PRACTICAL PROFESSIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION

The Business Academy Smilevski (BAS) was established in 2007, with the first class of students enrolling in 2008. The founder of the Academy is Prof. Cvetko Smilevski, Ph.D.,  a business education expert. In 1991, Dr. Smilevski founded the DETRA Center, thereby establishing the foundations of management education in Macedonia.

BAS is the only tertiary education institution in Macedonia with an accredited program for professional studies in Operations Management. For the first time, future supervisors have access to relevant professional tertiary education. Students can choose to specialize in one of three sub-profiles, carefully chosen to reflect the most in-demand professions in the country: entrepreneur, sales agent, and business secretary. The chosen sub-profile is indicated in the diploma addendum which lists the relevant coursework.

BAS also offers a graduate program in strategic management. The title granted for this study cycle is MBA Specialist in Strategic Management. Students in the second study cycle can choose from the following four program modules: Strategic Leadership, Consulting Management, Project Management, and Management in Culture.

Instruction is delivered in our Skopje and Bitola campuses by our a teaching staff of ten and numerous external lecturers.

Advantages of the Academy

BAS offers the only accredited professional management studies in Macedonia.

BAS is the only Macedonian institution of higher learning to offer a perfect balance between core and elective courses: 50:50. Thus, students are more flexible in designing a course of learning that meets their needs and interests.

The field practice at BAS is unique because it takes place throughout the studies, and not only during the summer. Students attend classroom instruction four days a week and on the fifth day they participate in the field practice at a BAS partner organization.

The teaching staff at the Academy is hired using an extended and in-depth selection process, which includes a practical verification of their instructional and training skills.

Class size at BAS is limited to 18 in order to provide for optimal group dynamic, while still enabling instructors to direct their personal attention to individual students and support their preferred learning styles. 

The administrative work at the Academy is largely paperless, which reduces students' administrative expenditures.

The Academy provides its students with free electronic instructional materials, opportunities for part-time study, distance learning and credit transfer with other institutions of higher learning.

The key feature of the Academy's approach to instruction is individual sinergizing: individual instruction tailored to the needs of the specific student. This type of studies has been developed to meet the needs of students who are already running their own businesses which makes it difficult for them to participate in the regular, full-time program.