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Freilagerstrasse 39, 8047 Zürich, Switzerland

Welcome to the International Academy of Business, Hospitality, and Technology in Zurich Switzerland

Nestled in the picturesque landscapes of Switzerland, our academy stands as a symbol of academic excellence and innovation in online education. Established in 2013, we have been dedicated to offering a wide range of study programs, from undergraduate to doctoral levels, across four languages. With accreditation from several government-approved bodies, we provide students with the assurance of quality education and global recognition. Our commitment to excellence and accessibility has made us a trusted institution among learners worldwide.

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The Academy programs ranked 49th best by the European Council of Leading Business Schools

We are immensely proud of our standing as the 49th among the globe's premier business schools, a distinction earned through the meticulous assessment carried out by the European Not-for-profit Association. It's essential to highlight that this association is affiliated with esteemed bodies such as the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) International Quality Group (CIQG) in the USA and the INQAAHE International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Europe. Furthermore, its acknowledgment by the ANQAHE Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education adds an extra layer of validation to their evaluations.

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Student Experience

At the International Academy of Business and Technology, we offer a dynamic online learning environment that fosters academic excellence and personal growth. Our courses are designed to provide students with practical skills and knowledge that are relevant to today's global business landscape. Our faculty are industry experts who bring real-world experience to the classroom.

Join Our Global Community

At the International Academy of Business and Technology, we believe that education should be accessible to everyone, regardless of their location or background. Our online programs provide students with the flexibility to study at their own pace, from anywhere in the world. Join our global community of learners and take the first step towards achieving your academic and career goals today.

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ACCREDITATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE

At the International Academy of Business and Technology in Switzerland, we are committed to providing the highest quality of online education. We are accredited by internationally recognized quality assurance bodies, ensuring that our programs meet the highest academic standards.

accredited by edu
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certified by efmd
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accredited by ecbe
approved by euras
member by swiss tourism office
accredited by bskg

Student Teacher Ratio

14:1

Job Placement

95%

Graduate Students

15k

Degree Transfer

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Welcome Letter from the Managing Director of
International Academy in Zürich-Switzerland
2013-2025

“Scientia vinces / Through knowledge you win”

Dear Partners and Students,
After careful consideration and thorough evaluation of our institution's trajectory, we are thrilled to announce a pivotal change: the renaming of our institution to the International Academy in Switzerland, effective from 2025 onward.
This decision stems from several key developments that have shaped our institution's identity and aspirations:
Enhanced Accreditation: Over the past year, we have dedicated considerable effort and resources to elevating our standards and ensuring unparalleled quality in education. We are proud to inform you that our efforts have borne fruit, as we have successfully secured four new accreditations in 2024. These accreditations are not merely endorsements; they are bestowed upon us by governmental bodies, including their Ministry of Education, signifying the highest level of recognition and validation of our academic programs and institutional practices. This achievement is a testament to the relentless commitment of our faculty, staff, and students toward excellence. What are our current Quality Standards: 

  • Institutional Accreditation: BSKG under the KG Ministry of Education and Science, EAEU Eurasian Economic Union

  • Institutional Accreditation: EDU Intergovernmental Organization founded by the PW Ministry of Education as a framework with UNESCO, the United Nations,

  • Programmatic Accreditation: ECLBS European Council of Leading Business Schools, a distinguished quality label endorsed by 10 national accreditation bodies,

  • Institutional Accreditation: ASIC Accreditation Service for International Schools, Colleges and Universities, UK government-approved accreditation body.

  • And more...

