Accreditation with a credible body such as AACSB, AMBA or EFMD should be a criteria in choosing a school. Accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental process that includes an external review of a school’s ability to provide quality. Accreditation reviews include self-evaluations, peer-reviews, committee-reviews, reviews of a school’s mission, faculty qualifications, and curricula. In other words, accreditation means that a school delivers to a series of requirements, has a proven track record and minimum academic standards.

For the Americans the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business is the most important organisation for quality control in executive education. (See AACSB). The Europeans have their own quality control with the European Foundation for Management Development (See EFMD) in Brussels. The foundation has its own quality seal, the European Quality Improvement System (See EQUIS). In the UK AMBA (see AMBA) is the major body of accreditation.

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