Our Success Story

Lindwurmhof
Der Lindwurmhof - erstes Gebäude der MBS

1991

Munich Business School is founded in 1991 (at that time named "Europäische Betriebswirtschaftsakademie") by the European Business Schools International (ebsi) London, Paris, Madrid, and Milan. The initiators pursue one purpose above all others: to establish new benchmarks for practical orientation and internationality for business education in the economic center of Southern Germany.

1999

The success of the conception and realization of the
international business curriculum convinces corporate partners as well as state authorities: the school becomes the first state-accredited private university in Bavaria.

MBS Gebäude
MBS Gebäude in der Elsenheimerstraße

2003

Four years after becoming the first private university in Bavaria, the school is renamed Munich Business School. MBS is one of the first to adopt the new Bachelor and Master system.

A three-year Bachelor program is introduced.

2004

The full-time Master in International Business program is initiated to keep in line with the changing European academic regulations.

2005

The 24-month Executive MBA General Management program is introduced to fulfill the need for a high-quality, internationally oriented business education for experienced professionals.

MBS Absolventen

2006

The international options "Asian-Pacific Business Studies" and "Arabian and Middle Eastern Business Studies" are introduced in the Bachelor program to fulfill the growing need for experts in these two regions.

Graduation of the first Bachelor and Master students.

2007

MBS extends its offering: within the Executive Education on an academic level, Munich Business School develops seminars and courses for managers and tailor-made programs for companies.

2008

Master students can take advantage of the “Dual Degree” option, to get a second Master Degree from one of our partner universities. "Russian and Eastern European Business Studies"
becomes the sixth international option of the Bachelor's program. Moreover, all Bachelor programs are offered in German and English.

The Executive MBA Health Care Management starts for the first time and MBS develops the first Corporate MBA program.

2009

The full-time Master in International Business is offered
entirely in English (English Track) as well as in German/English (German Track) for the first time. The new concentrations "International Family Firms" and "Luxury Management" are introduced in the Master International Business program.

2010

As the first university in Bavaria, Munich Business School   receives an institutional accreditation by the German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat).

Due to the high demand and success of the MBA General Management Program a second program start in March is introduced.

2011

MBS introduces a new Master program in Sports Business and Communication at the beginning of the 2011 winter semester. The program, which is the first of its kind in Germany, was established and is directed by the renowned
media and communication expert Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Josef Hackforth.

MBS has a matriculation of about 600 students in the fall semester 2011/12. Since its founding MBS has had almost 1000 graduates.