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BGA Accreditation

A non-prescriptive, whole-school accreditation that is focused on:

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BGA accreditation is a consultative and non-prescriptive quality assurance achievement awarded to business schools that can clearly demonstrate an increasing impact on their students and communities over a measurable period.

All BGA accredited business schools use BGA’s Continuous Impact Model (CIM), which assesses the improvement in impact across a range of metrics that align with the institution’s own objectives.

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This business school accreditation is designed to provide both quality assurance and quality enhancement mechanisms for institutions worldwide. This ensures the value of the qualification for potential students, graduates, employers and society. Accreditation plays a key role in informing prospective students and employers about the quality of the institution and its programmes.

The criteria used for the accreditation of business schools are based upon the BGA Charter, and outline the standards that institutions are expected to meet in order to be awarded accredited status by BGA.

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Rigorous, Holistic Quality Assurance with Meaningful Criteria

BGA accreditation is a holistic and rigorous institutional accreditation for business schools with a focus on continuous improvement, positive impact, and responsible management.

We use BGA’s accreditation criteria as a benchmark for assessing the overall quality of an institution, it also recognises the need to compare international standards while taking into consideration local legislative and cultural differences.

Derived from BGA’s Charter, the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals inspired BGA’s accreditation criteria. From this, we have adapted the criteria to fit current and future employer needs.

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Continuous Impact Model (CIM)

A key element of BGA’s accreditation is the use of BGA’s ‘Continuous Impact Model, a unique process which is designed to support accredited business schools to develop an understanding of their impact on stakeholders. The model measures the changes of impact variables over time and establishes evidential feedback loops to improve the quality of the institution and its activities in a continuous improvement process.

Schools are required to undergo the CIM once they begin the accreditation process. The business school’s assigned Accreditation Director and academic mentor play a supportive role in ensuring a school’s development and measurement of its impact metrics are used to meet BGA’s accreditation criteria.

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Expert Consultants and Assessors

Fundamental to BGA’s business school accreditation process is the expert consultation institutions receive. That’s why we’ve selected the best assessors and mentors in the industry to support the enhancement of business schools and their programmes.

Assessors play an instrumental part in the improvement and enhancement of accredited business schools by providing them with active feedback and recommendations. Assessors are also responsible for writing the final accreditation report that highlights the business school’s strengths, weaknesses, recommendations, and overall impact on stakeholders.

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Responsible Management

Disruptive challenges and obstacles facing businesses include environmental, geopolitical and technological, as well as the traditional business and economic volatilities. BGA’s accreditation process ensures that institutions are equipped to prepare their students to become ethical and responsible managers, fit for tackling the world’s challenges.

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Gold Status

Business schools that become BGA accredited achieve ‘Gold status’ within the BGA. This denotes the highest standard of achievement in business education, and can be communicated to stakeholders such as students, employers, and faculty with support from BGA’s communications and marketing teams.


If you're interested in BGA accreditation or have questions about it, please feel free to contact us.

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Explore the global network of business schools accredited by the Business Graduates Association (BGA). Here, you'll find a list of all our accredited institutional members.

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