High quality at the Lucerne School of Business  AACSB recognised

We measure the quality of our applied MSc and BSc programs using data from the labor market: over 95 percent of our graduates find a job within 6 months of completing their study-program. Quality standards for our research are just as important as their acceptance in the scientific communities and their relevance for companies, institutions, and associations in Switzerland and abroad.

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts is accredited as a whole by the Swiss Accreditation Council. Because quality is our focus, the Lucerne School of Business has been a member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB ), founded in 1916, since 2012 and accredited since July 2021. This association supports tertiary educational institutions around the world to continuously improve business education. Only 6% of business schools worldwide are accredited by AACSB. The Lucerne School of Business is in the company of top universities such as Harvard and Yale. AACSB accreditation is based on the goals formulated in the mission and on defined standards. Since, according to its mission, the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts conducts application-oriented research and teaching, the prestigious AACSB accreditation is a good fit for the institution.

AACSB ACCREDITED

Accredited universities are committed to continuous strategy-based improvement and to meeting 9 standards that help to constantly increase quality of teaching and research.

The following are the advantages of AACSB accreditation at a glance:

For students and participants in continuing and executive education:

  • AACSB ensures that the school fulfils its promises – at the highest level of quality.
  • AACSB brings the outstanding quality of Lucerne's education offering to the notice of the outside world; the accreditation is reviewed every five years and confirmed independently.
  • AACSB helps boost the national and international standing of the Lucerne School of Business in the competitive landscape of tertiary education, and acts as an international seal of approval for its degrees.
  • AACSB provides enhanced opportunities in the national and international employment market.
  • AACSB opens doors to other outstanding, award-winning partner institutions all over the world. 

For business partners:

  • AACSB confirms that we actively leverage the potential of businesses in our region – to the benefit of students and the advancement of businesses.
  • AACSB provides evidence of the outstanding quality of our management training by placing us in the top 5% and therefore among the world's best business schools – benchmarked against the highest international standards.
  • AACSB promotes our national and international reputation in the competitive landscape of tertiary education.
  • AACSB gives prominence to the particular emphasis we place on the quality of our teaching and research – and puts us high on the list of choices for highly motivated, high-performing students and staff.
  • AACSB promotes the transfer of research-based knowledge to business practice and the wider research community – through our broad-based approach and high degree of content-based expertise.

AAQ

Website of the Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Specifically accredited degree programmes