
Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU)

The WU Executive Academy of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Europe’s largest business university, brings more than 100 years of experience and an excellent reputation to the field of executive education and belongs to the top 100 business universities worldwide.
The executive education portfolio of the WU Executive Academy includes MBA and Master of Laws programs, university certificate programs, corporate programs and seminars. In recent years, it has become one of the leading providers in Central and Eastern Europe.
As part of the WU, the WU Executive Academy is EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accredited. EQUIS is an internationally recognized accreditation system offered by the European Foundation of Management. Moreover, the outstanding quality of the MBA programs has been recognized by AMBA (Association of MBAs) awarding its renowned global accreditation.
With this, the WU Executive Academy is one of only two business universities in the German-speaking world to meet the high quality standards of both accreditations.
Current achievements of the WU Executive Academy:
- Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking (2011): # 38 worldwide
- Financial Times European Business School Ranking (2011): # 28
- Industrie Magazin MBA Ranking (2011): # 1 with Austrian top executives
- Ziarul Financiar MBA Ranking (2008 - 2011): Among the Top 3 MBAs in Romania
- Handelsblatt MBA Ranking (2006): Among the Top 50 MBAs worldwide
- Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung MBA Ranking (2005): # 1 Alumni satisfaction in the German-speaking countries
Each year, as many as 800 graduate students and hundreds of managers, experts and high potential from over 80 countries study in our executive education programs. At present, residencies and programs are conducted in more than 15 countries on three continents.
Being part of the WU, the WU Executive Academy provides access to the expertise of some 400 faculty members and countless experts in more than 200 partner universities all over the world. The knowledge we provide is of immediate practical relevance and is kept up-to-date through our scientific research capabilities.
The faculty of the WU Executive Academy consists of both internationally renowned professors and top executives. Together, they provide the latest scientifically-based knowledge and in-depth views of state-of-the-art applications of management models.



