IBSA has an exclusive European partnership with California Lutheran University, ranked #9 among all universities in the Western United States.

IBSA offers the highly regarded Executive MBA (EMBA) program of California Lutheran University (CLU) in Austria in a blended learning-format. IBSA has been offering MBA programs in Austria in cooperation with US universities at its locations in Graz, Vienna, and Linz for 20 years.

  • Weekend face-to-face courses with highly qualified instructors from the USA.
  • Award-winning online courses in virtual classrooms with weekly live chat sessions from California.
  • Exciting study trip to California (Greater Los Angeles area) with coursework, company visits, guest speakers, etc.
  • Participation in the School of Management’s annual graduation banquet.
  • Graduation at California Lutheran University’s annual graduation ceremony for graduate students – bring your friends and relatives!

In 2024, the Executive Master of Business Administration (Executive MBA, EMBA) program has been notified that it is allowed to operate in Austria by the Austrian “Agentur fuer Qualitaetssicherung und Akkreditierung” (AQ Austria) in September 2024 until September 2030 (see official report).

A decision on the notification of the degree programmes shall not mean equivalence to Austrian degree programmes and the corresponding Austrian academic degrees. The degree programmes and academic degrees shall be deemed to be those of the country of origin or country of domicile of the educational institution.

Gemäß § 11 Abs. 4 der § 27-MeldeVO 2019 sind Bildungseinrichtungen verpflichtet, für die Dauer der Gültigkeit der Meldung im Rahmen ihres Außenauftrittes in Österreich schriftlich darauf hinzuweisen, dass im Falle des Widerrufs der Entscheidung über die Meldung durch das Board der AQ Austria der Studiengang/die Studiengänge in Österreich nicht mehr durchgeführt werden darf/dürfen.

We offer:

8 weekend courses in Austria for which we fly in the instructors from the US

6 courses in a virtual class room including weekly live chat sessions with the instructors in California

Remarkable study trip to Thousand Oaks, north of Los Angeles, including 2 final classes, company visits, guest speakers and graduation ceremony

Participation at the once-in-a-year graduation ceremony togehter with 500 campus based students – bring your friends and relatives!

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