The EFMD Quality Improvement System ( EQUIS ) is a business school accreditation managed by Brussels based EFMD . It provides accreditation for higher education institutions of management and business administration and is run by the European Foundation for Management Development . It is considered as one of the triple accreditation .
7-590: EQUIS has accredited 210 institutions in 45 countries around the world. In 2022, Equis suspended all higher education institutions in Russia from its ranking. EQUIS' directors in 2018 were Ulrich Hommel and David Asch. As of 2022, the EQUIS director is Alfons Sauquet. In the past 20 years of existence, the organization has accredited 189 institutions in 45 countries. The accreditation is awarded to business schools based on general quality. The process also takes into account
14-761: A more international approach to business education. The first school it accredited outside the United States was the Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta in 1968, the first outside North America was the French business school ESSEC , in 1997, and the first business school outside North America and Europe was the KFUPM Business School KFUPM Business School , in 2000. The present name of
21-483: The International Association for Management Education. The American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business was founded as an accrediting body in 1916 by a group of seventeen American universities and colleges. The first accreditations took place in 1919. For many years, the association accredited only American business schools, but in the latter part of the twentieth century adopted
28-432: The areas of improvement required) or for five years (with a mid-term progress report on development objectives required). This article about an education organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business ( AACSB ) is an American professional and accreditation organization. It
35-564: The association was adopted in 2001. The present name of the association was adopted in 2001. In January 2015, the Council for Higher Education Accreditation deferred recognition of the association pending satisfaction of its policy requirements, and in July its Committee on Recognition recommended that recognition be denied on the basis that the AACSB had consistently failed to document that it
42-417: The business school's level of internationalization, which is not a strict requirement for accreditation by the other two major international accreditation bodies: AACSB and AMBA . As of 2014, all fully accredited EQUIS business schools applying for AACSB accreditation have succeeded, which has not been the case the other way. EQUIS accreditation can be granted for three years (with annual progress reports on
49-601: Was founded as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1916 to provide accreditation to business schools. AACSB is considered as one of the triple accreditation . Not all members of the association are accredited; the association also does not accredit for-profit schools. In 2019, the association received ISO 9001 certification. The association was once known as the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business and as
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