Complaint Review: Dirk Craen - Nationwide

  "Highly Respected" Dirk Craen with the phony PhD Titles threatens to sue ex-student. ---------- Dirk Craen, the "highly respected" owner of several phony PhD Titles who currently runs the European University (now called E U Business School) threatened to sue an ex-student for saying to the public that he was dissatisfied of what he was given after paying a high tuition fee. -- We were given no service what so ever, the teacher didn't show up because they didn't get paid, we practically had to fight for the rights you normally are given as students.

In July [some time ago] Espen Solhaug woke up from a phone call from the "highly respected" president and owner of the chain of schools, European University (currently called E U Business School). The "highly respected" owner passed himself off as a student seeking education in Spain. Solhaug recognized his voice and asked if he could help him, the "highly respected" president started to yell and threatened with a lawsuit of €30.000. Solhaug who started up www.uniabroad.com to help other people avoid these kind of schools, had written his personal statements on his side where he said that the school only focuses on earning money and not thinking about their students.

The "highly respected" owner said that he had lost 2 student because of these comments. Solhaug says that he is glad that he has helped 2 students and that there are many other schools in Barcelona which acctually cares about their students. Don't you think that these statements were to hard? -- Not really. I wrote that we have learned that the school focuses on earning money for themselves. One of the teachers told us that he hadn't been paid salary from the school in the long time and therefor would not show up for class. I've met students who attended the school before me and after me, and they have reported the same, that professors have left in them middel of the semester due to no salaries. --

Although the school require their applicants to write essays and do the GMAT test, most of the people could just show up and be enrolled. For an MBA you are required to have at least 2 years of working experience, but it seemed as long as they paid the tuition no test, no work experience and not even filling out an application form were required. You also mention the the school is driven badly. -- Yes, the seem to have no control of what they are doing. One of my friends wanted to do an exchange with one of European University's partners, when he showed up at the remote school they hadn't even heard of the school.

Some of my fellow students have not even received their transcript yet, 2 years since graduation. I have also heard that one guy just called them because he was missing a grade. The staff told it had been a misunderstanding and finally gave him the 'A'- he hadn't even participated in the class. Solhaug started to received emails from a Spanish lawyer who claimed to represent European University. And the lawsuit kept rising when Solhaug wrote about it in his web page. At last the lawsuit had increased to €100 000. -- I had my lawyer write back to them. This is clearly a act which will go under freedom of speech. What would you say to students who are not satisfied about their places? -- Go public.

You might not get your money back, but at least you help other people avoid the same as you have experienced. I find it absolutely horrible that they charge €15 000 for the MBA program now. After the lawyer wrote the respons to European University there has been no other accusations from European University. Since 2003 European University is no longer approved by the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund so there the school will no longer receive Norwegian students. Bjørnar B. Jentoft - Independent Journalism ------- (((REDACTED)))-------

************************************************************ Recently, the European University was forced by the Swiss government to stop using the name "university". As a result, this scam school currently goes by the name of "E U Business School". --- AVOID THIS SCAM PLACE!!! ---