In June, BI achieved Equis accreditation for five more years. This recognition upholds BI´s status as a "triple crown" school, and constitutes the fourth consecutive five year period of Equis accreditation.
Accreditations are a testament to BI’s academic quality. The Triple Crown status strengthens BI’s reputation nationally as well as internationally, and it increases the value of a diploma from BI. The process of accreditation and reaccreditation is a powerful instrument for BI as an organization to keep a continuous focus on quality development.
Three accreditations are especially important for a business school with international ambitions: the European EQUIS (European Quality Improvement Systems), the American AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and the British AMBA (The Association of MBAs). Schools with all three are called ”Triple Crown” schools, and they are in a class of their own among international business schools. Only about 70 of the world’s approx. 15,000 business schools can boast triple accreditation.
BI has had accreditation from EQUIS since 1999, accreditation from AMBA since November 2013 and accreditation from AACSB since May 2014. In 2008, BI was accredited as a specialised university institution by NOKUT.
Financial Times rankings
BI ranked as number 41 on the Financial Times European Business School Rankings for 2015, thus maintaining a position among the best business schools in Europe.
The Financial Times Ranking consists of five separate rankings, and BI participates in four of them. The fifth is for schools with full-time MBA programmes, which BI does not have.
The BI-Fudan MBA was ranked among the best Executive MBA programmes for the third consecutive year, climbing seven places in this year's ranking to 48th. The BI Executive Masters of Business Administration (BI EMBA) entered the list for the first time on place 98.
Business schools are ranked on the basis of various criteria, which include students' average salary and career after three years, the number of doctoral students, internationalisation of programs, academic staff and students, and customer satisfaction.
Eduniversal
In the 2015 Eduniversal Business School rankings, BI was considered among the top 100 schools that receive “5 palmes of excellence", which indicates that BI is "a universal business school with strong global influence."