Dublin Business School (DBS), incorporating Portobello College, is a

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. With over 9,000 students, DBS provides full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in business, law, accounting, event management, IT, arts, media studies and psychology. The college's undergraduate and part-time degrees are recognised by

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(QQI). The college is owned by Kaplan, Inc., part of the

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History

DBS was founded in 1975 as 'Accountancy and Business College'.DBS buys other business college, Irish Independent, 28 March 2006
/ref> In 1999, Dublin Business School acquired LSB College Dublin. In 2003, DBS was taken over by Kaplan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of

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, and by 2004, it had around 5,500 students. In 2006, DBS bought

European Business School Dublin Dublin Business School (DBS), incorporating Portobello College, is a private college in Ireland. With over 9,000 students, DBS provides full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in business, law, accounting, event mana ...

(EBS), a collective of eight independent business schools located throughout Europe. Portobello College, a law school led by Raymond Kearns, was taken over by DBS in 2007. It allowed DBS to incorporate a law school offering both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to its students. In 2008, the Lidl chain of supermarkets made an agreement with DBS to create a degree oriented to the retail industry.In for the long haul, Irish Times, 8 August 2008
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Notable alumni

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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. Its main campus is located in

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, and other locations include Balfe Street,

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and

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References

{{authority control Business schools in the Republic of Ireland Education in Dublin (city) Educational institutions established in 1975 Universities and colleges in the Republic of Ireland