| Dublin Business School | |
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| Established | 1975 |
| Type | private |
| President | Brian Farrell |
| Students | 9,000 |
| Location | Dublin, Ireland |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | HETAC, HECA, Liverpool John Moores University |
| Website | http://www.dbs.ie |
Dublin Business School (DBS) incorporating Portobello College is the largest independent college in Ireland[citation needed]. With over 9,000 students, DBS provides a range of full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, with courses for 2008/2009 including subjects in areas such as business, law, event management, IT, the arts, media studies and psychology.
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History
DBS was founded in 1975 and was originally known as Accountancy and Business College.[1] In 1999 Dublin Business School acquired LSB College Dublin.[2] In 2003, DBS was taken over by Kaplan Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company.[3]
In 2006, DBS bought European Business School (EBS), a collective of eight independent business schools located throughout Europe.[4]
Famous students
Irish personality and Q102 radio presenter Ray Shah attended the school in the graduate year of 2003, just before he auditioned for Big Brother 4.
Campus
The Dublin Business School has six locations around Dublin.[5] Its main campus is located in Aungier Street, and other locations include Balfe Street, Dame Street and South William Street.
Partnership with Lidl
The German chain of supermarkets made an agreement with the Dublin Business School to create a degree oriented to the retail industry. [6][7]
References
- ^ DBS buys other business college, Irish Independent, March 28, 2006
- ^ DBS a short history
- ^ DBS buys other business college, Irish Independent, March 28, 2006
- ^ Dublin Business School buys European college By Ian Guider Irish Examiner Tuesday, March 28, 2006
- ^ DBS a short history
- ^ In for the long haul, Irish Times, August 8, 2008
- ^ In for the long haul, Irish Times, August 8, 2008
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