The Hebrew University Business School is proud of having been accepted to the AACSB since 2020
AACSB is an international organization that recognizes and accredits business schools worldwide.
In 2019, HUBS received the renowned AACSB accreditation which means that we are now officially ranked among the world's leading business schools. To receive such recognition, HUBS was required to meet the AACSB’s high standards of research, innovation and entrepreneurship, and social impact.
HUBS is one of the only two academic institutions in Israel to have received this accreditation. We are delighted to be ranked in the same list as the globally renowned business schools of Harvard, Yale, Stanford MIT and others.
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) is an organization focused on fostering community engagement and accelerating business innovation with the intention of bringing about a positive social impact through Business Administration academic institutions from around the world.
In order to receive accreditation, we were required to meet the high standards set by the AACSB regarding the school’s character and functioning; the vision of the university; its management strategy; the degree of innovation and support for the student community and teaching staff; an extensive research contribution; and most importantly, evidence of having a real social impact
Innovation Committee
The AACSB innovation committee promotes academic business institutions through empowering them to achieve new goals and encouraging researchers to generate ideas, frameworks and training models to engage with the challenges and opportunities facing the local society and economy.
At HUBS, we value excellence and professionalism. Our faculty and professors are at the forefront of global business and research, and our programs provide high-quality learning experiences as well as encounters with the latest practices in the business world. This is the place to broaden your horizons and develop new lines of thought.
Prof. Zvi Wiener represents Hebrew University Business School on the AACSB Innovation Committee.
“Innovation that inspires” competition
Our curriculum was named among the 25 most innovative in the world during 2020 as part of a competition of the AACSB known as “Innovations that Inspire”. In addition our BIODESIGN program, which is unique to JSBA, won the AACSB Excellence Award in 2020. BIODESIGN [LINK] is an interdisciplinary program that combines researchers and students from the fields of medicine, engineering, computer science, and business administration. The program is offered in collaboration with the Asper Center for Entrepreneurship, School of Medicine, and Faculty of Engineering, and is intended for a limited number of outstanding graduate students in Business Administration.
BIODESIGN’s goal is to train the next generation of leading biomedicine entrepreneurs, and to develop practical solutions, both in terms of science and in terms of economic feasibility, for urgent clinical problems. During its eight years of existence, the 140 BIODESIGN graduates have established 28 medical ventures and start-ups, and raised over $ 8 million in research and investment grants.