October University of Galway’s Business Information Systems programme awarded EFMD Programme Accreditation

The BSc Business Information Systems (BIS) at J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics has been awarded the maximum five-year European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Programme Accreditation, an international benchmark of excellence.

EFMD Accreditation is a comprehensive programme quality assurance system for business and/or management degrees and courses. Currently, there are 140 EFMD Accredited programmes from 108 institutions in 40 countries.

The accreditation covers all facets of programme provision including: the institutional, national and international environment, curriculum, design and delivery, and quality assurance processes. EFMD Accreditation emphasises academic rigour, practical relevance, internationalisation, ethics and sustainability.

Dr David Kreps, BSc BIS Programme Director said: “The Business Information Systems academics and support staff, and the School Accreditation’s Team, are immensely pleased with this fantastic recognition for all their efforts this year in preparing for the quality review. We are overjoyed that our students, past, present, and future, can continue to be proud that their degree is one of the finest in the world.”

The BSc BIS programme is a four-year undergraduate degree programme providing students with a grounding in the fundamentals of business, together with a specific expertise in information systems for business. The programme has close links with the corporate world including work placement for all students, site visits to leading multi-national companies, and industry led student projects and is part of both the SAP and Microsoft Alliance.  Feedback from employers has been consistently positive regarding the quality of graduates from the programme, which maintains strong graduate recruitment records.

The programme has a tradition of innovation and dynamic response to changes in the information systems (IS) sector and places a strong emphasis on international issues and preparing graduates for work in an inherently multinational and globally connected environment.  The programme gives students a one-year global experience option to study or work internationally. It benefits from the BIS group’s international reputation and the school’s central importance in the West of Ireland region and in particular, the concentration of world-renowned technology and technology-related companies that have established bases in the region.

Professor Alma McCarthy, Head of J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics said: “We are delighted that the University of Galway BSc BIS programme has successfully attained EFMD Programme Accreditation for a period of five years. The reaccreditation is testament to the efforts and hard work of colleagues across the broad remit of activities at Discipline and School level against which such an accreditation is assessed and awarded.” 

Susan Laurenson, Chair of the EFMD Programme Accreditation Board said: “The Accreditation Board commends the J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics, University of Galway for its clear strategy, the priority placed on resourcing the BSc BIS programme, and the high quality and employability of the programme’s graduates.”

To find out more about EFMD visit: https://www.efmdglobal.org/

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