European School of Business
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The ESB Business School (formerly ESB Reutlingen) is the business school
of Reutlingen University
in Baden-Württemberg
, Germany
. It was founded in 1979; since 2008 the school is responsible for all business- and management-related degree programmes of the university - in addition to the former ESB programmes it also includes the former School of International Business (SIB) and Production Management (PM). The school offers 20 undergraduate and graduate as well as double degree programs together with a number of European and non-European business schools. The ESB Business School ranks among the top business schools in Germany.
in International Management and a second bachelor's degree of a partner university within the International Partnership of Business Schools
in 4 years.
Students spend two years at ESB and two years at an international partner university, receiving the degrees of both countries (the German degree and its foreign equivalent). Due to the Bologna Process
, ESB has offered a bachelor's degree instead of the "Diplom-Betriebswirt" from the class of 2011 onwards.
Partner universities for the dual-degree programs Bachelor of Science in International Management:
(BSc) and Master of Business Administration
(MBA). Students complete three academic years at Reutlingen University followed by a fourth academic year at one of ten highly ranked partner universities in America, Asia, Australia or Europe.
The IB programme provides a broad spectrum of expertise and methods in business studies and enables the students while at the ESB as well as at the partner university to select a special area of concentration – e.g. in management, marketing or finance.
The knowledge of business and economics acquired has a strongly international orientation. A high value is set on the training of soft skills, for example in communication and presentation skills, intercultural competence and business ethics.
The international dimension is one of the major factors in the composition of the students: 20 of the total of 40 study places per year are awarded to international applicants.
All courses in the first two semesters – with the exception of the language courses – are held in English. In the following semesters, English and German are the lecturing languages. Business English is a compulsory subject throughout the first 3 years. A second compulsory foreign language is chosen for the first three years of the program: German students can choose between Spanish or French, for international students German is the second foreign language.
The IB programme is an academic programme which prepares students for a management career in an international enterprise. This requires a clear practical orientation. In the 3rd and 6th semesters a 6-month internship in a company has to be completed. These provide students with the opportunity to apply their theoretical business management knowledge and soft skills, and to extend their comprehension of economic cross links and management tasks.
The partner universities for this course of study are:
. This program is the oldest MBA program in Germany, founded in 1984. It is designed to give people training for international business whose undergraduate studies were not in the field of business (e.g. holders of degrees in engineering
, natural science
, law
, or languages). Approximately 50% of the students come from outside Germany.
The MBA program can be completed full-time in three semesters or part-time over three years. The part-time program is in the form of distance learning with attendance phases. TheESB distance learning materials are also used by a number of other program providers.
A feature of the full-time MBA program is an emphasis course on the Asia-Pacific
region. Students who select this specialization attend MBA classes and seminars specific to this region; they also learn speaking Chinese
or Japanese
and spend a fourth semester in East Asia.
The MBA program has a number of partnerships with universities in other countries. The most highly developed partnerships are the joint programmes with Eastern Michigan University
(Ypsilanti, Michigan
) and the University of La Plata (La Plata, Argentina).
, the medical technology industry in Tuttlingen
, and with financial services provider MLP
.
in London and the then-"Reutlingen European Study Program for Business Studies." Additional partner universities quickly joined and formed a network of business schools known as the International Partnership of Business Schools (IPBS).
New partner universities are only permitted membership of the IPBS with the agreement of all partners in the network. This ensures that high quality requirements of all partners are met. In 1986 ICADE
in Madrid was admitted followed in 1996 by Dublin City University
and Northeastern University in Boston, and in 1998 by Indiana University Bloomington
. In 2004 Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
, Piacenza, Italy became members.
In 2002 the previously autonomous Reutlingen MBA study programs, which had been in existence since 1984, joined forces with ESB. Thus ESB became a full-fledged business school with proven undergraduate and new master's programs. Since then, a MSc program and corporate MBAs have been added to complement the original MBA offering.
