Triple accreditation
Triple accreditation in management education, also known as Triple Crown accreditation, describes the combination of all three leading international accreditations that a business school can achieve: the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA), and EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).[1] A total of 124 business schools in the world are triple-accredited as of 21 June 2023[update]. This equals around 1% of business schools worldwide.[2]
Accreditation comparison[edit]
Each of the three institutions assesses a business school according to different criteria and scope: AMBA accreditation examines the Master in Business Administration MBA programme portfolio and is intended to show that this "demonstrat[es] the highest standards in teaching, learning and curriculum design, career development and employability, student, alumni and employer interaction".[3] AACSB accreditation looks at the whole business school and is intended to "signif[y] a business school’s commitment to strategic management, learner success, thought leadership, and societal impact", with a greater emphasis on diversity and inclusion since the 2020 revision.[4] EQUIS accreditation also looks at the whole business school, and is intended to "signal[] the school’s overall quality, viability and self-improvement commitment".[5]
While all three accreditating bodies operate globally, many business schools in the United States chose to only pursue AACSB accreditation. Factors influencing this include the perception in the US that AACSB accreditation is sufficient, and that the structure US business schools means that they often do not meet the accreditation standards for AMBA or EQUIS, e.g., that the admission policies for US MBA programmes do not align with AMBA's requirement that students should have a minimum of three years' work experience.[6]
Schools by country[edit]
In May 2020 there were 100 triple-accredited business schools in 36 countries or regions:[7][8][9]. The number of Triple Accredited schools had grown to over 110 by November 2021 and to 125 as of August 2023.
List from[2] unless otherwise given.
Argentina[edit]
- IAE Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires
Australia[edit]
- QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology
- Monash University
- University of Sydney Business School
Austria[edit]
Belgium[edit]
- Vlerick Business School, Ghent
- Antwerp Management School, Antwerp[10]
Brazil[edit]
- EAESP - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo
- Insper, São Paulo
Canada[edit]
- HEC Montreal, Montreal
- Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Chile[edit]
- Adolfo Ibáñez University, Santiago
China[edit]
Mainland China[edit]
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Beijing Jiaotong University School of Economics and Management
- Chongqing University School of Economics and Business Administration
- Dalian University of Technology
- Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University
- Peking HSBC Business School, Peking University[11]
- Sun Yat-sen Business School, Sun Yat-sen University
- School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
- Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- University of International Business and Economics
- Wuhan University Economics and Management School
- Zhejiang University
- Xiamen University
- International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
Hong Kong[edit]
- School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University
Macau[edit]
- Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau[12]
Colombia[edit]
- Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Administración, Bogota
Costa Rica[edit]
- INCAE Business School, Alajuela
Czech Republic[edit]
Denmark[edit]
- Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen
- Aarhus University BSS, Aarhus[14]
Egypt[edit]
- American University in Cairo, Cairo.
Finland[edit]
- Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki
- Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki and Vaasa
France[edit]
- Audencia Nantes
- Burgundy School of Business
- EDHEC
- emlyon Business School
- EM Normandie Business School
- EM Strasbourg Business School
- ESC Clermont Business School[15]
- ESC Rennes School of Business
- ESSCA School of Management
- ESSEC Business School
- Excelia Business School
- Grenoble School of Management
- HEC Paris (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales)
- ICN Business School
- IÉSEG School of Management
- INSEAD
- KEDGE Business School
- Montpellier Business School
- NEOMA Business School
- TBS Education
Germany[edit]
- European School of Management and Technology
- Frankfurt School of Finance & Management[16]
- Mannheim Business School
- TUM School of Management
India[edit]
- Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
- Indian Institute of Management Indore
- Indian School of Business
- Indian Institute of management, Kozhikode
Ireland[edit]
- Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business School
- University College Dublin, Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business/UCD Quinn School of Business
- University of Limerick, Kemmy Business School
Italy[edit]
- SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan
- POLIMI Graduate School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Milan
- Luiss Business School, Rome
Japan[edit]
Mexico[edit]
- EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City.
- Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico City.
- IPADE Business School, Universidad Panamericana, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City.
Netherlands[edit]
- Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
- Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam
New Zealand[edit]
- University of Auckland Business School
- University of Waikato Faculty of Management, Hamilton
- Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria Business School, Wellington
- University of Canterbury Business School
Nicaragua[edit]
Norway[edit]
Peru[edit]
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - CENTRUM
Poland[edit]
- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, Warsaw
- Kozminski University, Warsaw
Portugal[edit]
- Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
- Nova School of Business and Economics
- Católica Porto Business School
Singapore[edit]
Slovenia[edit]
South Africa[edit]
- University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, Cape Town
- University of Stellenbosch Business School, Cape Town
- University of Pretoria, Gordon Institute of Business Science, Johannesburg
Spain[edit]
- ESADE Business School and ESADE University Faculties, Barcelona
- IE Business School, Madrid
Sweden[edit]
- School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg [17]
- Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund
Switzerland[edit]
- IMD Lausanne
- University of St. Gallen
Thailand[edit]
- Chulalongkorn Business school, Chulalongkorn university.
- Thammasat Business School,[18] Thammasat University
Turkey[edit]
United Kingdom[edit]
- Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
- Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
- Aston Business School, Aston University
- Bayes Business School, City, University of London
- Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham
- Bradford University School of Management, University of Bradford
- Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University
- Durham University Business School, Durham University
- Henley Business School, University of Reading
- Imperial College Business School
- Kent Business School, University of Kent
- King's Business School, King's College London[20]
- Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
- Leeds University Business School, University of Leeds
- London Business School
- Loughborough University School of Business and Economics
- Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Newcastle University Business School
- University of Nottingham Business School
- Open University Business School
- University of Sheffield Management School, University of Sheffield
- Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde
- University of Edinburgh Business School, University of Edinburgh
- University of Exeter Business School, University of Exeter
- University of Liverpool Management School
- Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
United States[edit]
- Hult International Business School, Boston, San Francisco, London, and Dubai
- Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami[21]
- Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis
Institutions that were previously triple accredited[edit]
Nine business schools have previously held triple accreditation but are not triple-accredited as of 2023:
- City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) (triple accredited from 2008[22]
- ESCP Business School (France) (triple accredited to 2020)[23]
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong) (triple accredited from 2010)[24]
- Queen's University at Kingston (Canada)
- SKEMA Business School (France) (triple accredited 2017–2020)[25][26]
- University of Hull (United Kingdom) (triple accredited from 2011)[27]
- IESE (Spain) (triple accredited in 2019–20)[28]
- Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg University (Russia) (triple accredited from 2021)[29]
- Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (Venezuela) (triple accredited 2008–2021)[30]
See also[edit]
- List of AACSB-accredited institutions
- List of AMBA-accredited institutions
- List of EQUIS accredited institutions
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