CURTIN University of Technology holds consultancy and training programs through the consultancy coordination units within the Office of Research and Development and in each division of the university. Curtin’s Contracts & Consultancy Unit is ranked as the number one management consultancy firm in WA, according to the 2006 WA Business News Book of Lists. The unit provides quality customised training, development programs and specialist consulting services in Australia and overseas. The unit’s clients form a wide spectrum of business entities, in both the public and private sectors, in industries such as engineering, science, health science, humanities, oil and gas and metallurgy.