As of mid-2008, Reutlingen University merged all three of its business schools (European School of Business, School of International Business, and Production Management) into one school under new name of ESB Reutlingen.
s of Reutlingen University
. It offered a number of international undergraduate and graduate programs, some of which were dual degree
. It was consistently ranked among the best business schools in Germany, and merged with the European School of Business in 2008 to form the new ESB Reutlingen.
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
of Reutlingen University
Reutlingen University
Reutlingen University is a university of applied sciences in Reutlingen in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. Enrollment stands at about 4,000 students, a quarter of whom are international and exchange students...
in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It was founded in 1979; since 2008 the school is responsible for all business- and management-related degree programmes of the university - in addition to the former ESB programmes it also includes the former School of International Business (SIB) and Production Management (PM). The school offers 20 undergraduate and graduate as well as double degree programs together with a number of European and non-European business schools. The ESB Business School ranks among the top business schools in Germany.
Undergraduate Programs
In addition to its very international educational concept, ESB mandates a work-study phase in the form of semester-long business internships.Single degree programs
- Bachelor of ArtsBachelor of ArtsA Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
(Außenwirtschaft) in 3 years - Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
(Production Management) in 3 1/2 years - Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of ScienceA Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
(International Logistics Management) in 3 1/2 years
Bachelor of Science in International Management
Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
in International Management and a second bachelor's degree of a partner university within the International Partnership of Business Schools
International Partnership of Business Schools
The International Partnership of Business Schools is a partnership of eight leading business schools throughout Europe and America. With over 1600 students the IPBS is the largest fully integrated university network in Europe. Every course consists of four years of studies, two of which are spent...
in 4 years.
Students spend two years at ESB and two years at an international partner university, receiving the degrees of both countries (the German degree and its foreign equivalent). Due to the Bologna Process
Bologna process
The purpose of the Bologna Process is the creation of the European Higher Education Area by making academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and compatible throughout Europe, in particular under the Lisbon Recognition Convention...
, ESB has offered a bachelor's degree instead of the "Diplom-Betriebswirt" from the class of 2011 onwards.
Partner universities for the dual-degree programs Bachelor of Science in International Management:
- CESEM ReimsReims Management SchoolReims Management School is a business school or grande école in Reims, France, consisting of four smaller schools offering several specialized programs. Founded in 1928, it is one of the few business schools worldwide to gain triple accreditation by the European EFMD , the British AMBA, and the...
, France - Dublin City UniversityDublin City UniversityDublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland...
, Ireland - ICADEICADEICADE is the brand name by which two schools of the Comillas Pontifical University, located in Madrid , are known. It stands for Instituto Católico de Administración y Dirección de Empresas , the name of an Institute that merged with the Comillas Pontifical University in 1978, giving birth to two...
, MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Spain - Kelley School of BusinessKelley School of BusinessThe Kelley School of Business is a top-ranked American business school operated by Indiana University. As of 2009, approximately 5,500 full-time students are enrolled on its Bloomington campus, as well as 1,750 students at the Indianapolis campus...
of Indiana University BloomingtonIndiana University BloomingtonIndiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
, USA - Lancaster University Management SchoolLancaster University Management SchoolLancaster University Management School in Lancaster, England, is the business school of Lancaster University. The School was established in 1964. A full range of subjects are taught, ranging from undergraduate degrees to postgraduate degrees including MBAs, PhDs and post-experience executive...
, UK - College of Business AdministrationNortheastern University College of Business AdministrationThe Northeastern University College of Business Administration was founded in 1922 and the Graduate School of Business Administration in 1952. The College of Business Administration is accredited by AACSB International-The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The Co-op M.B.A....
of Northeastern University, BostonBostonBoston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, USA - Universidad de las Américas, PueblaPueblaPuebla officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 217 municipalities and its capital city is Puebla....
, Mexico - Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreUniversità Cattolica del Sacro CuoreUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a privately-owned Catholic university founded in 1921 by Agostino Gemelli. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona, Rome, and Campobasso...
