Dublin Business School

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Dublin Business School
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Dublin Business School (DBS), incorporating Portobello College,

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History

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

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

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

  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