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Triple accreditation#UK

{{Short description|List of triple-accredited business schools in the world}}

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Triple accreditation (also known as the triple crown) refers to a business school being accredited by three international organizations: the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in the US, the Association of MBAs (AMBA) in the UK, and EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) in Belgium.{{cite book|url=https://www.routledge.com/Business-Schools-post-Covid-19-A-Blueprint-for-Survival/Kaplan/p/book/9781032381046|title=Business Schools Post-COVID-19: A Blueprint for Survival|publisher=Routledge|pages=62–64|author=Andreas Kaplan|date=7 June 2023}}

Triple Accreditation Criteria

Each of the three institutions assesses a business school according to different criteria and scope:

  • AMBA accreditation examines the Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme portfolio and is intended to show that this "demonstrates the highest standards in teaching, learning and curriculum design, career development and employability, student, alumni and employer interaction."{{cite web|url=https://www.associationofmbas.com/business-schools/accreditation/|title=What is Association of MBAs accreditation?|access-date=16 March 2024|website=Association of MBAs}}
  • AACSB accreditation looks at the whole business school and is intended to "signify a business school’s commitment to strategic management, learner success, thought leadership, and societal impact." There has been a greater emphasis on diversity and inclusion since the 2020 revision.{{cite web| title=Business Accreditation|url=https://www.aacsb.edu/educators/accreditation/business-accreditation/aacsb-business-accreditation-standards|access-date=16 March 2024|website=AACSB}}
  • EQUIS accreditation also looks at the whole business school, and is intended to "signal the school’s overall quality, viability and self-improvement commitment."{{cite web|url=https://www.efmdglobal.org/accreditations/business-schools/equis/|title=EQUIS|website=EFMD Global|date=12 February 2018 |access-date=16 March 2024}}

Accredidation in the US

While all three business school accrediting bodies operate globally, most business schools in the US choose to pursue only AACSB accreditation. This preference is influenced by the perception within the US that AACSB accreditation is sufficient. Additionally, the structure of US business schools often does not align with the accreditation standards for AMBA or EQUIS. For example, US business school admissions often do not meet the UK's AMBA requirement that MBA students have a minimum of three years of work experience.{{cite web |author=Nick Harland |date=September 2022 |title=All you need to know about MBA accreditation |url=https://mbagradschools.com/mba-industry-trends/mba-accreditation-all-you-need-to-know |access-date=16 March 2024 |website=MBA Grad Schools}}

Schools by country

A total of 129 business schools in the world are triple-accredited {{as of|2024|4|2|lc=y}}.{{cite web |title=Triple accredited business schools (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS) |url=http://www.mba.today/guide/triple-accreditation-business-schools |access-date=13 March 2025 |publisher=MBA Today}}

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= Chile =

  • Adolfo Ibáñez University, Santiago
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago{{cite web|url=https://economiayadministracion.uc.cl/noticia/escuela-de-administracion-uc-primera-escuela-de-negocios-de-chile-en-obtener-las-4-acreditaciones-internacionales-mas-prestigiosas-del-mundo/|title=Escuela de Administración UC: Primera escuela de negocios de Chile en obtener las 4 acreditaciones internacionales más prestigiosas del mundo

|date=29 August 2024|website=Facultad de Economía y Administración, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile|language=es|access-date=30 August 2024}}

= China =

= Colombia =

= Costa Rica =

= Croatia =

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= Denmark =

= Egypt =

= Finland =

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=Hong Kong=

= India =

= Ireland =

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= Macau=

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= New Zealand =

= Nicaragua =

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= Peru =

= Poland =

= Portugal =

  • University of Lisbon, ISEG{{cite web|url=https://www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/2024/07/iseg-obtem-acreditacao-equis-e-entra-no-restrito-grupo-de-triple-crown-business-schools/|title=ISEG obtém acreditação EQUIS e entra no restrito grupo de triple crown business schools (ISEG obtains EQUIS accreditation and joins the select group of triple crown business schools)|website=ISEG|date=5 July 2024|access-date=5 July 2024|language=Portuguese}}
  • Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
  • Nova School of Business and Economics
  • Católica Porto Business School

