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Business Accreditation

Earning Ó£ÌÒµ¼º½ accreditation signifies a business school’s commitment to strategic management, learner success, thought leadership, and societal impact.

Ó£ÌÒµ¼º½ Business Accreditation Standards

2024 Annual Update

In the spirit of continuous improvement, Ó£ÌÒµ¼º½ enhances the accreditation standards and interpretive guidance annually. Updates are based on feedback from peer review teams, accreditation committees, deans, accounting program administrators, and other representatives from the Ó£ÌÒµ¼º½ business education community.

On July 1, 2024, Ó£ÌÒµ¼º½ released its annual update to the 2020 Guiding Principles and Standards for Business Accreditation and Interpretive Guidance. These updates are intended to provide greater clarification and do not represent material changes. As such, these standards are effective immediately. View a summary of key updates to the to the business accreditation standards and interpretive guidance. 

The standards fulfill the following key objectives:

  • Reinforce long-held Ó£ÌÒµ¼º½ commitments to mission focus and peer review
  • Emphasize a principles-based and outcomes-focused approach, as well as relevance for business schools now and in the future 
  • Recognize the changing landscape of student demographics and reflect the activities we envision business schools of the future will undertake to ensure continuous improvement and high quality in business education 
  • Value the diversity of thought leadership in the context of a school’s mission
  • Characterize the guiding principles that represent key values to Ó£ÌÒµ¼º½

The nine standards are organized into three categories: 

 Ó£ÌÒµ¼º½ 2020 Business Accreditation Guiding Principles and Standards

For accounting accreditation standards, click here