IIMB awarded EQUIS accreditation

IIM Bangalore has received the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation, introduced by the European Foundation for Management Education (EFMD). EFMD is an international forum for accreditation of business education.

The EQUIS accreditation is based on an evaluation of business schools in several areas, including faculty, students, curriculum design, administrative resources and achievements in research. Accreditation under the EQUIS system provides an indication that recognized schools meet quality requirements that satisfy international standards.The accreditation committee had earlier selected PGP and PGSEM programs for the evaluation.

IIM Ahmedabad is the only other school in the country which has the EQUIS accreditation. The press release can be found here.