What Are Accreditations?
Educational accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met. In an international context the external bodies AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS are the three largest and most influential business school accreditation associations. In a national context, the NVAO is the sole higher education accreditation association. Finally there are associations that accredited specific programs. On this web page you can find the accreditations that TiasNimbas has received.


AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business)
TiasNimbas is, as part of Tilburg University, AACSB Business accredited since 2002. The partner of TiasNimbas, Purdue University (in the International Executive MBA) is also AACSB Business accredited. This accreditation is part of the Triple Crown.
AMBA (Association of MBAs)
The following programs are accredited by AMBA in 2011:
- International Executive MBA (IMM)
- International Full-Time MBA
- Executive MBA
This accreditation is part of the Triple Crown.
NVAO (Dutch-Flemish Accreditation Organisation)
The following programs are accredited by NVAO:
- Executive Master in Finance
- Executive Master of Actuarial Science
- Executive Master of Business Valuation
- Executive Master of Health Administration
- Executive Master of Information Management
- Executive Master of Management and Organisation
- Executive Master of Management in Education
- Executive Master of Operations and Supply Chain Excellence
- Executive Master of Public and Non-Profit Management
- International MSc in Business Administration
- Register Controller / Executive Master of Finance and Control
RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors)
The Executive Master in Real Estate is RICS accredited. The RICS is created in 1868 and with 130 000 members in 120 countries, the institution represents professionals working in property, land and the built environment all around the world.
CEDEO
TiasNimbas is accredited by CEDEO for Accountancy Programmes. CEDEO is an independent accreditation body, which measures and guarantee the quality of human resources service organisations.