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EU Business School

Motto in English	A European Identity - A Global Network
Type	Business school
Established	1973
President	Dirk Craen
Students	3'000 (all campuses)
Location	Yvorne (Switzerland)
Campus	Urban
Website	http://www.euruni.edu

EU Business School (formerly European University) is a multi-campus private business school with headquarters in Switzerland. It operates campuses in Switzerland, Spain and Germany.

History

EU Business School was established in Antwerp in 1973 by Xavier Nieberding and in Brussels in 1982 by Dean Dominique Jozeau. The current president is Dirk Craen.

Academic programs and accreditations

EU Business School offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs in Business Administration.

Undergraduate and graduate programs are proposed in many disciplines, including Communication & Public Relations, International Relations, Sports Management, Business Finance, Human Resource(s) and Reputation Management. It also offers dual degree programs with Shinawatra International University in Bangkok (Thailand).

EU Business School offers UK state-accredited Bachelor in Business Management degrees awarded by the University of Derby as well as UK state-accredited BSc, MSc and MBA in International Business & Management degrees awarded by the University of Roehampton. EU Business School Barcelona offers Spanish state-accredited MBA in International Business degrees awarded by the Universidad Catolica de Murcia (UCAM). In 2013, the school received a provisional accreditation from the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) for a dual BBA with the Jesselton College (Malaysia).

Affiliations

EU Business School Switzerland is member of the Swiss Federation of Private Schools, the Geneva Association of Private Schools, the Lake Geneva Region Swiss Private Schools Association. EU Business School is member of The Academy of Business in Society (ABIS), the European Council for Business Education, and the European Foundation for Management Development. EU Business School Barcelona is member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities.

Rankings

Quacquarelli Symonds

In 2017, EU Business School's distance / online MBA degree garnered a score of 96 out of 100 ranking 14th in the world. QS ranked the Spain campus 2nd out of 46 in ROI for European MBA Programs. , while the Swiss campus was third in 2013/14.

Sustainability

EU Business School Montreux is a signatory of the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), United Nations-supported initiative to inspire responsible management education, research and thought leadership. EU Business School is an institution member of the “Consejo latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración”.

Marketing initiatives

EU Business School is the educational partner for the "Crucero Business Networking" (CBN) project. CBN is a combination of education, entertainment and networking. EU Business School was also part of the "Atypical Partners" for the Montreux Jazz Festival. In January 2015, EU Business School hosted the Swiss Economic Forum Kick-Off Romandie Event in Yvorne.

Controversies

The Swiss Embassy in Singapore issued information in 2008 stating that European University lacks educational accreditation in its home jurisdiction of Switzerland, where the Swiss Center of Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education has responsibility for accreditation. From 1993 to 1997, European University in Barcelona had authorization from Catalonian authorities to offer programs leading to the Bachelor and Master of Business Administration degrees, but this authorization was withdrawn in 2007 due to the institution's lack of official recognition in its home country of Switzerland. In August 2009, leading Malaysian newspaper The Star included European University in a list of dubious institutions which are not in recognised accreditation registries.

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Honorary degree controversy leading to withdrawal of university name

The business school is known for constantly selling the honorary doctor degrees to the Swiss nationals, which resulted in revoking the right to name them a university by the court. In 40 years of existence, EU Business School awarded 24 honorary doctoral degrees. Holders of such a degree include Nick Hayek Jr., Gérard Dubois, Abel Gyozevich Aganbegyan, Alexander Vinokourov and Steve Guerdat among others.

On June 25, 2014, Doha Bank's CEO, R. Seetharaman was awarded a PhD in Global Governance, as was former President of Switzerland, Adolf Ogi, once invited by the school to the United Nations for the launch of his book Dolf Ogi: Statesman and Sportsman.

On June 27, 2015, Brian Cookson was awarded a Doctor of Civil Laws degree, Honoris Causa from the EU Business School.

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External links

• European University Official Website
• Information about the European University in Switzerland

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• Private schools in Switzerland
• Business schools in Switzerland
• Business schools in Spain
• Business schools in Germany
• Educational institutions established in 1973
• Private universities and colleges in Europe
• Companies based in Geneva
• Privately held companies of Switzerland
• 1973 establishments in Belgium