A business school is a university-level institution or professional school that teaches courses leading to degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, or colloquially b-school or biz school. A business school offers comprehensive education in various disciplines related to the world of business.
A Master of Business Administration is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounting, applied statistics, human resources, business communication, business ethics, business law, strategic management, business strategy, finance, managerial economics, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, supply-chain management, and operations management in a manner most relevant to management analysis and strategy. It originated in the United States in the early 20th century when the country industrialized and companies sought scientific management.
Babson College is a private business school in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Established in 1919, its central focus is on entrepreneurship education. It was founded by Roger W. Babson as an all-male business institute and became coeducational in 1970.
The University of St. Gallen (HSG) is a research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland, that specialises in business administration, economics, law, international affairs, and computer science. Established in 1898, it consistently ranks among the best business schools in the world and as the top one in the German-speaking world. In 2020, it had 9,047 students, of which 3,443 were master's students and 617 were doctoral students.
International Institute for Management Development (IIMD) is a business school with campuses in Lausanne, Switzerland and Singapore. IIMD is well known for its MBA program, which is taught in English and consistently ranked among the best in the world.
The Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business is the school of business at Purdue University, a public research university in West Lafayette, Indiana. It offers instruction at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels.
China Europe International Business School is a business school located in Shanghai, China.
Nyenrode Business Universiteit is a Dutch business university and one of the five private universities in the Netherlands. Founded in 1946, it is located on a large estate in the town of Breukelen, between Amsterdam and Utrecht. The educational institution is named after the castle where the course is located: Nijenrode Castle. Nyenrode was founded under the name of the Netherlands Training Institute for Abroad by renowned private Dutch companies, including KLM, Shell, Unilever, Philips, and AkzoNobel, with the objective 'For Business, By Business'. The establishment was the result of an idea from KLM director Albert Plesman.
The Escuela de Graduados en Administración y Dirección de Empresas — generally translated as Graduate School of Management and Business Administration, but officially branded as EGADE Business School since 2010 — is the graduate business school of the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM): one of Latin America's largest private universities and one of the most prestigious business universities in the Americas.
EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, more commonly referred to as EBS Universität or simply EBS, is a prestigious, state-recognized private research university specializing in the disciplines of business and law. The university is located in Wiesbaden and Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.
Triple accreditation in management education, also known as Triple Crown accreditation, describes the combination of all three leading international accreditations that a business school can achieve: The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA), and EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS). A total of 124 business schools in the world are triple-accredited as of 21 June 2023. This equals around 1% of business schools worldwide.
SBS Swiss Business School is a private business school located in Zurich, Switzerland, with affiliated campuses in Latvia, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Argentina, India, Myanmar and Spain.
INCAE Business School is an international business school located at the Francisco de Sola campus in Nicaragua and the Walter Kissling Gam campus in Costa Rica. The Financial Times has ranked INCAE as a top global MBA program and The Wall Street Journal has ranked INCAE Business School as one of the top 10 international business schools in the world.
The University of Sydney Business School is the business school and a constituent body of the University of Sydney. It was established in January 2011 and formed from the School of Business within the previous Faculty of Economics and Business. The former combined faculty itself descended from the original Faculty of Economics founded in 1920, which was the first faculty of its kind in Australia.
Peter Lorange is a Norwegian economist. He was the owner, President, and CEO of the Lorange Institute of Business Zürich, formerly known as GSBA Zurich, which he bought in July 2009.
The Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration is a Swiss graduate school of public administration. In 2014, the independent foundation was integrated into the University of Lausanne.
EU Business School is a private business school with campuses in Geneva (Switzerland), Barcelona (Spain), and Munich (Germany). It is a member of OMNES Education Group since 2022.
Wisconsin International University (USA) in Ukraine (WIUU) is a liberal arts institute located in the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The WIUU was established in 1997 as a private Higher Education Institution (HEI) Ukrainian-American Liberal Arts Institute “Wisconsin International University (USA) Ukraine” and offers an academic program that combines the practices of business education in Ukraine and in the USA. WIUU was and remains a unique Ukrainian HEI with training programs that lead to both Ukrainian state degrees and American University degrees.
The Basel School of Business is a private business school in Basel, Switzerland. Founded in 2012, it offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Business Administration. BSB is known for its focus on Practical Experiential Learning™ (PEL), an approach that combines theoretical education with hands-on experience to bridge academia and industry.
Jean-François Manzoni is a French and Canadian academic and the President (Dean) and Nestlé Chaired Professor of International Institute for Management Development (IMD), an independent business school with a main campus located in Lausanne, Switzerland and an executive learning center in Singapore.
