Quality
The further development of quality processes and the systematic improvement of teaching and learning are the core objectives of quality management and quality culture at ESB Business School.
Quality at ESB Business School is based on strategically-anchored quality objectives and an understanding of quality that is practised by all members of ESB Business School. International quality standards serve as our benchmark.
We see quality as the achievement of outstanding study and teaching offers with regard to:
- International orientation
- Practical relevance
- Forward-thinking approaches
- Holistic development of students
The quality objectives of ESB Business School are divided into three areas:
Content-Related Quality ObjectivesESB Business School's degree programmes
- cover the entire range of business administration and business engineering issues.
- are characterised by an international approach and a high level of practical relevance.
- integrate a variety of didactic methods to ensure the best possible teaching and learning success for each qualification goal.
- offer adequate opportunities for individual specialisation.
- enable students to develop their personalities in a holistic manner.
- promote the acquisition and deepening of soft skills and enable students to make connections to other disciplines and areas of life.
- ESB Business School sets high standards for admitting applicants.
- Admission requirements and regulations are comprehensible and proactively communicated.
- The structure of all study programmes adheres to the relevant national and international specifications.
- The modularisation of the degree programmes ensures that both individual study feasibility and comprehensive acquisition of competencies, skills and knowledge are guaranteed.
- Study structures and study procedures are clearly regulated, coordinated and transparent to students at all times.
- The exams and assessment formats are designed to be competency-oriented.
- The quality of ESB programmes is based in essence on the qualifications of the lecturers. This is why ESB Business School promotes the professional skills and research activities of its teaching staff.
ESB teaching practice integrates current research questions as well as practical projects in cooperation with companies.
ESB Business School provides sufficient media and IT equipment as well as self-study and experiment lab zones.
Quality Assurance
- Teaching evaluations and the graduate survey elicit relevant and constructive feedback from students.
- Regular degree programme audits ensure the implementation of internal and external quality specifications and thus accreditation.
- An ‘Assurance of Learning (AoL)’ process verifies that students successfully achieve the intended qualification goals of their study programmes.
Quality Development
- Structural and developmental planning incorporates results from regular self-evaluations and drives improvement measures.
- Relevant stakeholders such as the Advisory Board, alumni, and external technical and professional reviewers are involved in the further development of the programmes.
- Reaccreditation by the Accreditation Council achieved in 2020 confirms the successful strategy and processes in place for implementing the aforementioned quality goals.
Get to know the QM team at ESB Business School.