SBS Swiss Business School

SBS Swiss Business School
TypePrivate Business School
Established1998 (1998)
AccreditationSAC/BAC/ACBSP/IACBE/CHEA
PresidentDr. Carl Olsen
DeanMarijana Karanfiloska (Dean of Administration and Finance ¬ Co-Owner),
Bert Wolfs, Ph.D. (Academic Dean)
Academic staff
125
Students15000 (2025)
Location
Zurich
,
Switzerland

47°27′12″N 8°34′48″E / 47.45344°N 8.579937°E / 47.45344; 8.579937
Affiliationssee Partner institutions
Websitewww.sbs.edu

SBS Swiss Business School is a private business school, located in Zurich, Switzerland, with affiliated campuses in Malta, China, Spain, Latvia, Kazakhstan, the United Arab Emirates, India, Myanmar, Ghana and USA.[1]

History

SBS Swiss Business School was founded in 1998[2] as a private[3] institution.[4]

Academic programs

SBS Swiss Business School offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs in business and management. Programs are delivered in English and include on-campus, online, and hybrid formats. [5]

Undergraduate programs

At the undergraduate level, SBS offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSc).[6]

Graduate programs

Graduate programs include the Master of Science in International Business, offered in a full-time format at the SBS Zurich campus, as well as the online Master of Science in Digital Marketing and the online Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence in Business.[7][8][9]

The school also offers Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs in several formats, including part-time programs at the SBS Zurich campus and online programs, such as the MBA, Executive MBA, and Online MBA.[10]

Doctoral programs

At the doctoral level, SBS offers the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), including a specialized DBA in Strategy, Project Leadership and PMO Management.[11]

Executive Education

SBS Swiss Business School offers executive education through short courses, certificate courses, professional programs, and customized corporate training. These programs are delivered on campus in Zurich and in live-virtual formats.[12][13][14]

Accreditation status

SBS Swiss Business School has received institutional accreditation in accordance with the Swiss Higher Education Act (HEdA).[15] [16]

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).[17][18]

SBS Swiss Business School is additionally accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC),[19] and professionally accredited by Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)[20] as well as the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE).[21] IACBE and ACBSP are U.S. based accreditation bodies that are accredited by the Council 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,[22] 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.”[23]

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.

Memberships

SBS Swiss Business School is a member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International),[24] the Swiss Adult Education Association (SVEB),[25] the Swiss Federation of Private Schools (VSP),[26] and the Swiss Private School Register[27]

Rankings

SBS Swiss Business School has appeared in several international rankings of business schools and graduate management programs.

Since 2012, the school's MBA programs have been listed in the CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings, where SBS has been classified among Tier One MBA providers.[28]

In the 2021 edition of the CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings, SBS Swiss Business School's Online MBA and Executive MBA programs were ranked among the top programs globally, and the school's Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program was listed among internationally recognized DBA programs.[29]

In the 2025 CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings, the Executive MBA program at SBS Swiss Business School was ranked 5th globally and the Online MBA program was ranked 6th worldwide. The institution was also listed as a Tier One Global MBA provider, and its Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program was included among globally recognized DBA programs.[30]

SBS Swiss Business School has also appeared in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which assess universities worldwide against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The institution has been included in several editions of the ranking, including 2021, 2024 and 2025.[31]

The school was listed in the 2025 QS Online MBA Rankings, which evaluate online MBA programs worldwide.[32]

In 2025, SBS Swiss Business School was recognized in the SDG Accord Annual Report as the only institutional signatory from Switzerland.[33]

In addition, the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program at SBS Swiss Business School has been included in international DBA program listings.[34]

Partner institutions

SBS Swiss Business School has affiliated academic partnerships with the following academic institutions worldwide:[35]

  • ATMS Education Group / Al Tareeqah Management Studies, U.A.E,
  • SBS Swiss Business School RAK Campus, U.A.E.,
  • SBS Swiss Business School China Center, China,
  • SBS Swiss Business School Barcelona and Madrid Campus, Spain,
  • SBS Swiss Busines School, Malta,
  • Pacific Prime School, Myanmar,
  • BA School of Business and Finance, Riga, Latvia,
  • EurAsia Business School, Almaty, Kazakhstan,
  • IILM Institute of Higher Education, New Delhi, India,
  • Nobel International Business Schgool (NiBS), Accra, Ghana,
  • Universtity of North Carolina at Wilmington (UNCW), USA,
  • Meric Training & Consulting, Dubai, U.A.E.

Notable alumni

  • Randy Abbey, Ghanaian media personality and sports administrator.
  • Fatema Al Harbi (born 1991 or 1992), Bahraini author and peace activist
  • Kurt Maloo (born Kurt Meier, 1953), singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer.
  • Albert Rau (born 1960), Kazakh politician and economist, Deputy Chairman and Member of the Mäjilis.
  • Rolf Theiler (born 1957), businessman

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  21. ^ "IACBE Accreditation Status" (PDF). IACBE.
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  23. ^ "Processo de Credenciamento da MACCA - Como Funciona?". MACCA. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
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  32. ^ "QS Online MBA Rankings – EMEA". QS Quacquarelli Symonds. QS. Retrieved 16 March 2026.
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