International School for Social and Business Studies (ISSBS) is a dynamic private higher education institution, located in Celje, Slovenia, and founded in 2006, with approximately 500 students. ISSBS is specialized in the field of business and social studies at bachelor's, master's and PhD levels. One of the strategic directions of ISSBS is also to embed social responsibility in the delivery of study programmes. Besides, among the ISSBS’s prominent features are its high-quality academics and long-standing international vocation in study and research.

The ISSBS’ internationalisation effort has consolidated and initiated new relations with other faculties and research centres abroad. This direction has encouraged professors and students to be more and more involved in European and international exchange programmes. Internationalization is not implemented only by the mobility programmes such as Erasmus+, and Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, but also by the implementation of international summer schools, involvement of foreign experts and visiting professors in the delivery of the programmes, LLL events, promotional programmes of Slovenian research, as well as involvement in delivery and coordination of many international R&D and LLL projects. Also, ISSBS is a member of many international and regional organisations such as EAIE, UNAI, Danube Excellence Consortium, Regional Chamber of Commerce. ISSBS cooperates with more than 30 European universities. ISSBS also implements national R&D projects which are in most cases financed by Slovenian Research Agency (SRA), as well as other projects financed by the European funds, Slovenian Ministries or municipalities, etc.. ISSBS has been successfully involved in many international projects such as  7th Framework Programme, the EACEA Tempus IV, EACEA Lifelong Learning Programme (EQF, Jean Monnet, Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus KA3), etc. ISSBS has been awarded the international HR Excellence in Research recognition. It became one of the national contacts pointed Euraxess as well. Institution annually organises the international scientific conference MakeLearn & TIIM with approximately 300 participants from over 40 countries, research seminars, and student research conferences, etc.