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| Type | Private Business school |
|---|---|
| Established | 1998; 27 years ago (1998) |
| Accreditation | SAC/BAC/ACBSP/IACBE |
| President | Dr. Carl Olsen |
| Dean | Marijana Karanfiloska (Administration and Finance), Bert Wolfs, Ph.D. (Academic) |
Academic staff | 48 |
| Students | 1500 (2022) |
| Location | , 47°27′12″N8°34′48″E / 47.45344°N 8.579937°E /47.45344; 8.579937 |
| Affiliations | seePartner institutions |
| Website | www |
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SBS Swiss Business School is a private business school, located inZurich,Switzerland, with affiliated campuses in Latvia, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Argentina, India, Myanmar and Spain.[1]
SBS Swiss Business School was founded in 1998[2] as a private[3] institution.[4]
SBS Swiss Business School offers a variety of programs. All academic programs are taught in English. SBS deliversundergraduate,graduate anddoctoral programs such asBachelor,Master andDoctoral degrees.
Undergraduate and graduate programs are proposed in several disciplines, includingBusiness administration, E-Commerce andScience.
An Executive MBA, an Online MBA and a Doctorate Program inBusiness Administration are also available.[5][6][7][8]
SBS Swiss Business School has received institutional accreditation in accordance with the Swiss Higher Education Act (HEdA).[9]
The Swiss Accreditation Council has accredited SBS as a University of Applied Sciences Institute after a comprehensive quality assessment process conducted by the Agency for Accreditation and Quality Assurance (AAQ).[10]
SBS Swiss Business School is additionally accredited by theBritish Accreditation Council (BAC),[11] and professionally accredited byAssociation of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)[12] as well as theInternational Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).[13] IACBE and ACBSP are U.S. based accreditation bodies that are accredited by theCouncil for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), a recognized accrediting organization that is recognized by the U.S Department of Education.
Furthermore, SBS Swiss Business School holds a Swiss Quality Assurance Certificate for providers in the field of Adult Learning and is certified by SWISS LABEL,[14] a protected trademark symbol in Switzerland that is granted to members with genuine Swiss high-quality services and products.
SBS's Cross-Border Accreditation
SBS Swiss Business School is considered a case study in cross-border accreditation, a model recognized by international higher education organizations.
According to the MACCA Manual – Mercosur Accreditation Agency, “cross-border accreditation plays a significant role in higher education.” UNESCO and the OECD define cross-border education as education in which “the teacher, student, program, institution/provider, or course materials cross national borders.”[15]
Although not accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Council (Schweizerischer Akkreditierungsrat), SBS Swiss Business School has obtained institutional accreditation from the Distance Education Accrediting Commission (DEAC) of the United States, an agency recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) and the U.S. Department of Education.
This model confirms the practice already consolidated in international higher education: accreditation agencies, whether institutional or programmatic, do not limit their activities to their national territory of origin, and can evaluate and accredit universities in different countries.
SBS Swiss Business School is a member of theAssociation to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International),[16] the Swiss Adult Education Association (SVEB),[17] the Swiss Federation of Private Schools (VSP),[18] and the Swiss Private School Register[19]
Since 2012, the MBA programs of SBS Swiss Business School have been ranked as tier one MBA academic programs by the CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings. SBS Swiss Business School has been ranked by CEO magazine for the year 2021 for the following programs: – #3 Global Online MBA, #3 Global Executive MBA, Tier One Global MBA and a Premier DBA Program.[20]
Furthermore, SBS Swiss Business School has been ranked by:
In March 2025, SBS Swiss Business School achieved significant recognition in the CEO Magazine 2025 Global MBA Rankings. The institution's Executive MBA program was ranked 5th globally, while its Online MBA program secured the 6th position worldwide. Additionally, SBS was acknowledged as a Tier One Global MBA provider, and its Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program was listed among the top global DBA programs.[23]
SBS Swiss Business School has affiliated academic partnerships with the following academic institutions worldwide:[24]
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