Confirming Global Quality and Distinction in Business Education
Tampa, Fla., USA (February 8, 2022)—´óÏó´«Ã½ International (´óÏó´«Ã½) announces today that 48 business schools have extended their accreditation in business, 17 have extended their accreditation in both business and accounting, and one school has achieved initial accounting accreditation.
For more than a century, ´óÏó´«Ã½ accreditation has been synonymous with the highest standards in business education. Today, a total of 926 institutions across 60 countries and territories have earned ´óÏó´«Ã½ accreditation in business. Furthermore, maintain supplemental ´óÏó´«Ã½ accreditation for their accounting programs.
“´óÏó´«Ã½ congratulates each institution on their achievement,” said Stephanie M. Bryant, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer of ´óÏó´«Ã½. “Every ´óÏó´«Ã½-accredited school has demonstrated a focus on excellence in all areas, including teaching, research, curricula development, and student learning. The intense peer-review process exemplifies their commitment to quality business education.”
Achieving accreditation is a process of rigorous internal focus, engagement with an ´óÏó´«Ã½-assigned mentor, and peer-reviewed evaluation. During this multiyear path, schools focus on developing and implementing a plan to align with ´óÏó´«Ã½’s accreditation standards. These standards require excellence in areas relating to strategic management and innovation; student, faculty, and staff as active participants; learning and teaching; and academic and professional engagement.
To achieve accounting accreditation, an institution must first earn ´óÏó´«Ã½ business accreditation. Then, in addition to developing and implementing a mission-driven plan to satisfy the business accreditation quality standards, accounting accreditation requires the satisfaction of a supplemental set of standards specific to the discipline and profession of accounting. Once accreditation is achieved, each institution participates in a five-year continuous improvement peer review to maintain high quality and extend its accreditation.
As ratified by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ International board of directors, the following schools have extended or achieved their accreditation in business or accounting:
School Achieving Initial Accounting Accreditation
Prince Sultan University
Schools Extending Their Business Accreditation
Asia University
Chung Hua University
College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Colorado State University
Cranfield University
Eastern Michigan University
Emporia State University
ESMT European School of Management and Technology
Georgia College & State University
Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria
IE Business School
Indian School of Business
IQS-Institut Químic de Sarrià
Jagdish Sheth School of Management
Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University
La Salle University
Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University
Lamar University
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Missouri Western State University
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
North Carolina Central University
Northeastern Illinois University
Ouachita Baptist University
Pacific Lutheran University
Queens University of Charlotte
Rollins College
School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
SDA Bocconi School of Management, Università Bocconi
Seattle University
Soochow University
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Stanford University
The American University in Cairo
The University of Michigan-Dearborn
The University of Michigan-Flint
The University of Texas Permian Basin
Universiti Utara Malaysia
University of Glasgow
University of Illinois at Springfield
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
University of North Georgia
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Virginia Military Institute
Virginia State University
Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Winona State University
Yuan Ze University
Schools Extending Their Business and Accounting Accreditation
Boise State University
Cleveland State University
Gonzaga University
Grand Valley State University
Illinois State University
James Madison University
National Chengchi University
North Carolina A&T State University
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Texas State University
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Arkansas
University of Kentucky
University of New Orleans
University of Southern Mississippi
University of West Georgia
Valdosta State University