, PiacenzaPiacenzaPiacenza is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza...
, Italy - Avans School of International Studies, BredaBredaBreda is a municipality and a city in the southern part of the Netherlands. The name Breda derived from brede Aa and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, the city was of strategic military and political significance...
, The Netherlands
Bachelor of Science in International Business & Master of Business Administration
The International Business (IB) program, unique in Germany, offers students the possibility of acquiring within only four years the degrees Bachelor of ScienceBachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years .-Australia:In Australia, the BSc is a 3 year degree, offered from 1st year on...
(BSc) and Master of Business Administration
Master of Business Administration
The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...
(MBA). Students complete three academic years at Reutlingen University followed by a fourth academic year at one of ten highly ranked partner universities in America, Asia, Australia or Europe.
The IB programme provides a broad spectrum of expertise and methods in business studies and enables the students while at the ESB as well as at the partner university to select a special area of concentration – e.g. in management, marketing or finance.
The knowledge of business and economics acquired has a strongly international orientation. A high value is set on the training of soft skills, for example in communication and presentation skills, intercultural competence and business ethics.
The international dimension is one of the major factors in the composition of the students: 20 of the total of 40 study places per year are awarded to international applicants.
All courses in the first two semesters – with the exception of the language courses – are held in English. In the following semesters, English and German are the lecturing languages. Business English is a compulsory subject throughout the first 3 years. A second compulsory foreign language is chosen for the first three years of the program: German students can choose between Spanish or French, for international students German is the second foreign language.
The IB programme is an academic programme which prepares students for a management career in an international enterprise. This requires a clear practical orientation. In the 3rd and 6th semesters a 6-month internship in a company has to be completed. These provide students with the opportunity to apply their theoretical business management knowledge and soft skills, and to extend their comprehension of economic cross links and management tasks.
The partner universities for this course of study are:
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 AustraliaAustralia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne University of Technology is an Australian public dual sector university based in Melbourne, Victoria. The institution was founded by the Honourable George Swinburne in 1908 and achieved university status in June 1992... |
Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater... |
 ChinaChina Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a research-led university in Hong Kong.CUHK is the only tertiary education institution in Hong Kong with Nobel Prize winners on its faculty, including Chen Ning Yang, James Mirrlees, Robert Alexander Mundell and Charles K. Kao... |
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... |
 GermanyGermany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
GISMA Business School GISMA Business School GISMA Business School in Hannover, Germany, was launched in 1999 as a joint initiative by the state of Lower Saxony and visionary private-sector enterprises. GISMA is a privately funded, self-administering institution of higher education. The School is closely affiliated with the Krannert School of... |
Hannover, Germany |
| Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... |
Bundeswehr University Munich | Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
 MexicoMexico The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of... |
EGADE EGADE EGADE Business School is the Graduate School of Business at ITESM , a university system with 33 campuses in 26 cities in Mexico.EGADE Business School was created more than 30 years ago in Monterrey, 180 miles south of the... ITESM Tec de Monterrey |
Monterrey Monterrey Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the... |
 USA |
California State University California State University The California State University is a public university system in the state of California. It is one of three public higher education systems in the state, the other two being the University of California system and the California Community College system. It is incorporated as The Trustees of the... |
Hayward, California Hayward, California Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County, California. With a population of 144,186, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 37th most populous municipality in California. It is included in... |
| Niagara University Niagara University Niagara University is a Catholic university in the Vincentian tradition, located in the Town of Lewiston in Niagara County, New York. Originally founded by the Congregation of the Mission in 1856 as Our Lady of Angels Seminary, it became Niagara University in 1883. The University is still run by... |
Lewiston, New York Lewiston, New York Lewiston is a village in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 2,781 at the 2000 census. The village is named after Morgan Lewis, an early 19th-century governor of New York. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.The Village of Lewiston,... |
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| Portland State University Portland State University Portland State University is a public state urban university located in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1946, it has the largest overall enrollment of any university in the state of Oregon, including undergraduate and graduate students. It is also the only public university in... |
