Accreditation

Earning the rigorous AACSB accreditation places the HEG Fribourg Executive Program in the top 5% of business schools worldwide.

Securing the stringent AACSB accreditation is evidence of the HEG Fribourg´s ongoing commitment to their mission, vision and goals. Executive MBA candidates and graduates of our Executive MBA program are assured a distinguished educational experience that includes cutting-edge, real-world curriculum, highly credentialed and professional faculty, and supportive learning resources and services to advance their performance and career. Employers recognize and value AACSB International accreditation. Their hiring managers and recruiters seek out program graduates because they possess the real-world knowledge and skillset they require. Communities view AACSB International accreditation as an indication of the availability of a highly qualified managerial workforce in their region.

Institutional accreditation of HES-SO

The School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR) is a public tertiary-level vocational training institution. Founded in 1991 under the name Ecole supérieure de cadres pour l'économie et l'administration (ESCEA), the HEG-FR has been part of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) since 1998. With its six fields of study and network of 28 universities with 21,000 students, the HES-SO is a key player in the socio-economic and cultural development of the seven cantons of Western Switzerland.

In 2019, the Swiss Accreditation Council granted the HES-SO institutional accreditation, recognizing the ability of the HES-SO and its universities to guarantee the quality of its teaching and research. The HES-SO is a member of swissuniversities, the umbrella organization for Swiss universities.

Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)

The School of Management Fribourg has become a signatory to the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), a global community of more than 800 business schools around the world.

As a member of PRME, HEG-FR will make use of the Six Principles, a United Nations-supported framework for Higher Education Institutions and Business Schools that will help us to embed corporate sustainability even more into our educational programs, research and campus practices.