Swiss Management Center
{{Short description|Business school in Switzerland}}
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{{Infobox university
| name = Swiss Management Center
| mottoeng = "Lead Your Future"
| established = 1985
| type = Private business school
| president = Patrick Müller
| vice-president =
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| city = Zug, Switzerland; Vienna, Austria and Buenos Aires, Argentina
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| former_names = SMC University
| logo = File:SMC University logo.png
| website = {{URL|https://www.swissmanagementcenter.com/}}
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Swiss Management Center (previously SMC University) is a private business school founded in 1985. It is based in Zug, Switzerland{{Cite web|url=http://whed.net/results_institutions.php|title=SMC Swiss Management Center|website=World Higher Education Database (United States of America - Outside USA section)|access-date=13 December 2017}} and has offices in Vienna and Buenos Aires.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
Accreditation
In Switzerland, Swiss Management Center awards its own private degrees.
In Ghana, Swiss Management Center was registered in as a foreign university and was accredited by The National Accreditation Board (Ghana) - NAB. In August 2016, this accreditation status was removed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/smc-university-can-t-enrol-fresh-students-nab-withdraws-registration.html|title = SMC University can't enroll fresh students, NAB withdraws registration| date=9 August 2016 }} SMC held accreditation from the Accreditation Council for Business, Schools and Programs (ACBSP) from 2007-2018. {{cite web |title=Fake doctorates: Swiss university has accreditation - SMC Alumni |date=5 August 2016 |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/fake-doctorates-swiss-university-has-accreditation-smc-alumni.html}}
The German database on foreign educational certificates anabin classifies SMC as H- category "Not recognized institution".{{cite web |title=Institutionen: Anabin - Informationssystem zur Anerkennung ausländischer Bildungsabschlüsse |url=https://anabin.kmk.org/no_cache/filter/institutionen.html |website=anabin.kmk.org |access-date=17 October 2023}}
Faculty, students and alumni
SMC has an international focus and claims to have educated students from more than 130 countries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smcuniversity.com/|title=SMC University - "Lead your future"|access-date=5 December 2017|archive-date=2 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002060115/https://www.smcuniversity.com/|url-status=dead}}
Some of the notable Alumni of SMC University include:
- Goski Alabi, President of Laweh Open University.{{cite web |title=Fake doctorates: Swiss university has accreditation - SMC Alumni |date=5 August 2016 |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/fake-doctorates-swiss-university-has-accreditation-smc-alumni.html}}{{cite web |title=Swiss Management Centre not registered nor accredited- NAB Boss |url=https://www.pulse.com.gh/ece-frontpage/fake-doctorate-report-swiss-management-centre-not-registered-nor-accredited-nab-boss/y3kfptj}}
- Bernice Adiku Heloo, former Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency in Ghana.{{Cite web|url=http://ghanamps.com/mp/heloo-adiku-bernice/|title = Heloo, Adiku Bernice}}
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Category:Business schools in Switzerland