Portland, Oregon Portland, Oregon Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States... |
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| Purdue University Purdue University Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and... |
West Lafayette, Indiana West Lafayette, Indiana As of the census of 2010, there were 29,596 people, 12,591 households, and 3,588 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,381.1 people per square mile . The racial makeup of the city was 74.3% White, 17.3% Asian, 2.7% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.03% Pacific... |
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| Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Louisiana University Southeastern Louisiana University is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims, the principal of Hammond High School, as Hammond Junior College, located in a wing of the high school building. Sims succeeded in getting the campus... |
Hammond, Indiana Hammond, Indiana Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 80,830 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hammond is located at .... |
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 United KingdomUnited Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
University of Exeter University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities.... |
Exeter Exeter Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the... |
MBA
ESB offers a full-time and part-time MBA program focused on International MarketingMarketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
. This program is the oldest MBA program in Germany, founded in 1984. It is designed to give people training for international business whose undergraduate studies were not in the field of business (e.g. holders of degrees in engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
, natural science
Natural science
The natural sciences are branches of science that seek to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by using empirical and scientific methods...
, law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
, or languages). Approximately 50% of the students come from outside Germany.
The MBA program can be completed full-time in three semesters or part-time over three years. The part-time program is in the form of distance learning with attendance phases. TheESB distance learning materials are also used by a number of other program providers.
A feature of the full-time MBA program is an emphasis course on the Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...
region. Students who select this specialization attend MBA classes and seminars specific to this region; they also learn speaking Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
or Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
and spend a fourth semester in East Asia.
The MBA program has a number of partnerships with universities in other countries. The most highly developed partnerships are the joint programmes with Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
(Ypsilanti, Michigan
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Ypsilanti is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,362. The city is bounded to the north by the Charter Township of Superior and on the west, south, and east by the Charter Township of Ypsilanti...
) and the University of La Plata (La Plata, Argentina).
MSc
ESB also offers a one-year Master of Science in International Management. One semester of the program is spent at ESB Reutlingen, the other semester at one of four international partner schools:- Dublin City UniversityDublin City UniversityDublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland...
, Ireland - Lancaster University Management SchoolLancaster University Management SchoolLancaster University Management School in Lancaster, England, is the business school of Lancaster University. The School was established in 1964. A full range of subjects are taught, ranging from undergraduate degrees to postgraduate degrees including MBAs, PhDs and post-experience executive...
, UK - Reims Management SchoolReims Management SchoolReims Management School is a business school or grande école in Reims, France, consisting of four smaller schools offering several specialized programs. Founded in 1928, it is one of the few business schools worldwide to gain triple accreditation by the European EFMD , the British AMBA, and the...
, France - Universidad de las AmericasUniversidad de las AméricasUniversidad de las Américas may refer to:*Fundación Universidad de las Américas, Puebla , university in Cholula, Puebla state, Mexico*Universidad de las Américas, A.C., university in Mexico City, Mexico....
, Puebla, Mexico - Northeastern University, Boston, USA
MA
ESB also offers two highly specialiced Master of Arts with an emphasis on specific International Management topics. Regullary all semesters of the programs are spent at ESB Reutlingen but beside the normal possibility to go abroad for an exchange semester there are opportunities to receive a double degree. (among others from Edinburgh University in the International Accounting & Taxation Master):- Master of Arts in International Business Development
- Master of Arts in International Accounting and Taxation
Corporate University Program
Based on the distance learning MBA program, degree courses are being developed in cooperation with industry. These programs provide training for junior managers of the participating companies in international business. ESB provides approximately 80% of the study content, with the remaining 20% provided by business partners on topics specific to their industry. ESB is responsible for examinations and awards the title of MBA. Examples of this form of MBA studies are programs with Heidelberger DruckmaschinenHeidelberger Druckmaschinen
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG is a German precision mechanical engineering company with head offices in Heidelberg . It is a manufacturer of offset printing presses sold globally. The company has a worldwide market share of more than 47% in this area and is the largest global manufacturer of...
