy side of sustainability in the future.