Cologne Business School

The CBS International graduate school (CBS) may be a state-recognised, private graduate school which emerged in 2020 from the individual brands Cologne graduate school (CBS) and European Management School (EMS). At its locations in Cologne, Mainz and Potsdam, it offers approximately 1,900 students its predominantly English-language business management study courses with the tutorial degrees Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Master of Arts, Master of Science and MBA. The CBS Cologne graduate school GmbH is that the responsible body of the university.

The CBS International graduate school was founded in 1993 under the name “International Campus”. It specialises in practice-oriented management study programmes consistent with international standards. Its portfolio includes on-site study programmes in German or English, which may be studied full-time, extra-occupationally or part-time.

The practical relevance of the courses of study is guaranteed by, among others, lecturers from business and science, who transfer their practical knowledge directly into teaching. additionally , practice-oriented teaching content like business projects and business simulation games, during which ethical issues and theories of sustainable management are discussed, are firmly anchored within the curricula.

The study program portfolio of CBS International graduate school comprises around 40 study programmes at Bachelor, Master and MBA level. they will be studied full-time, part-time, or extra-occupationally. All study programmes at the CBS International graduate school are regularly accredited by the trinational accreditation agency FIBAA (Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation) and therefore the German Council of Science and Humanities. Institutionally, the CBS has also been accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE).

The university also has numerous memberships in national and international associations, like the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Central and East European Management Development Association (CEEMAN), the Dr. Jürgen Foundation and therefore the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) Initiative. Since 2018, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Fröhlich, President of the CBS International graduate school , has held the chairmanship of the Cologne Science Round Table (KWR), whose aim is to spotlight the various scientific and economic potentials of the region with its diverse range of offers and to facilitate networking between Cologne’s universities and research