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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. This equals around 1% of business schools worldwide.[2]
Accreditation comparison
Each of the three institutions assesses a business school according to different criteria and scope.[3][4][5] AMBA accreditation certifies the overall quality of the Master in Business Administration MBA programme portfolio, including faculty and facilities. The accreditation assures students that a business school adheres to high quality standards. AACSB and EQUIS include quality benchmarks for the school.
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?" [6]
Schools by country
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
- 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
 - Antwerp Management School, Antwerp[10]
 
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
Mainland China
- 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
- School of Business, Hong Kong Baptist University
 
Macau
- Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau[12]
 
Colombia
- Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Administración, Bogota
 
Costa Rica
- INCAE Business School, Alajuela
 
Denmark
- Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen
 - Aarhus University BSS, Aarhus[13]
 
Egypt
- American University in Cairo, Cairo.
 
Finland
- Aalto University School of Business, Helsinki
 - Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki and Vaasa
 
France
- Audencia Nantes
 - Burgundy School of Business
 - EDHEC
 - emlyon Business School
 - EM Normandie Business School
 - EM Strasbourg Business School
 - ESC Clermont Business School[14]
 - 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
India
Ireland
Italy
- SDA Bocconi School of Management, Milan
 - POLIMI Graduate School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Milan
 - Luiss Business School, Rome
 
Japan
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
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
 
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
 
Sweden
- School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg [16]
 - Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund
 
Switzerland
- IMD Lausanne
 - University of St. Gallen
 
Thailand
- Chulalongkorn Business school, Chulalongkorn university.
 - Thammasat Business School,[17] 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
 - King's Business School, King's College London[19]
 - 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
Institutions that were previously triple accredited
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[21]
 - ESCP Business School (France) (triple accredited to 2020)[22]
 - Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong) (triple accredited from 2010)[23]
 - Queen's University at Kingston (Canada)
 - SKEMA Business School (France) (triple accredited 2017–2020)[24][25]
 - University of Hull (United Kingdom) (triple accredited from 2011)[26]
 - IESE (Spain) (triple accredited in 2019–20)[27]
 - Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg University (Russia) (triple accredited from 2021)[28]
 - Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (Venezuela) (triple accredited 2008–2021)[29]
 
See also
References
- ↑ "Business Schools Post-COVID-19: A Blueprint for Survival". Routledge.
 - 1 2 "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
 - ↑ "EQUIS accreditation". University of Antwerp. 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
 - ↑ "PHBS Receives EQUIS Accreditation, Now Holding the "Triple Crown"". Peking HSBC Business School. 12 October 2023.
 - ↑ "澳大工商管理学院获欧洲质量发展系统国际认证". 4 July 2022.
 - ↑ "AMBA accreditation for School of Business and Social Sciences". Archived from the original on 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
 - ↑ "International accrediations".
 - ↑ "Triple Crown for Frankfurt School: The prestigious AMBA accreditation". Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
 - ↑ "Accreditations - School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden".
 - ↑ "คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ ท่าพระจันทร์ ศูนย์รังสิต".
 - ↑ "Turkey's first and only Triple Crown". 30 April 2021.
 - ↑ "Joint AMBA-BGA accreditation completes 'triple crown'". King's College London. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
 - ↑ "Miami Herbert Business School earns AMBA accreditation and 'triple crown' status", Miami Herbert Business School press release, September 23, 2022, retrieved October 27, 2022
 - ↑ Zoey Tsang (12 March 2008). "Faculty of Business receives triple accreditation". City University of Hong Kong. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
 - ↑ "ESCP boosts its multi-accreditation strategy". ESCP. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
 - ↑ "PolyU Faculty of Business achieves triple accreditation". Hong Kong Polytechnic University. January 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
 - ↑ "SKEMA gets AMBA accreditation and triple crown". SKEMA. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
 - ↑ "SKEMA deploys its multi-accreditation strategy". SKEMA. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
 - ↑ "International honours for Hull University Business School". University of Hull. Archived from the original on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
 - ↑ "IESE Annual Report 2019–2020" (PDF). IESE. p. 10. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
 - ↑ "CEMS partner GSOM SPbU is the first Russian business school to receive the triple crown accreditation". 25 November 2021.
 - ↑ "Reseña Histórica". IESA. Retrieved 25 September 2023.