Jönköping International Business School

Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) is a business school, located in Jönköping in south central Sweden. It admitted its first class in 1994, and has focused on entrepreneurship, ownership and renewal. 30% of faculty and 45% of the students at JIBS come from foreign countries, and has 128 partner universities worldwide. Since 2001, several "centers of excellence" have been created, mainly financed by external funds; Media, Management and Transformation Centre (MMTC) (founded in 2003), Centre for Family Enterprise and Ownership (CeFEO) (founded in 2005), and Centre of Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (Cense) (founded in 2010).

The school is part of Jönköping University Foundation which was established in 1994. JIBS offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in business administration, economics, informatics, statistics and commercial law.

JIBS is accredited by EQUIS since March 2015 and by AACSB since December 2015.

Location and campus
The Jönköping University Campus, consisting of Jönköping International Business School, School of Engineering, School of Education and Communication, School of Health Sciences, the University Library and University Services, is situated on the western shore of the lake Munksjön and not far from the south shore of the lake Vättern.

Education
JIBS offers various undergraduate and graduate programs in English and Swedish. JIBS students turn new ideas into businesses, often located at the Science Park in Jönköping, which works closely with the school. It was one of the first schools in Scandinavia to offer entire programs in English on all levels. It was one of the first schools to admit both Swedish and international students to the programs on equal terms. It is ranked the highest in Sweden for exchange studies, and in some programs 85% of students study a semester abroad.

Undergraduate programs
English undergraduate currently offered (2016):
 * International Economics
 * International Management
 * Marketing Management
 * Sustainable Enterprise Development

Swedish program offered (2021):
 * Civilekonom (in English: Master of Science in Business and Economics)

Graduate programs
The following Graduate programs are offered from 2021. All graduate programs are in English. Some programs give a 60-credit master's degree after one year, some give a 120-credit master's degree after two years.
 * Engineering Management (1 year)
 * International Financial Analysis (1 year)
 * International Marketing (1 year)
 * International Logistics and Supply Chain Management (2 years)
 * Global Management (2 years)
 * Strategic Entrepreneurship (2 years)
 * Applied Economics and Data Analysis (2 years)
 * Digital Business (2 years)

Research and doctoral education
Since JIBS began offering doctoral education, more than 144 doctoral students have completed their PhD. Research at JIBS is focused on Entrepreneurship, Ownership and Renewal and is partly carried out at the different research centers which the school hosts.

Library
The university library is a research library within the fields of entrepreneurship, small business and innovations with the special collection Information Centre for Entrepreurship (ICE). With more than 35,000 volumes in 15 languages, ICE has the largest collection of entrepreneurship research in the world. In 2005 the University Library was awarded Library of the Year in Sweden.

Rankings
In 2023, the Financial Times ranked Jönköping International Business School #64 in their Masters in Management ranking and #82 in the European Business School Ranking. In 2022, the Financial Times ranked Jönköping International Business School #88 in their European Business School Rankings. In 2021, JIBS was ranked #95 in the same ranking. In 2022, the Financial Times ranked Jönköping International Business School #84 in their Top 100 Masters in Management ranking with #40 in career progression. In 2021, JIBS was ranked #92 in the same ranking.
 * Financial Times

In 2023, Eduniversal ranks JIBS among Excellent Business Schools (3 palms) with a 154 ‰ deans' recommendation rate. In their 2022 publication, Eduniversal also ranked JIBS among Excellent Business Schools (3 palms) with a deans' recommendation rate of 171‰.
 * Eduniversal

In 2011 Ekonomistudenten.se recognized JIBS as the #2 Business and Economics school in Sweden. In 2012, JIBS was again ranked as the #2 Business and Economics school by Ekonomistudenten.se.
 * Ekonomistudenten.se

In 2014, URANK (Sveriges universitetsranking) ranked JIBS as the #3 business school (tied with Lund University) in Sweden.
 * URANK

In 2009 the Academy of Management recognized JIBS as #9 (#4 Non U.S) among top 100 business schools in its report on research leadership in entrepreneurial research.
 * Academy of Management

In 2010 ‘The Future of Business Schools’ ranked JIBS among ‘Top five academic management schools in Sweden’.
 * The Future of Business Schools

In 2010 The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Högskolekvalitet), which provides information regarding the quality of study programs offered by Swedish universities, ranks JIBS as #1 in Sweden for international exchange.
 * Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

Accreditations
In March 2015 JIBS was accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System)
 * EQUIS

JIBS also achieved AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation in December 2015.
 * AACSB

Internationalization
With the exception of the one-year master's programmes, students of all undergraduate and master programmes have the possibility of studying abroad for at least one semester. JIBS has around 128 partner universities in around 45 countries all over the world and has been actively involved in Linnaeus Palme, Erasmus + and MFS - Minor Field Studies.

According to the Sweden Higher Education Authority, JIBS is home to the top five study programs in international exchange in Sweden. Out of the economics students 60% pursue a semester abroad and the current student body comprises students from 32 countries and one third of the faculty is drawn from outside Scandinavia.

In 2020, out of the 1765 program students, 945 came from EU and non-EU countries outside of Sweden. JIBS had 107 incoming exchange students and 133 outgoing exchange students.

Student societies
Societies run by students at JIBS include:

JIBS Student Association (JSA)
At Jönköping University each of the four schools have their own student association which organizes activities related to the schools' main profiles. JIBS Student Association (JSA) is Jönköping International Business School's student association. The President of JSA is represented on JIBS’ board.

International Association (IA)
The International Association of the Student Union works with internationalization and integration. It organizes social activities.

Swedish Society for Debate and Diplomacy (SSDD)
The Swedish Society for Debate and Diplomacy has participated in several international debates, conferences and research trips.

Society for International Affairs Jönköping (SIAJ)
Society of International Affairs (SIAJ) is a politically and religiously independent association aimed at spreading knowledge, increasing awareness and initiating debate about international affairs. Activities include: guest lectures, seminars and debates, field trips, movie club, discussion groups and study circles.

JIBS-United
JIBS-United is the student run magazine at JIBS, and is published by JSA.

Nordnet Trading Room
Nordnet Trading Room was established in collaboration with and funded Nordnet Bank AB. It hasfree trading software and computers, with subscriptions to financial periodicals and television news available in the room.

Deans
Deans since foundation in 1994.

Partner universities (excerpt)

 * Queensland University of Technology
 * University of Southern Denmark
 * Vienna University of Economics and Business
 * HEC Montréal
 * City University of Hong Kong
 * Shanghai Jiao Tong University
 * Aalto University School of Economics
 * Hanken School of Economics
 * EDHEC Business School
 * EM Lyon
 * KEDGE Business School
 * Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL)
 * Universität Mannheim
 * WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
 * Bocconi University
 * Universiteit Maastricht
 * Universiteit van Tilburg
 * VU University Amsterdam
 * University of Waikato
 * BI Norwegian Business School
 * Singapore Management University
 * University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business
 * University of Stellenbosch
 * Yonsei University
 * University of St. Gallen
 * Babson College
 * Baylor University
 * Universiteit Amsterdam
 * Texas A&M University
 * University of California, Davis
 * University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee

Notable alumni and faculty

 * Stefan Larsson (businessman) - Former CEO Ralph Lauren Corporation
 * Jonas Deichmann – German adventurer, extreme athlete, and holder of multiple world records in cycling and endurance.