UK business school opens first North American campus in Toronto

March 1, 2011 - PRLog -- London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) has officially opened its first campus in North America situated in the heart of Canada’s business and entertainment centre.

In line with its continuing commitment to deliver education on a global scale, the London based business school has opened the brand new centre in Toronto; Canada’s largest city. Working with leading organisations worldwide to ensure programs remain relevant to the world’s changing financial and business landscape, LSBF is working with the ACCA (Canada) to offer a full ACCA business qualification.

LSBF has already attracted strong demand from international and local students and classes begin this week.

“We selected Canada to be our hub for North America because of its rich history as a financial centre, but also to address the increasing needs for qualified certified global accountants” said Yuliya Etingen, Director Canadian Office, LSBF.

ACCA is the largest and fastest-growing global professional accountancy body in the world, with over 539,000 members and students in 170 countries. “We are pleased to be able to extend our existing relationship with LSBF from Britain to Canada. These scholastic offerings will greatly benefit our existing students and those who wish to immigrate to Canada in the future.” Paul Costello, Head of ACCA Canada & USA.

The accountancy profession is currently experiencing unprecedented worldwide growth, reflecting the demand for accredited professional accountants who have expertise in international accounting standards.

Students will also have access to all ACCA and LSBF facilities; including HD recorded lectures and state–of–the art classrooms and access to LSBF’s PQ awarding winning ACCA Prep Centre. They also have the opportunity to enhance their professional profiles, by combining their ACCA with a 100% funded, online postgraduate qualification (MSc/MBA). Students will also receive the chance to better their language skills if required; with the opportunity to combine this accounting qualification with either the Professional English Programme, or the International Certificate in Financial English (ICFE) Exam preparation courses.

A cosmopolitan city that also plays host to the eighth largest stock exchange in the world, Toronto is regularly ranked among the top 5 cities in the world to live – and with hundreds of large scale, global corporations based in the city’s CBD (including all of Canada’s “Big Five” banks), LSBF has answered the call from Canadian business leaders for globally recognised professional accountancy training within the city.

LSBF Toronto students are also able to experience an intimate classroom experience nestled in Toronto, Canada, an in demand study destination for students from around the world.  

See http://www.lsbf.org.uk/toronto.html

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About LSBF. London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) is a higher education institution offering postgraduate, undergraduate and professional programmes; in business, management, marketing, finance, law and accountancy.

Based in London, the school attracts students from over 150 countries worldwide, and has campuses across three major cities in the UK and now North America. LSBF operates under the patronage of HRH Prince Michael of Kent, who works closely with the school to offer a number of scholarships; recognising and nurturing the talent of up and coming entrepreneurs from across the world.

In 2010 the school was awarded Highly Trusted Sponsor Status (HTS) by the UK Border Agency. LSBF also offers a British Council accredited school of English, and is accredited by the British Accreditation Council (BAC).

In 2010 LSBF launched the revolutionary GlobalMBA via facebook, a 'try before you buy' application. It has already attracted 90,000 fans.