Dublin Business School

Dublin Business School
DBS building on Aungier Street, Dublin
Former names
Accountancy and Business College[1]
TypePrivate
Established1975
StudentsApproximately 9,000[2]
Address, ,
53°20′26″N 6°15′56″W / 53.3406°N 6.2656°W / 53.3406; -6.2656
OwnerKaplan Inc.[2]
AffiliationsQQI, HECA
Websitedbs.ie

Dublin Business School (DBS), incorporating Portobello College,[1] is a private college in Dublin, Ireland. With approximately 9,000 students, DBS provides full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in business, marketing, management computing, law, accounting, IT, arts, creative media, psychotherapy and psychology. The college's undergraduate and part-time degrees are recognised by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI). The college is owned by Kaplan, Inc., part of the Graham Holdings Company.

History[edit]

DBS was founded in 1975 as 'Accountancy and Business College'.[3] In 1999, Dublin Business School acquired LSB College Dublin.[4]

In 2003, DBS was taken over by Kaplan, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company, and by 2004, it had around 5,500 students.[3][5]

In 2006, DBS bought European Business School Dublin (EBS), a collective of eight independent business schools located throughout Europe.[6][7]

Portobello College, a law school led by Raymond Kearns, was taken over by DBS in 2007. It allowed DBS to incorporate a law school offering both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to its students.[8]

In 2008, the Lidl chain of supermarkets made an agreement with DBS to create a degree oriented to the retail industry.[9]

Campus[edit]

The Dublin Business School has six locations around Dublin. Its main campus is located at Aungier Street and South Great George's Street.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "About DBS - A short history of DBS". dbs.ie. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Welcome | DBS School of Arts, Business, Law and Professional". dbs.ie.
  3. ^ a b DBS buys other business college, Irish Independent, 28 March 2006
  4. ^ DBS a short history
  5. ^ Oliver, Emmet. "Kaplan means business in Dublin". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 April 2004.
  6. ^ Dublin Business School buys European college By Ian Guider Archived 7 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Irish Examiner Tuesday, 28 March 2006
  7. ^ DBS History Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Course listing
  9. ^ In for the long haul, Irish Times, 8 August 2008