Association of MBAs
Association of MBAs
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| Abbreviation | AMBA |
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| Motto | Be in Brilliant Company |
| Formation | 1967 |
| Type | Charity |
| Purpose | Business school accreditation |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
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Region served
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Global |
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Members
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233 accredited schools |
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Key people
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| Website | www |
The Association of MBAs (AMBA) is a global MBA-focused accreditation organization and a worldwide MBA alumni club, founded in London in 1967. AMBA accredits around 2% of the world's business schools. All MBA students and alumni of the 238 accredited schools join AMBA as individual members free of charge.
The London-based Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education (see Triple Accreditation) and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on postgraduate management education". It differs from AACSB in the US and EQUIS in Brussels as it accredits a school's portfolio of postgraduate management programs but does not accredit undergraduate programs. AMBA is the most international of the three organizations, having accredited schools based in 54 countries, compared with 48 for AACSB and 38 for EQUIS.
Business schools can become associated with AMBA in two ways: by applying for accreditation, or by applying for membership in the AMBA Development Network (which confers institutional membership similar to EFMD or AACSB membership). School which cannot meet all AMBA accreditation criteria usually join the AMBA Development Network (ADN), which gives them time to prepare for accreditation with support from AMBA and mentoring from an AMBA-accredited school.
AMBA's long-serving president is Sir Paul Judge, the founding benefactor of Cambridge Judge Business School. The AMBA Chief Executive is Andrew Main Wilson, who joined the Association in August 2013. Chairman of the AMBA Board of Trustees is Len Jones, elected in September 2014.
As of August 2016, the Association of MBAs has accredited 238 business schools (headquartered in 54 countries), which offer more than 800 different MBA, DBA and MBM programs in over 80 countries. Around 80 of the AMBA-accredited schools are in the BRIC countries and 33 are in Latin America (See List of institutions accredited by AMBA). The Association has accredited only one business school in the United States as most top US schools do not meet its criterion for a minimum of three years of full-time work experience for all admitted MBA students.
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