ALBA Κολέγιο Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων

ALBA Κολέγιο Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων

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ALBA Κολέγιο Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων

Based in Vouliagmeni, Athens, ALBA Graduate Business School is an established European educational organization that offers graduate studies in business administration. Founded in 1992, it is a non-state, not-for-profit, research-driven institution. The School maintains very close links with the industry, as it operates under the auspices of the Federation of Greek Industries, the Hellenic Management Association, and the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In addition, ALBA Graduate Business School is an association of corporations, currently numbering 69 corporate members. The School’s resident and visiting faculty is drawn from established Business Schools around the world and is composed of leading, widely-published academics and practitioners with extensive teaching, research and consulting experience. In March 2007 all 5 MBA programs offered by ALBA Graduate Business School were accredited by The Association of MBAs (AMBA). This accreditation positioned ALBA within a select group of accredited business schools at global level.

ΑLΒΑ Graduate Business School strives for excellence, quality and continuous innovation in research and teaching. Its international outlook and reach are reflected in its faculty and students, as well as in regular alliances with leading business schools worldwide. The School regularly collaborates with international institutions for the organization of surveys & competitions in Greece (e.g. Best Workplaces Competition) as well as for executive development programs (e.g. Yale University, INSEAD).

The ALBA vision
To become one of the leading research-driven Graduate Business Schools of Europe on the basis of excellence of teaching and intellectual impact on the business world, attracting outstanding faculty and students from all over the world.

The ALBA mission
To educate visionary leaders of tomorrow who will act as agents of change.
To help to shape the future business world by pushing forward the frontiers of knowledge related to the management of business organizations and making that knowledge relevant to practitioners.

Achievements - Recognition

  • Over 90% of ALBA graduates are hired by leading companies in Greece or abroad within three months from graduation
  • Over 67% of ALBA Professional MBA program graduates report a salary increase of 30% on average - 85% of them attribute this to their studies at ALBA
  • Greek industry participates enthusiastically at every ALBA Career Forum (144 corporate recruiters participated in the 14th Career Forum in 2006)
  • The ALBA teams are steadily among the top finalists in the European Business Plan of the Year Competition in the last 6 years, since the School started participating in it. ALBA has won the 1st prize twice, in 2003 and 2005, and the 2nd prize in 2006. It is understood that it is only ALBA and LBS that hold such a record.
  • The proportion of international students within the ALBA student body is currently at 30% and rising
  • ALBA regularly establishes scholarship programs for eligible Greek and International Students in collaboration with organizations and association (e.g. WISTA Hellas, The Times Newspaper)
  • ALBA Resident Faculty achievements (research output, publications, joint appointments in top international universities) regularly receive international distinctions
  • ALBA organizes and hosts a large number of international academic conferences annually (most recent examples: EFMD MBA Directors Conference 2007; IAME 2007)
  • ALBA participates in several student exchange programs with EQUIS-accredited business schools

Στοιχεία Επικοινωνίας

ALBA Graduate Business School
Athinas Ave. & 2A Areos Str.,
16671 Vouliagmeni, Greece
Tel.: +30 (2) 10 8964531-8
Fax: +30 (2) 10 8964737