Nottingham Business School moves into world’s elite with EQUIS accolade

Nottingham Business School (NBS) has been awarded the EQUIS accreditation – the highest international benchmark of excellence for business schools.

The recognition moves NBS into an elite group of business schools worldwide, with less than 1% of business schools across the world hold both EQUIS and AACSB accreditation, and only 19 out of the 130-plus UK schools.

The accolade also comes after the School was ranked this year in the Financial Times’ top 95 European Business Schools, and Financial Times’ world top 95 Masters in Management.

Professor Baback Yazdani, dean of Nottingham Business School said: “This accreditation completes what has been an exceptional year for NBS and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) when the School has achieved leading positions in all fields of its activities and NTU has achieved TEF Gold and awarded the Times Higher Education University of the Year too. I want to pay tribute to our outstanding staff and student community who have all been instrumental in this accolade, propelling us into the top echelons of business schools in the world.”

Martin Schader, EQUIS director, added: “We are delighted to welcome Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University into the community of EQUIS accredited schools.

“Nottingham Business School is an example of a school which leverages its corporate connections and provides its students with an outstanding personalisation programme, which could serve as a best practice model in the sector.

“It is a true pleasure to congratulate on the success of a school which has moved up the quality improvement ladder, from having its BA International Business Suite accredited by EPAS (EFMD Programme Accreditation System) four years ago to achieving the leading international recognition for the whole institution.”