MCI Management Center Innsbruck earns the prestigious AACSB Business Accreditation
MCI Management Center Innsbruck has earned the initial accreditation by AACSB International —The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1916 and located in Tampa/FL, AACSB International is the longest serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in business and accounting. Founding members include Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, Yale University and other respected institutions.
AACSB Accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business education and has been earned by less than 5% of the world's business schools. MCI is the second Austrian university to earn this seal; only 13 other universities in the whole German speaking world – comprising a population of almost 100 million inhabitants, one of the strongest economic areas in the world and more than 500 universities and colleges – currently hold AACSB accreditation.
“It takes a great deal of commitment and determination to earn AACSB Accreditation,” said Robert D. Reid, Executive Vice President and chief accreditation officer of AACSB International. “Business schools must not only meet specific standards of excellence, but their deans, faculty, and professional staff must make a commitment to ongoing continuous improvement to ensure that the institution will continue to deliver the highest quality of education to students.”
MCI Management Center Innsbruck is a privately organized university institution in Innsbruck, Austria, offering study programs leading to bachelor and master degrees as well as Executive master programs (MBA, MSc, LL.M.), Executive certificate programs, Management seminars, Customized programs and research.
MCI’s tag line “The Entrepreneurial School®” and its motto “Mentoring the motivated” echo the institution’s strong philosophy centered on real world learning, close collaboration with industry, entrepreneurialism and innovation as well as significant and individualized support for students.
Andreas Altmann, MCI Rector proudly comments: “The AACSB accreditation is a decisive step for our school, strengthening the strategic pillars of academic quality, innovation, entrepreneurship and international outreach as well as our impact in the business world.”
To learn more about MCI visit www.mci.edu/en. Or to learn more about AACSB International accreditation, visit the accreditation section of the AACSB International Web site at: www.aacsb.edu/accreditation.
Contact:
Dr. Susanne Lichtmannegger
Head International Relations
susanne.lichtmannegger@mci.edu
