SBS Swiss Business School

SBS Swiss Business School
About the School
Type: Private
President: Dr. Craig Shoemaker
(Honorary President)
Vice President: Marijana Karanfiloska
Dean: Bert Wolfs, Ph.D.
Faculty: 35
Students: 307 [1]
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Website: www.sbs.edu
Accreditation: ACBSP/IACBE

SBS Swiss Business School is a private business school located in Zurich.[2]

History

SBS Swiss Business School was founded in 1998.[3] SBS Swiss Business School was founded as a private[4] institution dedicated to foster academic excellence and student achievement on the graduate and undergraduate level in business and management. Its mission therefore is to provide students with a strong academic foundation with access to various specialized knowledge bases and prepare them to become competent professionals, and responsible citizens in a global arena. It defines higher education from its beginning as the experience of thinking internationally. To do this it maintains a multi-cultural student body on its home campus along with its international centers.[5]

Academic Programs

SBS Swiss Business School offers a variety of programs. All academic programs are taught in English. SBS delivers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs such as Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degrees.

Undergraduate and graduate programs are proposed in several disciplines, including Business administration, E-Commerce and Science.

An Executive MBA, an Online MBA and a Doctorate Program in Business Administration are also available.[6][7][8][9]

Accreditation Status

SBS Swiss Business School programs are accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)[10] and the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE),[11] both US-wide accreditation body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). SBS Swiss Business School is certified by the Swiss Quality Certificate for Adult Education Institutions (eduQua).[12]

As of 1 January 2015 Swiss university accreditation landscape is undergoing significant change.[13]"The Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ) replaced the Swiss Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education (OAQ) as of 1 January 2015." [13] Universities in Switzerland are no longer accredited by the now defunct Swiss OAQ. "all educational institutions that use the designation “university”, “university of applied sciences” or “university of teacher education” are now legally bound to undergo an institutional evaluation." [13] This includes both "private" and "state universities".

Memberships

SBS Swiss Business School is an official member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International),[14] the Swiss Adult Education Association (SVEB),[15] the Swiss Federation of Private Schools (VSP),[16] the Swiss Conference of Higher Education,[17] the Swiss Private School Register,[18] and a member of the Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN) but not accredited,[19] Slovenia.

Rankings

In 2016, the MBA programs of SBS Swiss Business School have been ranked as tier one MBA programs by the CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings.[20] The Online MBA Program of SBS Swiss Business School has been ranked 2nd place in the 2016 CEO Magazine Global Online MBA Rankings.[21] The DBA program of SBS has been ranked 18th place by the European Economic Committee, Global DBA Rankings EURO 2016.[22] SBS Swiss Business School was awarded as "Most innovative Business School in Switzerland" offering the "Best Remote Learning Programme in Europe by European CEO 2012,[23] its MBA Program has been ranked 14th in Europe by CEO Magazine 2012 and the Online MBA has been listed in the Financial Times 2009 online MBA list.[24]

Partner Institutions

SBS Swiss Business School is a partner institutions with the Russian-Armenian State University in Yerevan - Armenia, the Acelin Institute of Business in Adelaide - Australia, the International Business School in Almaty - Kazakhstan, the Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies in Bangalore - India, the BA School of Business and Finance in Riga[25] - Latvia, the Academy of National Economy in Moscow - Russia, St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa - United States and Al-Tareeqah Management Studies in the United Arab Emirates.

References

  1. ↑ "Financial Times Online MBA Listing 2013". Rankings FT.
  2. ↑ "SBS Swiss Business School". Avanza en tu carrera.
  3. ↑ "Swiss Business School". Universities Handbook.
  4. ↑ "SBS Swiss Business School Phd Portal". PHD portal.
  5. ↑ "About Swiss Business School". Intercontinental Education.
  6. ↑ "SBS Profile - Last update February the 5th 2014". AASBI.
  7. ↑ "Master Portal SBS Swiss Business School". Mastersportal.
  8. ↑ "School Directory SBS Swiss Business School". sestudyabroad.
  9. ↑ "SBS Swiss Business School Learn4good". Learn4good.
  10. ↑ "Accredited programs ACBSP, updated January the 7th 2014". ACBSP.
  11. ↑ "IACBE Membership Status" (PDF). IACBE.
  12. ↑ "EDUQUA Certified Institutes". Eduqua.
  13. 1 2 3 "Changes on the Swiss side: From OAQ to AAQ | ENQA". www.enqa.eu. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  14. ↑ "AACSB Members in Switzerland". AACSB.
  15. ↑ "SVEB". Alice.
  16. ↑ "Swiss Federation of Private Schools - Members". Swiss-schools.
  17. ↑ "Swiss Conference of Higher Education - Members". k-hf.
  18. ↑ "Swiss Private School Register". Swiss private school register.
  19. ↑ "CEEMAN Institutional Members". CEEMAN.
  20. ↑ "CEO Magazine - MBA Rankings 2016". CEO Magazine.
  21. ↑ "CEO Magazine - MBA Rankings 2016". CEO Magazine.
  22. ↑ "European Economic Committee - Global DBA Rankings EURO 2016". Global DBA Rankings EURO 2016.
  23. ↑ "European CEO - Global Business Education Awards 2012". European CEO.
  24. ↑ "Online MBA 2009 Listing Financial Times". Rankings.
  25. ↑ "Universities Handbook Partners of Riga Business School". Universitieshandbook.

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