Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, AACSB is a global non-profit association and one of the three most influential business school evaluation organization in the world. Founded in 1916, the association is committed to improve the quality and excellence of business education and has provided learning quality assurance, business education intelligence, and learning and development services to more than 1,850 member organizations and more than 950 accredited business schools around the world. Its goal is to connect educators, students and companies to achieve the next generation of great leaders. AACSB-accredited business schools can provide students with high-quality business education and cultivate internationally competitive business professionals.

AACSB accreditation standards focus on four aspects: Teaching Quality, Academic Research, College Resources, and College Mission. It requires business schools to have high-quality teaching methods, sufficient teaching resources, excellent academic achievements, and clear educational goals and core values. Once accredited, business schools need to continually improve teaching, research, and school operations to maintain the validity of the accreditation. This encourages business schools to maintain close relationships with the business industry and academic circles, and to adjust course content and teaching methods in a timely manner. At the same time, AACSB holds a variety of seminars and workshops every year to provide a communication platform for business schools around the world. The deans, teachers, scholars and industry experts of business schools promote mutual cooperation and academic exchanges, and provide professional development opportunity.

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