Jönköping International Business School

Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) is a business school located in Jönköping in south central Sweden. The school has focus areas in entrepreneurship, ownership and renewal.

JIBS is known for its international education and research environment, with 30% of faculty and 45% of students coming from countries outside of Sweden, 128 partner universities worldwide and has won international acclaim for its leadership in entrepreneurship and family business research.
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The school is part of Jönköping University Foundation which was established in 1994. JIBS offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in business administration, economics, informatics, statistics and commercial law.

JIBS is accredited by EQUIS since March 2015 and by AACSB since December 2015.

Location and campus

The Jönköping University Campus, consisting of Jönköping International Business School, School of Engineering, School of Education and Communication, School of Health Sciences, the University Library and University Services, is situated on the western shore of the lake Munksjön and not far from the south shore of the lake Vättern.

Education

JIBS offers various undergraduate and graduate programs in English and Swedish. JIBS encourages an entrepreneurial culture among its students who turn new ideas into businesses every year, often located at the Science Park in Jönköping, which works closely with the school. There is a strong emphasis on working with industry. The school has been a pioneer in taking steps towards internationalization, it was one of the first schools in Scandinavia to offer entire programs in English on all levels. It was one of the first schools to admit both Swedish and international students to the programs on equal terms. It is ranked the highest in Sweden for exchange studies, and in some programs 85% of students study a semester abroad.JIBS ranks highest in Sweden in international exchange – About us – Jönköping International Business School
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Undergraduate programs

English undergraduate programs currently offered (fall 2016):
* International Economics
* International Management
* Marketing Management
* Sustainable Enterprise Development

Swedish program currently offered (fall 2021):
* Civilekonom (''in English'': Master of Science in Business and Economics)

Graduate programs

The following '' Graduate'' programs are offered from fall 2021. All graduate programs are in English. Some programs give a 60-credit master's degree after one year, some give a 120-credit master's degree after two years.
* Engineering Management (1 year)
* International Financial Analysis (1 year)
* International Marketing (1 year)
* International Logistics and Supply Chain Management (2 years)
* Global Management (2 years)
* Strategic Entrepreneurship (2 years)
* Applied Economics and Data Analysis (2 years)
* Digital Business (2 years)

Research and doctoral education

Since JIBS began offering doctoral education, more than 144 doctoral students have completed their PhD. Research at JIBS is focused around Entrepreneurship, Ownership and Renewal and is partly carried out at the different research centers which the school hosts.

Library

The university library is a research library within the fields of entrepreneurship, small business and innovations with the special collection Information Centre for Entrepreurship (ICE). With more than 35,000 volumes in 15 languages, ICE has the largest collection of entrepreneurship research in the world. In 2005 the University Library was awarded Library of the Year in Sweden.

Rankings

;Financial Times
In 2022, the Financial Times ranked Jönköping International Business School #88 in their European Business School Rankings. A year prior in 2021, JIBS was ranked #95 in the same ranking.
In 2022, the Financial Times ranked Jönköping International Business School #84 in their Top 100 Masters in Management ranking with #40 in career progression. A year prior in 2021, JIBS was ranked #92 in the same ranking.

;Eduniversal
In their 2022 publication, Eduniversal ranks JIBS among Excellent Business Schools (3 palms) with a deans' recommendation rate of 171 ‰.

;Ekonomistudenten.se
In 2011 Ekonomistudenten.se recognized JIBS as the #2 Business and Economics school in Sweden. In 2012, JIBS was again ranked as the #2 Business and Economics school by Ekonomistudenten.se.

;URANK
In 2014, URANK (Sveriges universitetsranking) ranked JIBS as the #3 business school (tied with Lund University

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