UNYP

ABOUT US

ABOUT UNYB – The University of New York in Belgrade (UNYB), a part of the NYC Educational Group, was established in September 2006 with the aim of providing young people in Serbia with modern and exceptional higher education in a friendly and encouraging environment. For a third year now UNYB is offering MBA degrees from the Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch from Switzerland.

THE GROUP – Founded in 1989, New York College Educational Group offers educational programmes in cooperation with prestigious American and European universities (State University of New York – Empire State College, National American University , University of Louisville , University of New Haven , University of Sunderland, Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch , LaSalle University , Paris Graduate School of Management and University of Greenwich...) and is the largest higher-educational organisation in Central and South-Eastern Europe.Today, over 5500 students from more than 60 countries attend educational programmes at NYC Educational Group at both undergraduate and graduate levels. More than 400 professors and lecturers from renowned universities worldwide are responsible for facilitating the programme.

Studying the Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch programme, leads to an MBA in 5 areas of expertise: General Route, Banking, Marketing, HR Management and Management of Information Systems. The IUKB MBA program offered at UNYB is facilitated in English. The duration of the course is one year after which students are given 3-6 months for their Consultancy Project (with the support of UNYB). At the successful completion of their Consultancy Projects, students acquire a degree and are issued with MBA diplomas by IUKBUNYB plans to broaden its offer soon by introducing undergraduate studies of several of the universities within the Group.

ACCREDITATION – The programme and diploma are recognised by accreditation institutions and governments of those countries where the universities are located: British Accreditation Council (UK), International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (US), NARIC, Swiss Government etc.

The aim of these specific-type studies is to enable young individuals to broaden their professional capacities and achieve a better development in their career. Showing that the need for this kind of education has begun to emerge in Serbia, UNYB can proudly say that among our first students are CEO’s of major Serbian companies (NIS, Telekom, JAT, PKS), one of the directors from the National Bank of Serbia, management from foreign companies (Erstebank, Banca Intesa, SAP, InBev, Eurobank EFG) as well as some of our renowned entrepreneurs.


Making sure we give back the best to such an elite student profile, UNYB has selected an equally prestigious group of professors: so far lectures have been held by Professor Steve Smithson, head of IT Management Department at London School of Economics, Professor Claude Varley, long-time president of Coca-Cola France and others. Apart from their rich and contemporary knowledge of global business trends, they shared with students their invaluable experience in leading and organizing some of the worlds leading companies.


The quality of the program offered made it possible to establish a Protocol of Cooperation with the Serbian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The Protocol was signed by the president of the Chamber Dr. Slobodan Milosavljevic and the president of the NYC group Mr. Elias Foutsis.


UNYB is located in Senjak, a prestigious residential area of Belgrade. The program is held in state of the art facilities and students are offered various means of support (library, career office, sports facilities, student café…).