, the medical technology industry in Tuttlingen
Tuttlingen
Tuttlingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, capital of the district Tuttlingen. Nendingen, Möhringen and Eßlingen are three former municipalities that belong to Tuttlingen...
, and with financial services provider MLP
MLP
MLP may stand for:*Malta Labour Party*Marschollek, Lautenschläger und Partner, a large German financial services corporation*Mary-Louise Parker, an American actress*Master limited partnership*Memory Level Parallelism...
.
International Partnership of Business Schools
The IPBS (International Partnership of Business Schools) is a consortium in which the partner universities offer joint bachelor's and master's programs together with ESB. With over 1600 students, IPBS is the largest integrated cooperation program between universities in Europe.Corporate sponsors
ESB's group of sponsors, V.I.M.A. (International Management Education Sponsorship Club), has been in existence since 1999. Almost 50 companies are currently members.Corporate Fairs
The main company fairs on the ESB campus to which V.I.M.A. members can participate are the International Business Fair (IBF) and the Corporate Forum (Firmen Forum, FIFO).History
ESB Reutlingen was founded in 1979 through a cooperation agreement with its French partner university in Reims, Middlesex UniversityMiddlesex University
Middlesex University is a university in north London, England. It is located in the historic county boundaries of Middlesex from which it takes its name. It is one of the post-1992 universities and is a member of Million+ working group...
in London and the then-"Reutlingen European Study Program for Business Studies." Additional partner universities quickly joined and formed a network of business schools known as the International Partnership of Business Schools (IPBS).
New partner universities are only permitted membership of the IPBS with the agreement of all partners in the network. This ensures that high quality requirements of all partners are met. In 1986 ICADE
ICADE
ICADE is the brand name by which two schools of the Comillas Pontifical University, located in Madrid , are known. It stands for Instituto Católico de Administración y Dirección de Empresas , the name of an Institute that merged with the Comillas Pontifical University in 1978, giving birth to two...
in Madrid was admitted followed in 1996 by Dublin City University
Dublin City University
Dublin City University is a university situated between Glasnevin, Santry, Ballymun and Whitehall on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland...
and Northeastern University in Boston, and in 1998 by Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington
Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana...
. In 2004 Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore is a privately-owned Catholic university founded in 1921 by Agostino Gemelli. Its main campus is located in Milan, Italy with satellite campuses in Brescia, Piacenza, Cremona, Rome, and Campobasso...
, Piacenza, Italy became members.
In 2002 the previously autonomous Reutlingen MBA study programs, which had been in existence since 1984, joined forces with ESB. Thus ESB became a full-fledged business school with proven undergraduate and new master's programs. Since then, a MSc program and corporate MBAs have been added to complement the original MBA offering.
As of mid-2008, Reutlingen University merged all three of its business schools (European School of Business, School of International Business, and Production Management) into one school under new name of ESB Reutlingen.
School of International Business
The School of International Business or SIB Reutlingen was one of the business schoolBusiness school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
s of Reutlingen University
Reutlingen University
Reutlingen University is a university of applied sciences in Reutlingen in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. Enrollment stands at about 4,000 students, a quarter of whom are international and exchange students...
. It offered a number of international undergraduate and graduate programs, some of which were dual degree
Double degree
A double-degree program, sometimes called a combined degree, conjoint degree, dual degree, or simultaneous degree program, involves a student's working for two different university degrees in parallel, either at the same institution or at different institutions , completing them in less time than...
. It was consistently ranked among the best business schools in Germany, and merged with the European School of Business in 2008 to form the new ESB Reutlingen.
External links
- Official homepage
- Description of the International Business (IB) degree programme ESB-business-school.de