12/11/2011
The Budapest Business School is the oldest, largest and a leading university of business studies in Hungary that was established as a result of integration of three renowned business schools. These three business schools are:
- College of International Management and Business
- College of Finance and Accountancy
- College of Catering, Commerce and Tourism
The university offers vocational trainings, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, postgraduate professional degrees and PhD degrees. Many of the graduates of this top-ranked Budapest Business Schools are currently business leaders.
HISTORY
The official predecessor of the College of Finance and Accountancy and the College of Catering, Commerce and Tourism of Budapest Business School is the Pest Academy of Commerce that was established in 1857. Pest Academy of Commerce (German: Pester Handelsakademie, Hungarian: Pesti Kereskedelmi Akadémia) was the first higher educational institution for business studies in Austria-Hungary, thus it was the first business school of Central Europe. Most of the business professionals and economists of the country gained there their qualifications as it was the only business school in the country.
After the school was renamed and changed several times, the College of Accountancy was established in 1953, and the College of Catering and Commerce was established in 1969. The forerunner of the College of International Management is the School of International Commerce that was established in 1957. In January 2000, the colleges created the Budapest Business School and became faculties of the university. In March 2011, the College of Business Administration faculty was established out of the College of Finance and Accounting campus in Zalaegerszeg.
SCHOOLS OF BBS
College of Finance and Accountancy, Budapest
College of Finance and Accountancy, Salgótarján
College of International Management, Budapest
College of Catering, Commerce and Tourism, Budapest
College of Business Administration, Zalaegerszeg
Doctoral School of Business Administration, Budapest
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Hungarian Accreditation Committee (HAC) - member of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA)
- National Institue of Vocational and Adult Education (NIVE)
- Quality Award of Higher Education by the Hungarian Ministry of Education
ISO 9000, MSZ EN ISO 9001:2009, MSZ EN ISO 9004:2010
- Network of International Business Schools (NIBS)
- Space European Network For Business Studies and Languages (SPACE)
- European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE)
- European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN)
- Accreditation for Tourism Management Undergraduate Programmes (ATMU)
- European Foundation for the Accreditation of Hotelschool Programmes (EFAH)
- Multilingual Virtual University for SMEs
- Chamber of Hungarian Auditors
- Anglia Ruskin University, Ashcroft International Business School, Cambridge, UK – dual degree
- Texas Christian University, Neeley School of Business, Fort Worth, Texas, USA – dual degree
- Fernuniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany – dual degree
- Avans Hogeschool, Breda, Netherlands - dual degree
- University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens France - dual degree
- ERASMUS, LLP Erasmus
- SOCRATES
- AIESEC
