The Initial Accreditation Process follows the successful completion of the Eligibility Application and the PreAccreditation Process. Initial Accreditation includes the Initial Accreditation Committee’s (IAC) review of the Standards Alignment Plan and suggestions for its modification. Initial Accreditation must be achieved within five years of the IAC’s acceptance of the Accreditation Alignment Plan. Once a school achieves Initial Accreditation, it will be placed in a five-year Maintenance Review cycle.

Initial Business Accreditation Resources

Initial Business Accreditation Handbook

Roles and Responsibilities of Applicants, Teams, and Committees

Self-Evaluation Report (SER) Guidelines—Business

• Submission Instructions

Appeal Procedure

Conflict of Interest Policy

Required Initial Business Accreditation Documents

All of the below documents should be saved, completed, and emailed to: iac@aacsb.edu. Please contact AACSB Accreditation for application submission deadlines at: accreditation@aacsb.edu.

Self-Evaluation Report

Letter of Application for Initial Accreditation Template

Applicant Profile Sheet

Table 2–1
Five-Year Summary of Intellectual Contributions

Table 2–2
Five-Year Summary of Peer Reviewed Journals and Number of Publications in Each

Table 9–1
Summary of Faculty Sufficiency

Table 10–1
Summary of Faculty Intellectual Contributions and Qualifications

Table 10–2
Calculations Relative to Deployment of Qualified Faculty

For Mentor and Peer Review Team report templates and resources, visit: www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/volunteers/