Triple accreditation


Triple accreditation, also known as Triple Crown accreditation, is the combination of accreditations held by 100 business schools worldwide, awarded by the three largest and most influential business school accreditation organizations:
The Indian School of Business became the 100th Triple Accredited institution in the world upon achieving AMBA accreditation on May 12, 2020.

Accreditation comparison

Each of the three institutions assesses a business school according to different criteria and scope:
AMBA accreditation director George Iliev described the size and scope of the three accreditations in a seminar for British and Irish business schools in London in January 2020 with the following metaphor:
There are 100 triple-accredited schools based in 36 countries / Regions as of May 2020:

Argentina

Six business schools have previously held Triple Accreditation status but are no longer triple-accredited:
A major reason for the small number of triple-accredited institutions in the world is that the top schools in some regions do not meet one or more of the detailed criteria of the accrediting institutions and choose not to amend their policy. Notable examples are some top US business schools: Harvard Business School, Wharton, Stanford GSB, Columbia Business School, Chicago Booth, , etc.
Another reason is that most of the schools that have obtained AACSB accreditation in the US and Canada do not look outside of North America for further validation.