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.
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.
In the internationally renowned QS Business School Rating, the Lucerne School of Business achieved four stars overall. In the sub-categories of Teaching, Facilities and Global Engagement, we were awarded the highest score of five stars.
What is QS?
QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) is a global leader in the evaluation and accreditation of higher education institutions. The QS Stars Rating provides students, partner institutions and employers with a transparent benchmark of business school quality.
Our result
The rating confirms what our students experience every day: excellent teaching and strong graduate employability. The outstanding score reflects key quality criteria: an excellent staff-to-student ratio, high levels of student satisfaction, strong graduation and retention rates, and modern campus facilities. Added to this are a high proportion of international faculty and students, targeted support services and a broad, active global network.
Ratings make quality visible: our outstanding teaching is recognised with five QS stars.
QS & AACSB: two strong signals
The QS Business School Rating complements our AACSB accreditation, held by only 6% of business schools worldwide. Together, these two distinctions underline the high quality of our teaching, research and practice-oriented approach.