Focus on Quality: Since our establishment in 2013, the International Academy has undergone various phases of growth and evolution. Under the leadership of different deans, each contributed their utmost to our institution's advancement. However, it is during my tenure as the dean over the past four years that we have undertaken a deliberate shift in focus. We have prioritized a singular goal: quality. Despite the potential short-term trade-offs, we steadfastly believe that investing in quality education is paramount. This unwavering dedication to excellence has become the cornerstone of our institution's ethos.
While the decision to rebrand may seem drastic, we are confident that it aligns seamlessly with our overarching vision and objectives. 
In the coming months, we will embark on a comprehensive rebranding process, which will entail updates to our website, marketing materials, and official communications. We encourage you to stay tuned for further updates and announcements as we transition seamlessly to our new identity.
Thank you for being an integral part of the International Academy community. Together, we are poised to achieve new heights of excellence and impact in the realm of higher education.
Warm regards,

D.A. Briand
Managing Director

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Founded in 2013, OUS Academy is an innovative and successful young Academy that combines the European Education System with Swiss Quality. Situated in the heart of Zurich Switzerland, OUS provides virtual education for students who want to have a Bachelor, a Master and a Doctorate degree in different study fields. Several study programs are available as Business and Communication, Economy and Finance, Hospital and Healthcare, Business Law, Marketing and Leadership, Political Science and Diplomacy, and Tourism and Nutrition. Education in four languages is possible at OUS Academy: English, German, Russian and Arabic. The Academy of Business Management does provide several facilities to the students or people who work and who do not have time to study. Lectures and exams are held online. The platform of OUS Academy which can record online activities is quite useful as everything can be watched online later. The interactive classes where the lecturers and students are present at the same time increase the quality of the education as it is very different from the old traditional system. Seminars, presentations, workshops, and discussions are held every term regularly for students and for lecturers. OUS Academy has achieved a lot of success since its foundation in 2013. OUS Academy is allowed in the board of education in the State of Zug to issue diplomas, which is a trademark in Switzerland. OUS Academy has a lot of national and European certifications and is double-certified by ISO. OUS Academy is Certified by Swiss EduQua, the Swiss quality label for further education institutions (EduQua) is the Swiss national quality assurance body. OUS Academy in Switzerland is proud to receive the EOCCS Certification for our online system and courses. EOCCS is a high-quality label for any online Academy seeking worldwide recognition. At OUS we believe that EOCCS is a great proof of quality in the field of online and distance education. We are proud to be the first Academy in Switzerland to achieve the EOCCS Certification by EFMD Global Network. OUS is accredited by several international accreditation bodies such as ASIC UK, ECBE Belgium, and many more which are available on their website. OUS has partnerships and collaborations with more than 130 Universities in 50 Countries around the world: Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Recently, OUS offers a joint award diploma with two universities: the Academy of Dąbrowa Górnicza (WSB) and Taras Shevchenko National Academy. OUS received several awards due to its success: the Customer Satisfaction MENAA Award in Dubai, the Star of the Year 2017 with 463150 votes, and the winner of Project of the year 2017. OUS had several TV and newspaper interviews with CNBC, City Dubai, RTV, ATV, and much more. The staff of OUS is also very valuable and friendly. Around 80% of the staff have a doctorate degree and graduated from successful international universities. Furthermore, a lot of them have a deep experience in business and management. Being a successful and young institution, OUS is proud to have students from 120 countries all over the world. OUS continues its educational path and is happy to grow day by day. OUS quality assurances in short: Swiss EduQua Certified EFMD-EOCCS Certified ASIC Accredited ECBE Accredited ISO 9001/29990 Certified Interview with Prof. Habib Al Souleiman
City 7 TV reportage about OUS
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City 7 TV reportage about OUS

