Dublin Business School (DBS) specialises in the provision of career focused business and law education as well as the delivery of contemporary programmes in the areas of arts, media, social science, humanities and psychology. This is an exciting time for you as you lay the foundations for the rest of your life. At DBS we will do all that we can to help you to make the right choices for your future and a programme of study at DBS will give you the best possible start in your career. Dublin Business School (DBS) incorporating Portobello College is the largest independent college in Ireland[citation needed]. With over 9,000 students, DBS provides a range of full-time and part-time undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, with courses for 2010/2011 in subject areas such as business, law, event management, IT, the arts, media studies and psychology. A number of the colleges undergraduate degrees are recognized by the Teaching Council of Ireland for purposes of post primary school teaching.DBS was founded in 1975 and was originally known as Accountancy and Business College.