Baghdad Business School opened in October 2020 and has graduated two classes of approximately 20 students, all of whom have gained jobs in the private sector or started their own businesses after finishing the program. Our current, sixth class of 32 students started the program in November 2022. Each of our classes has been 45% to 60% female. For more details on the BBS student body, please visit our website and social media.  

Baghdad Business School (BBS) currently offers a one-year program called Business Foundations in English language, Business, and Professional skills to enable Iraqi university graduates to work in the private sector. BBS addresses the skill gap, youth unemployment, and generates human capital for the private sector.

Business Foundations is a one-year, three-tiered curriculum in English, Business, and Professional skills. The curriculum provides both academic training in critical thinking through reading, writing, discussion and presentations as well as practical hard skills like Finance and Marketing needed for Iraqi university graduates to find entry-level employment or to start their own businesses. The program is divided into three semesters:

1. Professional English I (12 weeks)
2. Professional English II & Career Development I (12 weeks) 
3. Introduction to Business & Career Development II (20 weeks)

The Business Foundations courses are taught by experienced lecturers and professors who are academics and practitioners with experience teaching and working in the private sector in Iraq and the Middle East. 

The Career Development Program is part of Business Foundations and prepares students for their future work through a four part program: 

1. Professional Skills training and workshops  
2. Professional Development Lecture Series 
3. Mentorship Program
4. Internship Program 

For more information on Baghdad Business School, please visit our website and social media.