Accreditation

SBS Swiss Business School must demonstrate to students, employers, transfer institutions, legislators, accrediting bodies, faculties, employees, and many other stakeholders that it is fulfilling its mission to promote student success and well-being through excellent educational programs, research, and service delivery. 

The SBS Quality of Education integrates strategic and annual planning and budgeting, assessment and evaluation, and utilization of resulting institutional knowledge for decision-making and continuous improvement of educational programs and services.

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SBS Swiss Business School is incorporated in the Canton Zurich, Switzerland. The independent higher learning institution is nationally certified and institutionally accredited. Our educational programs are internationally double-accredited by the following professional accreditation bodies:

Swiss Accreditation Council

SBS Swiss Business School in Kloten has received institutional accreditation in accordance with the Higher Education Act (HEdA).

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).

British Accreditation Council

Accredited by the British Accreditation Council as an Independent Higher Education Institution. 

BAC, provide respected and rigorous inspection-based accreditation to enhance the standards and quality of independent further and higher education and training providers;

  • Encourage continuing improvement in the general standard and quality of independent education in the UK and internationally
  • Recognized by UK and overseas governments as an influential voice on standards and quality for the independent education sector
  • Help providers in their efforts for continual improvement

ACBSP

ACBSP is a leading specialized accreditation association for business education supporting, celebrating, and rewarding teaching excellence.

The educational programs offered by SBS Swiss Business School have received accreditation through the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs, located in Overland Park, Kansas.

The following business programs at SBS Swiss Business School are accredited by ACBSP:

  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) – Full Time
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) – Accelerated Adult Education
  • Master of Science in International Business
  • Master of Science in Healthcare Management
  • Master of Science in Marketing
  • Global MBA
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)- Full Time/Flex/Online
  • Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)
  • Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA)

IACBE

IACBE is a Specialized Accrediting Body for Business & Business-Related Degree Programs at the Baccalaureate and Graduate Degree Levels in Colleges and Universities.

SBS Swiss Business School has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE), located at 11374 Strang Line Road in Lenexa, Kansas, USA. The business programs in the following degrees are accredited by the IACBE: 

List of Accredited Programs and Membership Status

CHEA

Serving higher education, students and the public through advocacy and leadership in assuring academic quality through accreditation

A national advocate and institutional voice for promoting academic quality through accreditation, CHEA is an association of 3,000 degree-granting colleges and universities and recognizes 60 institutional and programmatic accrediting organizations