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The Corvinus School of Management, a division of Corvinus University of Budapest, is one of the leading business schools in Hungary offering Masters of Business Administration programs and specialized management trainings.HistoryThe predecessor of Corvinus University, the Budapest University of Economic Sciences pioneered with the first MBA program in the Hungarian higher education system in 1992, in cooperation with the London Business School, supported by the British Know-How Fund. The University’s Department called Vezetőképző Intézet offered general management and specialized MBA programs, in English and in Hungarian. Between 2001 and 2005, the university organized MBA and company management development programs under the brand ‘Budapest School of Management’. While the university picked up the name Corvinus in, the MBA unit changed its name to Corvinus School of Management as well. The School launched the country’s first English language Executive MBA program and also moved to the listed cultural heritage main building of the University.Structure and managementCorvinus School of Management is an institute directly reporting to the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration. The institute is managed by the chairwoman and a six-member committee of the leading professors of the EMBA program. Corvinus School of Management has a Curatorium as an advisory board in which approx. 40 company executives and business experts are represented. The Curatorium is chaired by the British Ambassador to Budapest. Corvinus School of Management works with professors from the faculties of Corvinus University of Budapest, guest lecturers from partner universities, and business experts.Academic programsCorvinus School of Management is active in four areas of post-experience management programs. Executive MBA program (in English, two years, weekend format) Full-Time MBA (in English, two years, Bologna master's degree) International Programs (3–14 days residencies for foreign MBA/EMBA groups) In-house programs (closed or open enrolment programs tailor-made with companies in the Central and Eastern European region)