Five New Accreditations by EQUIS
European Foundation for Management Development(EFMD),the accrediting firm,has approved five new schools:Coppead Graduate Schoolof Business, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University Australia; Lille Graduate School of Management, Groupe ESC Lille, France; University of Hull Business School, UK; and Université de Lausanne, Ecole des HEC, Switzerland.
89 schools in 28 countries have been accredited by EQUIS.
To achieve EQUIS accreditation, Schools must be able to demonstrate that they satisfy
quality criteria in three equally important areas:
1. High international standards of quality in all of the areas defined in the EQUIS
model.
2. A significant level of internationalisation as defined within the EQUIS model.
3. The needs of the corporate world are well integrated into programmes, activities and
processes.
