AACSB International Accreditation

Our bachelor's and master's degree programs in business administration are accredited by AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the premier accrediting agency and service organization for business schools. Institutions that earn accreditation confirm their commitment to quality and continuous improvement through a rigorous and comprehensive peer review.

"This is a distinction held by fewer than 10 percent of business schools worldwide," says Susan West Engelkemeyer, dean of the School of Business. "Accreditation is an assurance that our programs effectively manage resources to produce graduates who have achieved learning goals related to the school's mission and purpose. This involves providing high-caliber teaching and up-to-date curricula, advancing business and management knowledge through faculty scholarship, and cultivating meaningful interaction between students and faculty."

During the accreditation process an AACSB peer review team spent several days on campus. In the report on their visit, the reviewers wrote, "The team was impressed with the dedication and enthusiasm of faculty, staff, and administration for developing an environment to ensure continuous improvement in the School of Business."

The quality of our students and faculty is evidenced by the following examples of the numerous honors they have earned in recent years:

• Our chapter of the honorary and professional management fraternity Sigma Iota Epsilon has won the national chapter of the year award six times, including the last five consecutive years. Seven SIE students have won national scholarship awards.
• The IC chapter of the American Marketing Association won two awards at last year's International Collegiate Conference, for outstanding marketing week activities and outstanding membership activities.
• Research presented by Professor Fahri Unsal and two students received the "best paper" award at an Association for Global Business conference.
• Finance and accounting major Apostol D. Nikolov received a Student Achievement Award from the Wall Street Journal.