= Singapore =

= Slovenia =

= South Africa =

= South Korea =

  • Yonsei University School of Business, Seoul{{cite web|url=https://ysb.yonsei.ac.kr/contents.asp?mid=n01_04|title=Accreditation|website=Yonsei University School of Business|access-date=6 February 2025}}

= Spain =

= Sweden =

= Switzerland =

  • IMD Lausanne
  • University of St. Gallen
  • Zurich University of Applied Sciences/ZHAW (School of Management and Law){{cite web|url=https://www.zhaw.ch/en/about-us/news/news-releases/news-detail/event-news/school-of-management-and-law-receives-coveted-triple-crown|title=School of Management and Law Receives Coveted "Triple Crown"|website=ZHAW|access-date=12 February 2025}}

= Thailand =

  • Chulalongkorn university, Chulalongkorn Business school
  • Thammasat University, Thammasat Business School{{Cite web | url=http://www.tbs.tu.ac.th/ | title=คณะพาณิชยศาสตร์และการบัญชี มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ ท่าพระจันทร์ ศูนย์รังสิต}}

= Turkey =

  • Koç University{{Cite web | url=http://gsb.ku.edu.tr/news/koc-university-becomes-turkeys-first-and-only-university-to-have-triple-crown-accreditation/ | title=Turkey's first and only Triple Crown| date=30 April 2021}}

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Institutions that were previously triple accredited

Twelve business schools have previously held triple accreditation but are not triple-accredited as of 2025:

  • City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) (triple accredited from 2008){{cite web|url=https://www.cityu.edu.hk/media/news/2008/03/12/faculty-business-receives-triple-accreditation|title=Faculty of Business receives triple accreditation|author=Zoey Tsang |date=12 March 2008|website=City University of Hong Kong|access-date=26 September 2023}}
  • ESCP Business School (France) (triple accredited to 2020){{cite web|url=https://escp.eu/news/escp-boosts-its-multi-accreditation-strategy|title=ESCP boosts its multi-accreditation strategy|date=6 March 2020|website=ESCP| access-date=26 September 2023}}
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong) (triple accredited from 2010){{cite web|url=https://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/Excel@PolyU/2010/01/achievements.html|title=PolyU Faculty of Business achieves triple accreditation|date=January 2010|website=Hong Kong Polytechnic University|access-date=26 September 2023}}
  • Queen's University at Kingston (Canada)
  • SKEMA Business School (France) (triple accredited 2017–2020){{cite web|url=https://www.skema.edu/skema-news/skema-gets-amba-accreditation-and-triple-crown|title=SKEMA gets AMBA accreditation and triple crown|date= 9 January 2017|website=SKEMA| access-date=26 September 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.skema.edu/skema-news/skema-deploys-its-multi-accreditation-strategy|title=SKEMA deploys its multi-accreditation strategy|date= 10 March 2020|website=SKEMA| access-date=26 September 2023}}
  • University of Hull (United Kingdom) (triple accredited from 2011){{cite web|url=http://www2.hull.ac.uk/news_and_events-1/news_archive/2011newsarchive/april/hubstriplecrown.aspx|title=International honours for Hull University Business School|publisher=University of Hull|access-date=6 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409191418/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/news_and_events-1/news_archive/2011newsarchive/april/hubstriplecrown.aspx|archive-date=9 April 2011|url-status=dead }}
  • IESE (Spain) (triple accredited in 2019–20){{cite web|url=https://www.iese.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Annual-Report-IESE-2019-20.pdf|title=IESE Annual Report 2019–2020|page=10|publisher=IESE|access-date=26 September 2023}}
  • Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (Venezuela) (triple accredited 2008–2021){{cite web|url=http://v1.iesa.edu.ve/conoce-al-iesa/resena-historica|title=Reseña Histórica|website=IESA|access-date=25 September 2023}}
  • School of Economics and Management, Tongji University (triple accredited to 2023)
  • Sun Yat-sen University, Lingnan College (triple accredited to 2024)
  • Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School (triple accredited to 2024)

= Temporary Suspended: =

  • Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg University (Russia) (triple accredited from 2021){{cite web |date=25 November 2021 |title=CEMS partner GSOM SPbU is the first Russian business school to receive the triple crown accreditation |url=https://www.cems.org/news-events/news/cems-partner-gsom-spbu-first-russian-business-school-receive-triple-crown}}

See also

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