Nottingham University Business School has been awarded renewal of a major independent accreditation, EQUIS, for the maximum length of five years.
This achievement places the School among a select global group of business schools which hold the full five-year accreditation. Extensive visits earlier in the year by an international EQUIS peer review team assessed all the School’s operations in the UK, China and Malaysia.
EQUIS is one of the three prestigious accreditation schemes for leading institutions in business education. It is granted and run by EFMD, the European Foundation for Management Development, which is based in Brussels. EQUIS is a mission based accreditation with an international focus and its scope covers the entire School and all its activities.
Achieving the coveted five-year accreditation signals the EFMD’s confidence in the School’s quality and allows Nottingham to position itself as one of the world’s top business schools offering an outstanding education.
Uniquely, Nottingham’s EQUIS accreditation applies to all Business School operations on campuses in the UK, China and Malaysia. It is the only UK business school to hold EQUIS accreditation in three locations.
It takes several years to prepare for the rigorous process of accreditation. EQUIS assesses business schools as a whole, including not only all degree programmes but also all activities and sub-units of the institution covering teaching, research, business connections, executive education provision and community outreach, alumni relations, student opinion, administration and resources.
Responding to the news, Professor Chris O’Brien, Dean of NUBS China, said:
“We are delighted at this recognition of the University’s unique international situation and its close working relationships with businesses in China and overseas. We have a growing international alumni and we are grateful to them and to our business links for contributing to this success.”
Dr. Peter Morgan and Ms. Carol Chen who led preparations for the accreditation assessments at the China campus, said: “There have been many other colleagues who have worked on this with us, whether by contributing directly to chapters or by checking their own data: this has been a team effort by all. We are proud to lead the School further on towards other accreditations and programme developments, confident that the School will continue to go from strength to strength.”
诺丁汉大学商学院成功通过EQUIS再次认证,并被授予最长的五年期认证,这标志着诺丁汉大学商学院跻身全球范围内获得EQUIS五年期认证的精英商学院之列。今年早些时候,EQUIS
国际
评估团队多次到访英国、中国及马来西亚校区,对所有校区的运营展开全面评估。
EQUIS是全球商科教育领域最具影响力的三大认证之一,是由总部设在比利时布鲁塞尔的欧洲管理发展基金会(European Foundation for Management Development,EFMD)创立并运作的国际性管理教育质量认证体系,
也是欧洲最严格的质量认证体系
。EQUIS认证以使命为基础,聚焦国际化,范围涵盖整个学院及其所有活动,
认证过程非常严谨,包括预先调查、正式申请、资格研究、自我评估、国际专家审查、授予认证资格等程序,有效期为三年或五年。
EQUIS最高标准的五年期认证达成标志着欧洲管理发展基金会对诺丁汉大学品质的认可,诺丁汉大学商学院由此跻身提供优质教育的世界顶尖商学院之列。
特别的是,诺丁汉大学的EQUIS认证同时适用于英国、中国和马来西亚三个校区。这是唯一一所在三个地区获得EQUIS认证的英国商学院。
我们为严格的认证过程经历了数年的准备,EQUIS将商学院作为一个整体进行评估,不仅包括了所有的学位课程,也包括了对学院的教学、科研、业界联系、高管培训、社会责任、校友关系、学生培养、行政管理和资源管理相关的所有活动、所有部门进行严格的评审。
闻此喜讯,诺丁汉大学商学院(中国)院长欧博文教授表示:“我们很高兴看到商学院独特的国际化氛围及其与中国和海外商业界日益紧密的合作关系
被权威机构所认可
。我们的国际校友群体也在不断壮大,在此,对本次成功认证作出贡献的他们以及我们的师生、合作伙伴表示感谢。”
主导负责中国校区认证准备工作的孟石博士和陈芳老师则说:“
这是整个团队共同努力的成果,
众多同事或帮忙撰写部分内容或帮忙提供数据。我们也很荣幸能为学院将来获得其他认证及课程发展继续贡献自己的力量,相信学院会不断壮大,商学院的明天必将更加美好。”
自2010年首次获得EQUIS认证的6年来,我院对照EQUIS认证标准不断优化现有管理机制,实现持续改进。此次成功通过EQUIS最高标准的五年期再认证,是对商学院近年来发展成绩的认可。未来我院也将继续以国际认证为契机,
目前,与英国、马来西亚校区合作,商学院AACSB认证申请正在积极推进过程中。通过AACSB认证申请,
以国际一流商学院的领先标准为要求,不断提升
诺丁汉大学商学院(中国)的商科教育质量
和国际影响力。