Our basic philosophy is that high quality is achieved when our well designed programmes are carried out in an enthusiastic, professional and personal way by competent staff members.
Our quality assurance procedures build on cooperation between management, personnel and students. This cooperation often occurs spontaneously during contact between students and personnel . At other times quality assurance may be carried out in more formal ways. Feedback from students is both important and natural.
With our c. 4500 students the School of Business and Economics is one of Sweden’s largest business schools in terms of number of students. Yet the priority for the School is the close relationship between students and lecturers.
14 Bachelor programmes within business and economics form the basis of our education. We also offer 250 independent courses, six 1-year Master’s programmes and three 2-year Master’s programmes. Of these, seven programmes and 50 independent courses are available for international students.
Our programmes and courses cover a range of different subjects, including tourism, entrepreneurship, marketing, retail, international business and logistics. Researchers from the School of Business and Economics participate in a number of research groups including the Baltic Business Research Center (BBRC), the Center for Cultural Economy (CCE), the Centre for Labour Market Policy Research (CAFO), the Corporate Governance Research Group, the Research Centre for Labour Economics and Social Cognition (LESC). Some of our strongest research areas are entrepreneurship, international marketing, economics and tourism.
The School is primarily located in Kalmar and Växjö, but a few programmes also operate in Hultsfred and Ljungby.
The School of Business and Economics values its international character and therefore fosters its international contacts. Every year we welcome c. 450 international students, while c. 300 of our own students spend time abroad studying at one of our 135 partner universities.
