Private Education Awards 2025 | 9 Best Business Education Institution 2025 – Switzerland As global higher education becomes a battleground for reputation, relevance, and rapid innovation, institutions must evolve or soon become eclipsed. In this climate of relentless competition, HIM Business School has carved out a distinctive position by merging academic rigor with immersive, industry-driven learning to prepare graduates for the volatility of the modern business world. As HIM Business School is named in the Private Education Awards 2025, we spoke with Dean Claire Jollain for more. Formerly Hotel Institute Monteux, HIM Business School is a leading private business school situated on the shore of Lake Geneva. Dedicated to equipping students with the skills and mindset necessary to thrive in the global business environment, HIM goes beyond traditional education to offer a unique blend of hands-on learning, industry engagement, and real-world experience. HIM Business School provides its students insight into today’s business landscape through practical experiences, including guest lectures, international competitions, and business challenges led by industry experts. In 2025 alone, HIM Business School provided students with 57 guest speakers, 30 company site visits, and 25 business challenges from leading companies, as well as seven academic programme partnerships that keep its curriculum well aligned with industry needs. The school’s programmes are informed by proprietary job market analysis tools, ensuring that its courses teach both the technical expertise and essential soft skills – such as teamwork, adaptability, and communication – that employees value most. “Our ultimate vision at HIM Business School is to empower every student to be truly ‘world-ready’,” said Claire. “To thrive in a fast-changing, unpredictable global business environment as adaptable, confident, and forward-thinking leaders. We envision graduates who possess not only technical expertise but also the agility, resilience, and soft skills to make a meaningful impact in any context around the world.” The top priority at HIM Business School is ensuring that students are prepared for a VUCA world – one that is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. To do so, it fosters agility, resilience, and a growth mindset so that students can confidently navigate uncertainty, creatively embrace challenges, and shape their own futures as adaptable business leaders in any context. To uphold this vision across the organisation, HIM Business School embeds it into every aspect of its operations and culture, from a curriculum that fosters both technical and human skills to ongoing industry engagement that ensures students remain closely connected to evolving best practices. As the Dean, Claire Jollain brings the voice of every staff member into the school’s transformation journey, empowering faculty, operations, and support teams to model these values daily and contribute to the school’s mission of creating “world-ready” graduates. Whether through collaborative meetings, open forums, or interdisciplinary project teams, each member of HIM Business School’s faculty are encouraged to share insights and drive innovation in teaching, mentoring, and student support. This culture of shared leadership and collective purpose inspires the staff to continually raise their standards, embrace best practices, and adapt swiftly to the evolving needs of HIM Business School’s students. In such an environment, excellence is contagious: staff are motivated by the tangible impact of their commitment, by being trusted to innovate, and by knowing their efforts contribute directly to transforming students into adaptable, confident, and globally competent citizens. At its core, HIM Business School is an organisation continually looking to the future. In the upcoming year, the organisation will be launching the French Track for the Bachelor of Business Administration. Designed specifically for French-speaking students, this new programme will enable learners to start their studies in French before transitioning seamlessly into English, preparing them to thrive in global business environments from day one. The French Track promises to open doors for a broader, more diverse student population and reinforces HIM Business School’s commitment to multilingual, multicultural education for future international leaders. Over the upcoming year, the organisation anticipates student enrolment increasing by an impressive 80%, a rapid surge in its growth trajectory that reflects HIM Business School’s reputation for delivering world-ready education that meets the evolving needs of an international marketplace. “Looking ahead, the future for HIM Business School is exceptionally promising,” Claire announced. “These upcoming initiatives ensure that HIM Business School remains at the forefront of private higher education, welcoming students from around the globe and preparing them for successful careers, anywhere in the world.” Contact: Claire Jollain Company: HIM Business School Web Address: www.him-business-school.com
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