Triple accreditation

Triple accreditation refers to the simultaneous accreditation of a business school by three international accreditors: the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in the United States, the Association of MBAs in the United Kingdom, and EFMD Quality Improvement System in Belgium.

A total of 129 business schools in the world are triple-accredited. Most business schools in the United States chose to only pursue AACSB accreditation.

Accreditation comparison
Each of the three institutions assesses a business school according to different criteria and scope: AMBA accreditation examines the Master in Business Administration MBA programme portfolio and is intended to show that this "demonstrat[es] the highest standards in teaching, learning and curriculum design, career development and employability, student, alumni and employer interaction". AACSB accreditation looks at the whole business school and is intended to "signif[y] a business school’s commitment to strategic management, learner success, thought leadership, and societal impact", with a greater emphasis on diversity and inclusion since the 2020 revision. EQUIS accreditation also looks at the whole business school, and is intended to "signal[] the school’s overall quality, viability and self-improvement commitment".

While all three accrediting bodies operate globally, most business schools in the United States chose to only pursue AACSB accreditation. Factors influencing this include the perception in the United States that AACSB accreditation is sufficient, and that the structure of United States business schools means that they often do not meet the accreditation standards for AMBA or EQUIS, for example, that the admission policies for United States MBA programmes do not align with the requirement of AMBA that students should have a minimum of three years' work experience.

Schools by country
In May 2020 there were 100 triple-accredited business schools in 36 countries or regions. The number of triple accredited schools had grown to over 110 by November 2021 and to 125 as of August 2023:

Argentina

 * IAE Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires

Australia

 * QUT Business School, Queensland University of Technology
 * Monash University
 * University of Sydney Business School

Austria

 * Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna

Belgium

 * Vlerick Business School, Ghent
 * Antwerp Management School, Antwerp

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
 * 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
 * Sun Yat-sen Business School, Sun Yat-sen University
 * School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing
 * Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
 * University of International Business and Economics
 * Zhejiang University
 * Xiamen University
 * International Business School Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong–Liverpool University

Colombia

 * Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Administración, Bogota

Costa Rica

 * INCAE Business School, Alajuela

Czech Republic

 * Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague

Denmark

 * Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen
 * Aarhus University BSS, Aarhus

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 Rennes School of Business
 * ESSCA School of Management
 * ESSEC Business School
 * Excelia Group, La Rochelle 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

 * European School of Management and Technology
 * Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
 * 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

 * Dublin City University, DCU Business School
 * 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
 * POLIMI Graduate School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, Milan
 * Luiss Business School, Rome

Japan

 * NUCB Business School

Macau

 * Faculty of Business Administration, University of Macau

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, University of Amsterdam

New Zealand

 * University of Auckland Business School
 * University of Waikato, Waikato Management School
 * Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria Business School, Wellington
 * University of Canterbury Business School

Nicaragua

 * INCAE Business School

Norway

 * BI Norwegian Business School
 * Norwegian School of Economics

Peru

 * Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú - CENTRUM

Poland

 * University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management
 * Kozminski University, Warsaw

Portugal

 * ISEG, University of Lisbon
 * Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
 * Nova School of Business and Economics
 * Católica Porto Business School

Singapore

 * Lee Kong Chian School of Business (Singapore Management University)

Slovenia

 * School of Economics and Business, Ljubljana

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
 * Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund

Switzerland

 * IMD Lausanne
 * University of St. Gallen

Thailand

 * Chulalongkorn Business school, Chulalongkorn university.
 * Thammasat Business School, Thammasat University

Turkey

 * Koç University

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
 * 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
 * Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
 * 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

 * Hult International Business School, Boston, San Francisco, London, and Dubai
 * Miami Herbert Business School, University of Miami
 * Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis

Institutions that were previously triple accredited
Eleven business schools have previously held triple accreditation but are not triple-accredited as of 2024:


 * City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) (triple accredited from 2008)
 * ESCP Business School (France) (triple accredited to 2020)
 * Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Hong Kong) (triple accredited from 2010)
 * Queen's University at Kingston (Canada)
 * SKEMA Business School (France) (triple accredited 2017–2020)
 * University of Hull (United Kingdom) (triple accredited from 2011)
 * IESE (Spain) (triple accredited in 2019–20)
 * Graduate School of Management, St Petersburg University (Russia) (triple accredited from 2021)
 * Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (Venezuela) (triple accredited 2008–2021)
 * School of Economics and Management, Tongji University (triple accredited to 2023)
 * Wuhan University Economics and Management School (triple accredited to 2023)