Accreditations signal quality to prospective participants and underline IMD’s commitment to delivering the very highest standards in real learning and real impact.
Since 2004, IMD has sustained the premier “triple-crown” of AACSB, European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) EQUIS, and AMBA accreditations, and, in 2022, IMD earned Swiss institutional accreditation, confirming IMD’s fidelity to delivering the highest quaity teaching, research and services.
IMD is accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Council as a university institute. This decision strengthens IMD's membership in the Swiss higher education ecosystem and consolidates its reputation as an academic institution.
AACSB provides internationally recognized, specialized accreditation for business and accounting programs at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level.
The fundamental objective of EQUIS, linked to the mission of EFMD, is to raise the standard of management education worldwide.
AMBA accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement in postgraduate business education and is earned only by the best programs.
IMD’s commitment to excellence is reflected in sustained top rankings from the Financial Times and other influential business publications.
Across multiple rankings, IMD routinely ranks as among the best in international faculty and the international diversity of participants. The school’s top places in the Financial Times open and custom program rankings are driven by high sub-scores in the categories assessing faculty quality, teaching materials & methods, and aims achieved.
Responsible Research for Business and Management (RRBM) is dedicated to inspiring, encouraging, and supporting credible and useful research in the business and management disciplines.
In recognition of conducting a comprehensive impact assessment, IMD was honored with the prestigious Business School Impact System (BSIS) label from EFMD. The label recognizes business schools on the forefront of measuring their local impacts.
With the label, IMD became one of the approximately one dozen pioneering business schools to hold the three elite accreditations and the BSIS seal.
The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) is a United Nations-supported initiative founded in 2007 as a platform to raise the profile of sustainability in schools around the world.
The EcoVadis Corporate Social Responsibility rating methodology measures the quality of a company’s CSR management system – through its policies, actions, and results.
IMD has stepped up its action and measurement efforts in the area of sustainability in recent years, resulting in clear year-on-year progression. For 2022, the academic's rating improved to gold, putting it among the top 5% of companies in its industry.
VAUD+ is a label, created by the Vaud Promotion (Canton of Vaud, Switzerland), to increase the notoriety, competitiveness, and attractiveness of the region. IMD was honored to be named one of the inaugural VAUD+ ambassadors.
IMD was certified by PECB MS for meeting ISO 27001 Information Security Management standards. Earning ISO 27001 certification demonstrates commitment to the highest information security expectations of customers, employees, and business partners.
IMD is certified also for meeting ISO 27701 Privacy Information Management System standards. This certification focuses on the protection of personally identifiable information and maps to GDPR requirements.
IMD has maintained the #1 spot in the Bloomberg Businessweek 2022-2023 MBA ranking for European business schools.
“IMD’s commitment to excellence is reflected in its sustained top performance across rankings…
IMD has officially received re-accreditation from the Association of MBAs(AMBA), one of the world’s leading authorities on post-graduate business education, demonstrating its ongoing commitment to delivering the…
IMD is ranked #1 in the world for Open Programs for the ninth consecutive year in the 2020 Financial Times Executive Education Rankings.
For combined Open and Custom Programs, IMD was ranked #3 in the world, making…
