Our history

• 1987: Foundation by John Hobbs
• 1996: Award of accreditation by ACBSP for BBA and MBA programs
• 1996: Launch of the Executive MBA program
• 1997: BSL becomes a member of the Lemania Group of Schools
• 2004: ISO 9001 Certification
• 2006: Reaffirmation of ACBSP accreditation for BBA, MBA and DBA
• 2006: Commitment to UN Global Compact ten principles
• 2008: Appointment of Dr. Katrin Muff as Dean
• 2008: Membership of Delta Mu Delta
• 2009: BSL restructures the MBA programs, begins online collaboration with Harvard Business Publishing, offers seminars for business professionals
• 2009: BSL’s MBA program is ranked 40 among top European Business Schools
• 2010: BSL becomes a member of EFMD
• 2010: BSL launches new Master’s programs
• 2010: BSL joins PRME
• 2011-2018: In collaboration with the University of St. Gallen, BSL runs a post-graduate Diploma program in Sustainable Business
• 2012: Restructuring of the BBA program to include sustainability in each module
• 2012: BSL is elected to the Swiss business school in the exclusive business school network of the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation
• 2012: Award of accreditation by ACBSP for Master’s programs
• 2014: BSL becomes the first university worldwide to pass the audit to become an organization of the Economy for the Common Good
• 2015-2018: BSL explores Holacracy as its operational management system to become a self-organized and responsive learning organization
• 2018: Appointment of Dr. David Claivaz as Acting Dean
• 2018: BSL moves from Holacracy to an entrepreneurial oriented management structure
• 2020: BSL starts a collaboration with incubator incub&co
• 2021: Launch of the Academic Citizens’ Assembly in collaboration with EPFL
• 2022: BSL starts a collaboration with UBITS
• 2025: BSL enters in a full collaboration with Geneva Business School (GBS)