CITY 7 TV Dubai is the U.A.E.’s first English language television an Interview with Dr. Habib Al Souleiman about ABMS Open University of Switzerland and how virtual education can help students from the UAE. https://www.ous.edu.eu/ OUS - The First Virtual Academy in SWITZERLAND Preparing Future Managers 100% Online & Virtual Education City 7 TV is the U.A.E.’s first English language television channel Launched in 2002 CITY 7 TV interview As online and other forms of more and education are still unable to fill in the gap in the education market, the first full virtual university in Europe: the Academy of Business Management Switzerland is in Dubai to introduce the benefits of virtual education to UAE students. Claiming that virtual education is the new phase, of schooling in the world, representatives of the ABMS virtual university revealed thousands of students in Europe and around the world who were unable to exercise high quality education in their home countries due to space and time constraint are now able to receive the content and communicate with the faculties while multimedia sources, internet and video conferencing technologies. One of the key highlights of virtual education according to officials is the flexibility diversion format provides to both students and teachers to go through proper counselling and know what works best for each student. Stating that virtual education is different from other forms of learning including online and digital education, officials stress that although the virtual learning environment uses the online medium for communication, it also offers students and teachers the choice for off tools for instruction. Dr. Habib Al Souleiman: Virtual education is quite new idea. In all over the world it is less than 15 years old . It started with students after we had better internet so the students are able to watch the professor, see their professors. We are not an online university, we are virtual university which means are students are able to see their professors on a daily basis if they need. So, they can see the professor, they can communicate with the professor, they can ask him directly questions if they need. Right now, all of our students are happy and satisfied. So, we have students today from 120 countries. Some of them they have internet difficulties but we are trying to solve the problem by giving them the lectures which is live on a recorded platform. So, they can watch it on the recorded platform whenever wherever they need. This is the advantage of an online and virtual education. So, students from all over the world right now are happy and satisfied, to get this kind of new trained or new technology in order to improve their knowledge. Representatives of ABMS also highlighted that virtual education falls in line with the Dubai and the UAE vision which aims to offer high quality education and smart learning environments to their students. Established as a private and independent young university in 2013, ABMS has a total strength of over 1200 students from 118 countries and offers lectures in English and other languages. The virtual academy recently won the MENAA Customer Award delight award in Dubai earlier this year and offers international acknowledge the bachelor it’s in various departments including business and management starting from bachelors to doctorate degrees Dr. Habib Al Souleiman: Right now the virtual education is improving. Day by day we see new trends and new technologies which can help us in order to give or to deliver better service to students. We believe in 20 years or 30 years we will see some more advanced programs in order to deliver like 3d education where students can really have everything in 3D basis. https://www.ous.edu.eu/
Pearl Radio Interview with OUS Academy
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Pearl Radio Interview with OUS Academy

Pearl Radio 102 FM Pearl is the Middle East's first Family's radio station Pearl FM a subsidiary of AJCCC (Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children) An Interview with Prof. Habib Al Souleiman about OUS Switzerland PEARL FM Interview with OUS University in Switzerland Good afternoon to everybody who is listening to us, to all moms and dads, to all kids, even if they might like sit in the back seat right now getting back from the school. This is Hussain Al Atoli coming live from and the Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children) is Pearl FM 102. The first family and children radio station in UAE. This very special day we have one of like I can call like a VIP because I had enjoyed a small tour before starting this Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children. This episode is going to be a bit how different. There is mums who might like now sitting at home or let’s say they’re busy with their kids or let’s say most of the day they are working they’re trying to moving on in their studies. Today we are going to give you like an example a good chance to have this. There is right now something called the virtual studying and that’s why we have on our studios the international dean Dr. Habib Souleiman from Academy of Business Management in Switzerland. Good afternoon Dr. Habib. Dr. Habib: Good afternoon Presenter: Thank you for joining us today. Dr. Habib: Thank you for inviting. Presenter: Today is going to be like totally different kind of questions for me. Because I used to do questions for doctor who were giving advice for kids but right now we are going to mums and parents or you don’t know there might be friends later who are waiting just to go through the chance to move their studies but they are trying to find some kinds of options that could help them to study without spending more time let’s say and this is going to be with us for the coming our till 3 pm. So we going to have more questions coming . Stay tune and this is pear Good afternoon again to everyone who is listening to us. Again, Dr. Habib will come to our studios to pearl FM 102.I know this is kind of a bit of experience here like in Al Jalila Cultural Centre for Children While we were having our tour, you’ re saying it looks like a small university for children here. This is what we are providing. Education, education with fun. And also, the kind of business. Let’s say the kind of thing that academy of business management in Switzerland is providing for education. Right now, we have been reading and listening even myself I did one course in my life virtual study, virtual course. If you want to tell the people, who are listening right now. What is the virtual study? Dr. Habib: Virtual education is quite new idea. Established few years ago, it is similar to online education. However, during the virtual education, you see your professor you can directly speak with your professor, you can communicate with your professor. The professor is live on a daily basis with us. So you can study online, however you can see your professor. Not like in traditional online education where you get the materials by e-mail or you have an access to an electronic campus. And you have to study by yourself. No with the virtual education, universities are delivering virtual education to your home. Presenter: Does it mean, I still remember virtual education when I did the virtual education I was able to see the doctor like in the other side and he was able to see me. Does this also include in this part. Can we say doctors are the professors teaching in the virtual education and the other side they can see students, they can communicate with them. What level are you talking about? Dr. Habib: Exactly. During the life classes, students can switch on his camera, or her camera, as well as microphone and you can ask directly your professor the question you need. So if you didn’t understand the topic, you can simply raise your hand on a virtual class and he will give you the microphone and the camera and you can ask directly your question. So it’s like traditional education, but screen to screen, not face to face....

