2. ABOUT AACSB
AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) is a
global network of educational institutions, businesses, and other industry stakeholders
devoted to the advancement of business education. Established in 1916, AACSB provides
its members with a variety of products and services to assist them with the continuous
quality improvement of their business schools.
AACSB conducts research, assesses trends, hosts more than 80 global professional
development events annually, and gathers business school leaders from around the world
to network and share experiences.
Fulfilling your school’s mission and achieving academic excellence is a challenging and
complex process where learning and collaborating with peers is critical to success.
Explore what AACSB International membership can do to enhance the quality of your
business programs, faculty, staff, and students.
3. 1,500+
MEMBER
INSTITUTIONS
40,000+
THOUGHT LEADERS,
EDUCATORS & INNOVATORS
Connect With the Largest Network
of Business Schools Worldwide
The Largest Global
Network of Business
Education Professionals
Cross-Functional
Opportunities to Share
and Collaborate
MEMBERSHIP ADVANTAGES
90+COUNTRIES
With over 1,500 members in more than 90 countries and territories, AACSB International
is the world’s largest network of business educators, thought leaders, and innovators.
Whether your school is seeking to build collaborative relationships or planning to pursue
accreditation, AACSB membership is an essential component to your school’s success.
A Network That Advocates
for Business Education
Worldwide
Mission-Driven,
Peer-Reviewed Accreditation
Standards
4. Member
Benefits
Become an AACSB Member Today!
To learn more about becoming an AACSB member, contact
membership@aacsb.edu or visit www.aacsb.edu/membership.
The AACSB Exchange
The AACSB Exchange is the world’s largest online community of business school professionals. This digital
platform features peer-generated content and is your networking tool to connect with colleagues and
experts within the business education industry around the world.
Features Within The Exchange
The AACSB Member Forum - your connection to over 40,000 peers who share your challenges,
opportunities, and successes—helps you navigate through the uncertainties and disruptions in the
business education industry. The Exchange community allows all AACSB members to seek and share
advice, exchange resources, and build relationships regardless of time zone or geographic location.
The Collaboration Concourse - a member-only benefit that serves as a virtual platform for member
schools to explore and connect with other member schools around the world seeking to engage in
collaborative partnership opportunities. With opportunities such as study abroad, faculty exchange,
and joint research, the electronic Collaboration Concourse helps schools identify peer schools and
their specific collaborative interests internationally.
AACSB DataDirect
The largest and most comprehensive business school database in the world, DataDirect gives you access
to customizable business school data that is vital to everyday decision-making.
Participation in DataDirect surveys provides you with high-quality data and reports about the
characteristics, practices, trends, and environments of business programs worldwide—information you
won’t find anywhere else.
AACSB LINK
The Link (Leading Insights, News, and Knowledge) is a bi-weekly email newsletter delivers the newest,
most relevant information in global business education to members and subscribers. As a content hub for
numerous AACSB and industry publication platforms, LINK keeps members current on AACSB news and
trending issues in business education.
Energize Your Business School’s Effectiveness
5. AACSB’s professional development portfolio includes over 90 international events, creating far
more networking opportunities than any other organization. Event programming covers the
most relevant and timely issues in business education, enabling schools to collaborate and
share best practices with leading schools both locally and globally.
AACSB Global Conferences
Connect with academic peers and industry experts in a small or large-scale event with overarching views of global
trends and issues affecting the industry.
AACSB Global Seminars
Join a limited number of participants in discussions regarding a particular, focused topic in an intimate classroom.
AACSB eLearning
AACSB is expanding its online learning portfolio. We now offer both webinars and online seminars for business
education professionals.
Join an Affinity Group
AACSB Affinity Groups facilitate networking exclusively among members and are formed
based on interests, shared job responsibilities, and geographic location. Groups meet face to
face as well as engage in online networking and resource-sharing communities via the AACSB
Exchange. AACSB hosts more than 15 affinity groups, including the following:
To join a group, email:
membership@aacsb.edu
Be
Engaged
• Asia Pacific
• Associate Deans
• Development Professionals
• DocNet
• Entrepreneurship Programs
• European
• Marketing and Communications Council
• MBA for Working Professionals
• Metropolitan Business Schools
• Middle East and North Africa
• New Deans Learning Community
• Responsible Management Education
• Small Schools Network
• Technology in Business School Roundtable
• Women Administrators in Management
Education
6. AACSB’s accreditation standards are
designed to help schools discover—and
deliver on—their differentiated mission so
they can foster meaningful change through
engagement, innovation, and impact.
AACSB Accreditation is the hallmark of excellence in business
education and has been earned by less than 5 percent of schools
granting business degrees worldwide.
Be
Innovative
Accreditation Resources
Should your continuous improvement journey lead you to AACSB
Accreditation, AACSB provides access to personnel and accreditation
resources to assist in your school’s pursuit. Contact a member of our
accreditation team for more information:
www.aacsb.edu/accreditation/contact.
Be
Impactful
AACSB’s scholarly research and thought
leadership give members an industry voice,
serving as a catalyst for action across a wide
spectrum of issues impacting business education
in regions around the world.
Member Resources
BizEd Magazine
BizEd is an award-winning, bi-monthly magazine on business education. It is the only magazine of
its kind covering the business education industry. BizEd articles include interviews with executives,
challenges and trends facing business schools, business education news and insights, book reviews,
professional development opportunities, and technology advancements in the classroom. AACSB
members receive complimentary copies of the magazine.
Country Profile Project
A unique, interactive tool designed to help members understand the cultural aspects of higher education
systems in different countries and regions around the world, the Country Profile Project is a free,
member-only benefit.
Financial Toolkit
The Financial Toolkit is AACSB’s hub for all things related to b-school finances. This member-only
resource is intended for business school deans, chief financial officers, and others with financial
oversight to utilize as they plan, strategize, and monitor their business school’s financial well-being.
Within the toolkit are tutorials for accessing answers to common benchmarking questions on financial
models, highlights from AACSB data on business school finances, and related reference materials.
Research Reports
AACSB objectively explores trends and challenges that are relevant to our members and provides
comprehensive reports on issues such as doctoral education and the impact of research.
7. What Can Your B-School Be?
For more information, email membership@aacsb.edu.
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