ALBA
Based in the seaside town of Vouliagmeni, in 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 80 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 MBA programs offered by ALBA Graduate Business School were accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA). This accreditation positioned ALBA among a select group of accredited business schools at global level. ALBA 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 and competitions in Greece (e.g. Best Workplaces Competition), as well as for executive development programs. 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 Our mission is to educate visionary leaders of tomorrow who will act as agents of change and help 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. Generating and disseminating knowledge represent our twin objectives. Academic programsFull-Time MBA Professional MBA MSc in Finance MBA in Shipping MBA in Banking (in collaboration with the Hellenic Bank Association) ALBA – Eurobank EFG MBA in Financial Services ALBA & ACT Executive MBA (in collaboration with the American College of Thessaloniki, in Northern Greece) MSc in Strategic Human Resource Management MSc in Business for Lawyers Key Achievements The ALBA MSc in Finance program has been selected twice by the Financial Times in the 2007 and 2008 Special Report on «Financial Training,» along with the most renowned business schools.ALBA is the only business school that has won two 1st awards (2003 and 2005), two 1st runner-up awards (2006 and 2007) and one 2nd runner-up award (2008) at the European Business Plan of the Year Competition, in the last eight years, since the School started participating in it. ALBA organizes and hosts a large number of international academic conferences annually. Over 90% of full-time graduates are hired by leading companies in Greece or abroad within three months of graduation; over 67% of Professional MBA program graduates report a salary increase of 30% on average. The Greek industry participates enthusiastically at every ALBA Career Forum. ALBA regularly establishes scholarship programs for eligible Greek and international students in collaboration with organizations and associations (e.g. WISTA Hellas, The Times newspaper, TITAN SA, Novo Nordisk SA). ALBA Resident Faculty achievements (research output, publications and joint appointments in top international universities) regularly receive international academic distinctions.