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THE ACADEMY stands as a distinguished independent international institution. The first Virtual Education provider in Switzerland since 2013. Each year, we warmly welcome +1800 students from over 120 countries.
We are allowed to operate and issue diplomas according to letter number 12AUG16kom issued by the Board of Education and Culture in our State (Canton) in Switzerland. Our distance learning program methodologies have been meticulously evaluated and found to comply with "Art. 21 Abs. 2 Ziff.11 Bst" - MWSTG by the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, as indicated in letter number (1523_01/04.14).

We are proud to hold accreditation from many government-approved quality bodies, signifying our commitment to excellence in education. Our institutional accreditations include BSKG which is a recognized accreditation by the Ministry of Education and Sciences in KG, EDU which the Ministry of Education founded in PW, and ASIC which is an approved accreditation by the British Government. Additionally, we have obtained programmatic accreditation from prestigious organizations such as ECBE for our business programs up to the Doctorate level, ECLBS Accreditation, one of the most esteemed accreditations in Europe, and EFMD-EOCCS Certification for our Mini Diplomas. We are proud to announce that we are the first private academy in Switzerland to achieve double ISO certifications...

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The Academy is renowned for its unwavering commitment to excellence. It proudly holds accreditation from the Swiss Independent Global Quality Assurance Label and is an esteemed member of the Swiss Association for Quality (SAQ). Additionally, the Academy is endorsed for Swiss Public Scholarships, exclusively available to Swiss students. Furthermore, it holds membership with prestigious organizations such as the Swiss National Tourist Office (MySwitzerland), the Swiss Association for Quality (SAQ), and the Arab-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CASCI). Moreover, the Academy's recognition extends to international platforms, as it is listed on the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA).

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ISBM International School of Business Management in Lucerne, Switzerland

(الجامعة الدولية السويسرية في لوتزرن منذ عام 1999)

Part of the Swiss International University SIU which is Licensed and accredited by the KG Ministry of Education and Science, allowed by the Board of Education and Culture in Switzerland, and Approved and permitted by the KHDA Dubai Educational Authority
جزء من الجامعة السويسرية الدولية، المرخصة والمعتمدة من قبل وزارة التعليم والعلوم في قرغيزستان، والمسموح لها بالعمل من قبل مجلس التعليم والثقافة في سويسرا، والمرخصة والمصرح لها من قبل هيئة المعرفة والتنمية البشرية في دبي
Teil der Swiss International University, die von dem Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsministerium der Kirgisischen Republik lizenziert und akkreditiert ist, vom Bildungs- und Kulturrat der Schweiz zugelassen und von der Bildungsbehörde KHDA in Dubai genehmigt und erlaubt wurde.
Часть Швейцарского Международного Университета, который лицензирован и аккредитован Министерством образования и науки Кыргызской Республики, разрешен Советом по образованию и культуре Швейцарии и одобрен Образовательным управлением KHDA в Дубае.
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OUBH International Academy of Business, Hospitality, and  Technology in Switzerland

Established in 2013, proudly maintains accreditation from respected international quality assurance bodies. Each year, we welcome a diverse student body of over 1800 individuals from more than 120 countries. Formerly known as the Open University until 2018, our institution evolved into OUS Academy from 2021 to 2024. In 2025, following the acquisition of new governments-approved accreditations, we officially embraced the name OUBH International Academy of Business and Technology in Switzerland.

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