Kiev Business School

Kyiv Business School, division of Kyiv Investment Management Institute, was established in 1999.

KBS finds its mission in adding real value to organizations in Ukraine with a broader perspective of building a solid foundation for well-being and prosperity of the whole nation. We believe that people are the most precious resource and the key driver of all positive changes within organizations and the country, and hence deserve the best leadership and service. We realise that education and training is the primary strategic vehicle for success in knowledge-based global competitive world. We seek to build our offers on our strengths to address real challenges for companies in their environments.

KBS approach to business education emphasises quality of teaching process. Understanding and adaptation of classical and innovative business and management concepts is the paramount teaching objective. KBS teaching approach also aims to develop critical management and business administration skills, paying special attention to working in teams and with projects of varying complexity.

These objectives put special requirements on KBS faculty. 90% of the School’s faculty are active practitioners in their profession, so that they could bring strong practical focus in the auditorium, and also to be able to critically approach classical and fashionable business/management concepts. KBS has one of the highest rates for faculty remuneration in order to attract high calibre teachers.

KBS positions itself at the high end of the business education services in Ukraine, providing internationally relevant and recognized management education and training.

We offer advanced education programmes in management, finance and investment areas, focused on individual capabilities and career development. Key features of these programmes are decision-making focus of proposed knowledge and skills, along with aiming to international recognition of our graduates.

For maintenance of these programmes of high practical value, KBS engages prominent specialists from leading Ukrainian and foreign companies — Creditanstalt-Ukraine Investment Bank, International Finance Corporation, World Bank Representative Office, “Kinto” investment company etc.

KBS works in close co-operation with a number of international educational institutions — Association of Certified International Investment Analysts (ACIIA^®), Securities Institute and others.

Our main services include:

• Investment Management^*, one-year postgraduate modular program, with obtaining State Diploma. It combines recommendations from Ukrainian and foreign investment experts, and aims to prepare specialists to work under internationally recognized standards, and to pass international qualification exams of higher level (e.g. Certified International Investment Analyst).
• Financial Management^*, one-year postgraduate modular program, with obtaining the State Diploma. It aims to train high-qualified financial managers, analysts, accountants. The trainees are planned to be able to obtain ACCA Diploma in Financial Management qualification.
• Corporate Management^*, one-year modular programme that makes provision for awarding the Diploma from the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, UK. The training of corporate secretaries becomes more important today in Ukraine, with corporate governance development.
• Quality Management, one-year modular programme, which aims to train quality auditors as well as quality systems managers. KBS is the only postgraduate school in Ukraine that awards state recognized diploma on this specialty.
• Mba^Pro-LT program, program relates to the classical approach i.e. manager development with strong leadership characteristics capable to estimate and to take weighed decisions in all key spheres of a company (marketing, finance, personnel, information technologies, operational management). And it is intended for those with 2-3 year work experience and prove themselves in business. It is of great value for us what you can offer an audience.

^* — These programs could also be performed as distance education (it subsequently would take 2 years for graduation).

Short-term programmes:

• State Securities and Stock, Market Commission licensed courses and examinations
• State Property Fund's of Ukraine “Business Evaluation Course”, including evaluation of intellectual property and rights, realty evaluation and so on

KBS is the centre in Ukraine for passing exams for Certified International Investment Analyst examinations of ACIIA^®.

KBS also holds corporate short-term trainings and seminars for large Ukrainian companies, such as Kvazar-Micro Corporation, “Aval” Bank etc. The topics of these trainings include contemporary problems of corporate governance, corporate finance, investment analysis and personnel development.

KBS enjoys partnership with Center for Leadership Development in the area of consulting and corporate trainings and short term programs. The partnership works through Leadership Workshop, a joint project. The project works in the domain of organizational behavior, with particular emphasis on leadership, team work, performance management and training/development.