Triple accreditation
Triple Crown accreditors
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (United States)
The Association of MBAs (United Kingdom)
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Number of schools with single, double and triple (AACSB-AMBA-EQUIS) accreditation
Triple accreditation in management education, also known as triple crown accreditation, describes a business school accredited by three major accreditation bodies: AACSB based in the United States, AMBA based in the United Kingdom, and EQUIS based in the European Union. About 1% of business schools are triple-accredited.[1]
Accreditation comparison
Each of the three institutions assesses a business school according to different criteria and scope.[2][3][4]
Feb 2014 Survey Results among MBA applicants, in response to the question: "Which of the following accreditations is/was most important to you when choosing a business school?" [5]
AMBA (45.81%)
AACSB (18.23%)
ACBSP (7.88%)
EQUIS (12.32%)
EPAS (4.43%)
Other (11.33%)
Schools by country or region
In May 2020, there were 100 triple-accredited business schools in 36 countries or regions:[6][7][8]. This number has grown to over 110 by November 2021.
Argentina
- IAE Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires
Australia
- QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology
- Monash University
- University of Sydney Business School
Austria
Belgium
- Vlerick Business School, Ghent
Brazil
- EAESP - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo
- Insper, São Paulo
Canada
- HEC Montreal, Montreal
- Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa
Chile
- Adolfo Ibáñez University, Santiago
China
- Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Beijing Institute of Technology
- Lingnan College, Sun Yat-sen University
- Sun Yat-sen Business School, Sun Yat-sen University
- School of Economics and Management, Tongji University
- University of International Business and Economics
- Zhejiang University
- Xiamen University
- International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University
- Wuhan University School of Economics and Management
Colombia
- Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Administración, Bogota
Costa Rica
- INCAE Business School, Alajuela
Denmark
- Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen
- Aarhus University BSS, Aarhus[9]
Egypt
- American University in Cairo, Cairo.
Finland
- Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki
- Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki and Vaasa
France
- Audencia Nantes
- EDHEC (École des hautes études commerciales du nord)
- Emlyon Business School
- ESC Rennes School of Business
- ESSCA School of Management
- ESSEC Business School
- Grenoble School of Management
- HEC Paris (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales)
- ICN Business School
- IÉSEG School of Management
- INSEAD (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires)
- KEDGE Business School
- La Rochelle Business School
- Montpellier Business School
- NEOMA Business School
- Toulouse Business School
Germany
- European School of Management and Technology
- Frankfurt School of Finance & Management[10]
- Mannheim Business School
- TUM School of Management
Hong Kong
- School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University
India
- Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
- Indian Institute of Management Indore
- Indian School of Business
Ireland
- 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
- SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan
- MIP Politecnico di Milano, Milan
Japan
Macau
- Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau[11]
Mexico
- 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
- Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
- Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Amsterdam Business School
New Zealand
- 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
Norway
Peru
- Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - CENTRUM
Poland
- University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, Warsaw
- Kozminski University, Warsaw
Portugal
- Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
- Nova School of Business and Economics
- Católica Porto Business School
Russia
- Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg University, St Petersburg
Singapore
Slovenia
South Africa
- 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
- ESADE Business School and ESADE University Faculties, Barcelona
- IE Business School, Madrid
- IESE Barcelona
Sweden
- School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg [12]
- Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund
Switzerland
- IMD Lausanne
- University of St. Gallen
Thailand
- Thammasat Business School,[13] Thammasat University
Turkey
United Kingdom
- 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
- 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
- Newcastle University Business School
- Nottingham University Business School
- Open University Business School
- Sheffield University 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
- Hult International Business School, Campuses in Boston, San Francisco, London, Shanghai, and Dubai
- Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis
- Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami in Florida
Venezuela
Institutions that have lost Triple Accreditation
Six business schools have previously held Triple Accreditation status but are no longer triple-accredited:
- City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- ESCP Business School (France)
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong)
- Queen's University at Kingston (Canada)
- Skema Business School (France)
- University of Hull (United Kingdom)
See also
- List of AACSB-accredited institutions
- List of AMBA-accredited institutions
- List of EQUIS accredited institutions
References
- ^ "Triple accredited business schools (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS)". MBA Today.
- ^ AACSB Standards http://www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/standards.asp
- ^ AMBA Criteria https://www.associationofmbas.com/business-schools/accreditation/
- ^ EQUIS Standards and Criteria http://www.efmd.org/accreditation-main/equis/equis-guides
- ^ CarringtonCrisp report titled "Tomorrow's MBA", February 2014
- ^ AMBA-accredited schools: https://www.associationofmbas.com/business-schools/accreditation/accredited-schools/
- ^ AACSB-accredited schools: "AACSB Business and Accounting Accreditation". Archived from the original on 2012-09-10. Retrieved 2011-11-09.
- ^ EQUIS-accredited schools: http://www.efmd.org/accreditation-main/equis/accredited-schools
- ^ "AMBA accreditation for School of Business and Social Sciences". Archived from the original on 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
- ^ "Triple Crown for Frankfurt School: The prestigious AMBA accreditation". Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "澳大工商管理学院获欧洲质量发展系统国际认证".
- ^ "Accreditations - School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden".
- ^ "คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ ท่าพระจันทร์ ศูนย์รังสิต".
- ^ "Turkey's first and only Triple Crown".