Triple accreditation

Triple accreditation accreditors

Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in the United States

Association of MBAs in the United Kingdom

EFMD Quality Improvement System in Belgium

Number of schools worldwide with single, double and triple (AACSB-AMBA-EQUIS) accreditation in 2023

Triple accreditation (also known as the triple crown) refers to a business school being accredited by all three leading international accreditation 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. ^[1] Around 1% of business schools around the world hold triple accreditation.

Criteria

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

• AMBA (UK) accreditation examines the Master of Business Administration 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". ^[2]
• AACSB (US) 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. ^[3]
• EQUIS (Belgium) accreditation also looks at the whole business school, and is intended to "signal the school’s overall quality, viability and self-improvement commitment". ^[4]

Accreditation in the US

While all three business school accrediting bodies operate worldwide, business schools in the US primarily pursue only AACSB accreditation. This is influenced by US business school perceptions that US accreditation is sufficient.

Additionally, the structure of US business schools often does not align with the European standards of AMBA or EQUIS. For example, AMBA accredidation criteria requires that all MBA students have a minimum of three years of post-graduate work experience. This is a criterion which the vast majority of the top US business schools cannot meet as US MBA programmes sometimes admit applicants with only a bachelor's degree and no work experience. ^[5]

By country

A total of 141 business schools from around the world were triple-accredited as of 28 May 2025 ^[update] . ^[6]

Argentina

• IAE Universidad Austral, Buenos Aires

Australia

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

Austria

• Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna

Belgium

• Antwerp Management School, Antwerp
• Vlerick Business School, Ghent

Brazil

• EAESP - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo
• EBAPE - Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro
• Insper, São Paulo

Canada

• HEC Montreal, Montreal
• University of Ottawa, Telfer School of Management, Ottawa

Chile

• Adolfo Ibáñez University, Santiago
• Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago ^[7]

China

• Beijing Institute of Technology
• Beijing Jiaotong University, School of Economics and Management
• Chongqing University, School of Economics and Business Administration
• Dalian University of Technology
• East China University of Science and Technology, ECUST School of Business
• Huazhong University of Science and Technology, School of Management
• Hunan University Business School
• Peking University, Peking HSBC Business School
• Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen Business School
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai College of Economics and Management
• Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
• University of International Business and Economics
• University of Science and Technology Beijing, School of Economics and Management
• Wuhan University Economics and Management School
• Xiamen University School of Management
• Xi'an Jiaotong–Liverpool University, International Business School Suzhou
• Zhejiang University School of Management

Colombia

• Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Administración, Bogota

Costa Rica

• INCAE Business School, Alajuela

Croatia

• University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business

Czech Republic

• Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague

Denmark

• Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen
• Aarhus University, School of Business and Social Sciences, 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 Business School
• emlyon Business School
• EM Normandie Business School
• EM Strasbourg Business School
• ESC Rennes School of Business
• ESSCA School of Management ^{[8] [9]}
• 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

• Hong Kong Baptist University, School of Business

India

• Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
• Indian Institute of Management Indore
• Indian School of Business
• S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research ^[10]

Ireland

• Dublin City University, DCU Business School ^[11]
• Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business School
• University College Dublin
• 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

• University of Macau, Faculty of Business Administration

Malaysia

• Universiti Putra Malaysia, School of Business and Economics ^[12]

Mexico

• EGADE Business School, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City
• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico City
• IPADE Business School, Monterrey, Guadalajara and Mexico City

Netherlands

• Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
• Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam School of Management
• University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Business School

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
• SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw ^[13]

Portugal

• Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
• Católica Porto Business School
• ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon
• Nova School of Business and Economics

Singapore

• Singapore Management University, Lee Kong Chian School of Business

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

South Korea

• Yonsei University School of Business, Seoul ^[14]

Spain

• ESADE Business School and ESADE University Faculties, Barcelona
• IE Business School, Madrid

Sweden

• School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg
• Jönköping International Business School, Jönköping ^[15]
• Lund School of Economics and Management, Lund

Switzerland

• IMD Lausanne
• University of St. Gallen
• ZHAW School of Management and Law ^[16]

Thailand

• Chulalongkorn university, Chulalongkorn Business school
• Thammasat University, Thammasat Business School ^[17]

Turkey

• Koç University ^[18]

United Kingdom

• Aston University, Aston Business School
• City St George's, University of London, Bayes Business School
• University of Birmingham, Birmingham Business School
• University of Bradford, Bradford University School of Management
• Cranfield University, Cranfield School of Management
• Durham University, Durham University Business School
• University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh Business School
• University of Exeter, University of Exeter Business School
• University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School
• Imperial Business School
• University of Kent, Kent Business School
• King's College London, King's Business School
• Lancaster University, Lancaster University Management School
• University of Leeds, Leeds University Business School
• University of Liverpool Management School
• London Business School
• Loughborough University, School of Business and Economics
• University of Manchester, Alliance Manchester Business School
• Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester Metropolitan University Business School
• Newcastle University Business School
• University of Nottingham Business School
• Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham Business School ^[19]
• Open University Business School
• University of Reading, Henley Business School
• University of Sheffield, University of Sheffield Management School
• University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde Business School
• University of Warwick, Warwick Business School

United States

• Hult International Business School, Boston, San Francisco, London, and Dubai
• University of Miami, Miami Herbert Business School

See also

• List of AACSB-accredited institutions
• List of AMBA-accredited institutions
• List of EQUIS accredited institutions

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