AACSB, the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, is the world's oldest business school accreditation institution based in the United States. At present only around 5% of thousands business schools around the world are successful earn AACSB accreditation.
School of business consists of all study programs under the Department of Accounting and the Department of Management, including: Bachelor (Regular and International), Master (M.Sc in Accounting, M.Sc in Management, MBA Program, and Master in Accounting), and Doctoral Program in Accounting and Management Sciences.
Following are milestones related to AACSB accreditation:
| Activities | Date |
| AACSB Membership | March 10, 2006 |
| Pre-Accreditation Eligibility Application submission | August 10, 2006 |
| Eligibility Application accepted | November 3, 2006 |
| Accreditation Plan submission | April 15, 2009 |
| Accreditation Plan accepted by PAC and IAC | January 12, 2010 |
| Assurance of Learning Workshop | January 29-30, 2010 |
| Progress Report submission to IAC to review (year 1) | October 22, 2010 |
| Progress Report submission to IAC to review (year 2) | October 14, 2011 |
| Mentor visit by Professor Michael Tearney | January 31 – February 2, 2012 |
| Mentor visit by Michael Tearney & Eileen Peacock | August 28-29, 2012 |
| Progress Report submission to IAC to review (year 3) | September 28, 2012 |
| Assurance of Learning Workshop | January 10-13, 2013 |
| Invitation by IAC to submit SER and confirm PRT visit | August 8, 2013 |
| Submission of the Self-Evaluation Report | October 31, 2013 |
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AACSB Peer Review Team visit
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March 1-5, 2014 |
Earned Accreditation |
May 12, 2014 |
| Submission of Continuous Improvement Review (CIR) Report | December 22, 2018 |
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AACSB Peer Review Team visit
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February 22-26, 2019 |
Earned Extending Accreditation |
April 3, 2019 |
AACSB International is a not-for-profit membership organization that advances and promotes quality management education worldwide. Institutions seeking accreditation must demonstrate a commitment to quality management education as assessed against strategic management, participant and assurance of learning standards. The accreditation process reviews an institution’s quality assurance practices and the effectiveness of the Faculty mission in driving and upholding the standards of quality enhancement. Learn more about AACSB can visit aacsb.edu.