An Internationally Accredited MBA

INCAE is accredited by SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) in the United States to grant the master's degree. It is also affiliated to business school associations, such as: AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), NASPAA (National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration), and BALAS (Business Administration and Latin American Studies). Additionally, it is a member of CLADEA (the Latin American Business School Council).

INCAE programs are accredited by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) in the United States. In Europe, by the European Foundation for Management Development (efmd).

EQUIS

EQUIS is a European quality assurance accreditation granted by the European Foundation for Management Development (efmd), engaged in management education throughout the world.

The efmd is an international organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. It currently has over 470 members that include academic, business, public service, and consulting organizations in more than 45 countries. efmd provides a unique forum for information, research, networking, and debate on management development innovation and best practices.

EQUIS central objective, together with efmd mission, is to raise management education standards throughout the world. During its first five years it accredited 50 institutions in 14 European countries, and 10 more in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, South Africa, and the United States.

AACSB

It is the most important accreditor of business management schools in the world. This organization was founded in 1916 as the American Assembly of Colleges and Schools of Business, in order to gather the best U. S. schools. In the last few years it has expanded to become the International Association for Management Education, meant to include the most renowned business schools in the world. Being accredited by AACSB is an acknowledged quality distinction highly respected in U. S. and wolrdwide academic and business communities.

Nowadays, out of the approximately 700 MBAS existing in the United States and Canada only 370 are accredited by AACSB International. INCAE is one of only eight business schools outside North America which have been accredited by AACSB. In earning said accreditation, an evaluating committee made up of business school deans unanimously recommended the Institute's accreditation because of its strengths, innovations, and unique characteristics. Special mention was made of the excellence and scope of its education and research programs, faculty quality, new faculty development strategy, and strong commitment by all its academic community members to the Institute's mission.

SACS

This is the regional association charged with accrediting universities and schools in the Southern United States and Latin America. SACS is one of six regional associations covering, as a whole, the entire United States to assure their own quality standards, so no government agency should have to do it..

SACS is recognized by the Government of the United States, and Southeastern U. S. universities and schools can only access public funds if they have this accreditation. In 1994, INCAE was the first business school to be accredited by SACS outside North America. Today, INCAE is one of three higher-level institutions accredited outside the United States.