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ECBE Accreditation

Based on the individual members’ experience, the ECBE accreditation enables to compare quality of our study programmes at an international level
European Council for Business Education (ECBE) is an international accreditation institution for university study programmes focussing on business economics. It is a member of IFBE (International Federation for Business Education) associating accreditation institutions of several continents. The accreditations are then accepted by the prestigious ACBSP (Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programmes) in the USA.

VSEM has been a member of ECBE since 1998 and since 2000 the both Bachelor's and Master's study programmes have been fully accreditted.

ECBE Accreditation Conditions

During the accreditation process, a university has to prove that it fulfils the international standards in the area of business economics and managements at various levels in all the key areas of studies:
  • The structure of the study programme matching standards of the study majors (Common Professional Component)
  • Qualifications of the lecturers
  • Study workload
  • Organization and technical facilities (buildings, study materials etc.) 
  • System of regular internal and external evaluation 
  • Long-term development programme
  • Interrelations to real business environment
  • Autonomy and stability
  • System of internal rules 

ECBE Reaccreditation Process

Between 12th and 13th January 2012 VSEM underwent an accreditation process for two new Master's programmes:  Master of Business Administration in English in the full-time form of study and Master of Business Administration in Health and Social Services in the part-time form of study.

Accreditation procedure was held with the participation of independent ECBE evaluators (accreditation procedure is independent of the Ministry of Education).
 
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