SERDANG: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is the first university in the country to receive an accreditation from the international body, Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), recently.
Among the universities which had received the recognition were Texas University of the United States, Chonnam National University and Dongguk University in South Korea, Istanbul University in Turkey and Peking University in China.
Among the universities which had received the recognition were Texas University of the United States, Chonnam National University and Dongguk University in South Korea, Istanbul University in Turkey and Peking University in China.
UPM vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Radin Umar Radin Sohadi said, the recognition was for the Economic and Management Faculty and Putra Business School, making UPM the sixth university in South East Asia to receive the accreditation.
"AACSB accreditation is a feature of excellence in business education which is only obtained by less than five per cent of business programmes in the world," he told a press conference, here, today.
AACSB, which was set up in 1916, is the oldest international accreditation body for business education at universities offering bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees programmes.
UPM's success was announced by AACSB president and chief executive officer John J. Fernandes in Tampa, Florida, United States through the website www.aacsb.edu on July 26.
Dr Radin Umar said the accreditation process involved a stringent internal study, evaluations and adjustments and took several years to meet the 21 stipulated criteria.
Among the criteria, he said were quality teaching activities, deciding on challenging but realistic standards, guiding improvement in education programmes and providing challenges to education to carry out continuous improvements.
Furthermore, also taken into account was the academic quality as a result of the faculty communicating with students in a scientific programme which was supported by the institution including the existing quality of education in the institution.
Dr Radin said all business schools which received the recognition must undergo a 'Peer Review' process every five years to ensure their accreditations would be maintained. -- BERNAMA
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