From a school founded in 1991 as the first private higher education college in Central Europe, International Business School has grown into a truly modern and dynamic business school.
It is an attractive place to learn and teach because of our collaborative culture – a blend of academic rigor, cooperative teamwork, entrepreneurship, diversity, and continuous innovation. The academic experience we offer is providing our students from over 100 countries of the world with an undergraduate or postgraduate degree and skills and networking opportunities that bring lifelong competitive advantages.
We firmly believe that internationalization is more than a market-driven necessity. Instead, it is an opportunity to provide intercultural education for our students with the resulting academic, cultural, intellectual, and emotional gains in their personal growth, sense of identity, self-esteem, life quality, openness, and tolerance vis-a-vis others. At IBS, we recognize and respect innovative curricula, modes of delivery, and best practice developed by others in Europe and beyond.
Our vision is to be a regionally acknowledged, multiply accredited, multi-country provider of higher education services for a highly international and mobile student body interested in the frontier areas of business and management.
Our mission is to provide economically and culturally relevant, English-language business and management-related education to people who can benefit from it. We are demand-led and customer-focused. We enhance learning, build confidence, and create an opportunity for all who choose to invest in studying at our school.
IBS opened its gates in 1991, welcoming students who wished to study business in English. The founders of the school had long-term plans, and thus they moved the college (practically run in some rented rooms of an office block) from Kelenföldi railway station to the second district, one of the most beautiful districts of Buda. In 2014, IBS moved to the north of Budapest and is now offering a real campus experience with three brand new buildings in a business environment. The completely renovated, reshaped, and well-equipped buildings in Graphisoft Park – with the Residence Hall in its close vicinity – is a perfect place for studies and recreation with its riverside setting and garden.
Following a successful institutional accreditation in 1997, IBS became a recognized private college in Hungary, with the right to issue Hungarian college degrees (called Bachelor's degrees today) besides the English degrees.
Owing to the continuous and systematic development process, IBS runs eight Bachelor's and four Master's programs in addition to the single program (BA in Business Studies) available in 1991.
The first degrees were awarded in 1995. The number of IBS graduates by 2012 is over 3300. Our graduates can be found in almost every country in the world, which provides enormous networking possibilities. To maintain this 'human' capital, IBS treats its Alumni community as a top priority and organizes monthly Alumni Evening. We are proud that every third graduate is an Alumni member, which is very high, considering that almost 50% of the students come from abroad.
In order to maintain academic excellence, IBS puts particular emphasis on quality assurance. Besides our strategic partner, The University of Buckingham, we are accredited by several other quality assurance bodies.
Our institution dramatically benefits from these accreditations since all these institutions have their rigorous evaluation methods. By continually striving to meet these quality standards, IBS keeps revising all its practices and processes in this respect only to result in the constant improvement of quality.
It is of high importance to us that our students come from all over the world, and thus IBS maintains its multinational environment. Student life facilitates teamwork and relationship building among people of different cultural backgrounds. Our international partners offer great help in the recruitment of international students.
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