Academic Director’s Message

Sustaining one’s competitiveness in today’s dynamic and disruptive business environment is a great challenge. This new normal requires for business leaders who are adaptable, flexible, and able to thrive in an uncertain context. At the same time, it asks for individuals who can exercise creativity and innovativeness in the newly emerging organizational structures.

At CBS we have embraced this challenge, through the methods we employ in our teaching and sharing of knowledge and experience – by placing our students at the center of this process. Our purpose is clear – to provide the knowledge and tools to our students, necessary for the accomplishment of their academic and professional goals.

CBS offers, through its programs, an array of academic and nonacademic experiences, to equip our students with the qualities of a modern leader. These include a set of two carefully designed programs: Master in Business Administration (MBA) and BSc in Business Administration.

Enrollment in our programs provides access to highly-qualified faculty and professional organizations, that enhance students’ preparation for careers in all fields of business. Most importantly, it fosters an environment where students from highly diverse backgrounds interact, building strong networks with current and future industry leaders.

Our academic programs maintain rigorous quality standards that ensure students will be taught the most current knowledge and develop adequate skills required by employers. Moreover, the academic as well as the industry-based experience of our faculty has become an integral constituent in the content of all programs, supporting the transfer of new theories and outcomes in class.

Our objective is to establish CBS as students’ first choice, using the long term experience and professionalism of the Institute of Banking Studies (IBS). The IBS has a 16-year tradition of providing consistent, high-quality professional education for people working in all fields of business. As a result, CBS provides a proven path for a student’s success.

At the same time, we are very well-aware of how important is for students to be given choice when it comes to satisfying their academic interests and needs. In this sense, CBS has managed to successfully sign articulation agreements with two widely known Universities: Liverpool John Moores (United Kingdom) and Crandall University (Canada), both of which have accredited our programs and accepted our proposals, without hesitation. This provides an exceptional opportunity to all our students who wish to continue their studies abroad. Additionally, our programs have been certified by the American Bankers Association and our students are given the option to acquire the General Banking Certificate once they graduate.

Our students are one of our priorities and offering distinction in education is a commitment we make. Choosing the CBS will make you a part of our community for a lifetime.

Welcome to CBS!

Dr. Emily Tsikkou
Academic Director, College of Business Studies