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Lauder Business School (LBS) is an international business school in Vienna, Austria, offering English-taught business education in an international academic environment. Students learn in an international environment, work with modern business tools and gain experience they can use in their future careers.
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President
Ronald Lauder
Our Campus
Our campus is located in Vienna, Austria, and brings together students from more than 47 countries. It offers a modern and personal learning environment where students can connect, exchange ideas and become part of an international community.
International Academic Network
Studying at LBS means becoming part of an international academic and professional network. Through partnerships with universities, companies and organizations, our students have opportunities to gain new perspectives, build international connections and prepare for careers that go beyond national borders.
80%
Employment before graduation
2nd
Rank among universities of applied sciences
47
Nationalities represented on campus
Our strategy focuses on three areas that shape how we teach, grow and prepare our students for the business world: academic quality, internationalization and strong connections with industry.
Academic Excellence
Business keeps changing, and so do our programs. We regularly update what and how we teach to reflect new developments in business, technology and the skills employers are looking for.
Internationalization
With students from more than 47 countries, different cultures and perspectives are part of everyday life at LBS. You’ll study, work on projects and exchange ideas with people from around the world.
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Industry Engagement
We collaborate with International companies and organisations to connect business education with real-world practice, employability, and applied learning opportunities.
Advisory Board
These are the people who guide our strategy:
Dr. Omri Bergman, Head of Strategy & Operations, Google
Mag. Roland Schöbel, Partner / Advisory Leader / Financial Services Leader, PWC
Ms. Sonja Wehsely, Managing Director CEE & Central Asia, Siemens Healthineers
KommR. Ing. Josef Simon, Board Member, NÖM
Our Commitment to International Business Education
Business today is international – and we believe business education should be too. At LBS, you’ll learn alongside students from different countries, cultures and professional backgrounds while developing an understanding of how business works across markets. The goal is not only to earn a degree, but to leave LBS with the knowledge, experience and international perspective you can take into your career.
Ranked among leading business schools
At Lauder Business School, we continuously develop our programs to keep pace with the changing business world. New technologies, evolving industries and the skills companies need today are reflected in what and how we teach.
Our focus on international business, innovation and career-relevant skills has also earned LBS recognition in academic rankings. For us, these rankings are not just an achievement – they are an encouragement to keep improving the experience we offer our students.
Our Faculty
Leadership
Learn from people who know both sides of business education. Our faculty brings together academics and professionals with experience across different industries and international markets.
This means you’ll not only learn the theory, but also see how it connects to real decisions, challenges and opportunities in business.
LBS Board
Being part of this journey means carrying forward the spirit in which the university was founded. LBS Board members play an active role in shaping the university’s present and future direction. With a focus on sustainability and innovation, they help translate vision into lasting impact.
The LBS Strategy has been established by the Executive Management together with the Directors of Study, Head and Deputy Head of the Council, and the LBS department heads comprising the faculty, the educational section, and also the LBS offerings and services. KPIs and feedback derived from evaluations involving the LBS stakeholders’ input have also been considered in establishing the strategy. The LBS Executive Management supports all departments with human and financial resources to ensure that the developed strategies can be realized.
Our Mission
Two strong convictions laid at the foundation of Lauder Business School (LBS). It aims at providing state-of-the-art business education to prepare our Bachelor and Master students for international business careers. Students benefit from Vienna which distinguishes itself as a major European business hub, displaying urban diversity and world-leading quality of life.
Applicability and employability are the guiding principles of the degree programs and extracurricular professional activities offered at LBS. What one studies here makes sense in the business world. Students are trained to communicate in several languages and across borders. And, most significantly, they are encouraged to practice hands-on in intensive project work, real-life business simulations and a compulsory practical training semester in the Bachelor’s Program. The Masters Program particularly offers the skills and expertise to move around safely and successfully in international business, be it as an entrepreneur, as a senior manager in an international corporation, in banks or financial institutions or as compliance expert.
Learning is most rewarding in an environment which caters for excellence in teaching, up-to-date library and IT facilities, innovative applied research, and a smooth administration. LBS is proud of being an organization, which actively listens to its students and employees to constantly improve its services. Building on a sustainable network with local and international partners and the growing alumni community, LBS is committed to career promotion and placement of students and graduates.
Whilst at LBS, students, faculty, and staff develop and refine the competences most asked for in today’s and tomorrow’s international business. To turn these joint efforts into real success, LBS looks for highly motivated, ambitious and open-minded students. Their creative input stands at center-stage, with dedicated teachers acting as facilitators to increase the performance and study outcomes. The hard facts and soft skills acquired at LBS initially pave the way into top-ranked traineeships, renowned further education programs, and middle management positions in the corporate world or one’s own enterprise. But one may dare think ahead: LBS business education is but a significant first step on professional trajectories leading up to the highest echelons of executive management and entrepreneurial success.
LBS students and graduates are equipped with a range of vital tools to master the challenges of globalized business and to become responsible leaders in their communities and in society at large.
Our Vision
Forging the entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs of tomorrow
Lauder Business School was founded on the philanthropic principle of making a contribution towards a just, diverse and humane world through education, research and knowledge transfer. As a Jewish institution of higher learning it serves as a bridge between the past and the challenges of a responsible future as well as to promote equal opportunities for young people as an educational axis between East and West in the heart of Europe.
Lauder Business School offers students the chance to study both the global economy and international business by merging the best that the American business educational system has to offer – in particular the Lauder Institute at the University of Pennsylvania/Wharton – with the finest European business tradition.
Lauder Business School values and supports entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and innovation, and bases its programs on trust, openness, sustainability, and the freedom of science and education.