• Commendations from EQUIS for excellence of EGADE Students, Faculty & focus on Entrepreneurship, Globalization and Sustainability.

EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico has been awarded a further five years of re-accreditation by the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), covering the period 2020-2024.

This achievement consolidates EGADE's position as the global Latin American business school leader and amongst a select group of just 1% of institutions globally that hold triple-crown accreditation from the most relevant global associations for business education globally: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in the United States, the Association of MBAs (AMBA) in the United Kingdom, and EQUIS in Europe.

By retaining the triple-crown accreditation which it has held since 2013, EGADE has shown determination in meeting specific standards of global excellence and a strong commitment to continuous improvement, designed to deliver the highest quality of education to its students, organizations, graduates, partners and the wider community.

EQUIS commended EGADE in several areas, including for the quality of its students and graduates, its highly motivated faculty, the School´s connection and engagement with business and industry and its global reach, in terms of its active partnerships with other leading schools across five continents, delivering benefits for student experience and global research impacts. The School was especially commended for its focus on ethics, responsibility, and sustainability within its program portfolio and other co-curricular activities, with this latter area considered an international best practice. 

Ignacio de la Vega, Dean of EGADE Business School, stated: “We are proud to have our EQUIS global accreditation renewed for five more years. In these challenging times, when resilience, agility, and constant innovation are more necessary than ever, we remain deeply committed to maintaining the high standards of excellence that distinguish EGADE worldwide and dedicate this recognition to our extraordinary community of students, faculty, graduates, collaborators, and partners. We are particularly pleased that EQUIS celebrates our commitment to responsible business in our global education and thought leadership activities, and this is well-aligned with our mission to create shared value and transform business and society.”

Alfons Sauquet, Quality Services & EQUIS Director at EFMD, commented on EGADE's recent success: “Congratulations to EGADE Business School whose five-year re-accreditation proves their sustained commitment to ongoing advancement and continuous improvement”. The EQUIS statement continued: “EGADE Business School’s strategy focuses on globalization, entrepreneurship, and innovation. To give a few examples, the School has developed new tailored programs in Executive Education and is active in using new modes of delivery, including, blended learning methods. It has also launched several innovative activities with its corporate partners. EGADE can be proud of its faculty who are highly motivated and engaged”. 

EQUIS is the internationally-recognized accreditation body dedicated to ensuring continuous improvement and quality within global business schools. EQUIS accreditation ensures a rigorous quality improvement process, benchmarking schools against international standards in terms of governance, programs, students, faculty, research, internationalization, ethics, responsibility, and sustainability, as well as corporate engagement. EQUIS also acknowledges uniqueness within business education institutions as they each focus on how best to contribute to shaping future leaders from their distinct context. 

In 2020, EGADE has been recognized as the leading LATAM business education institution by prestigious global ranking organizations, including the QS Global MBA & Business Master Rankings for the third consecutive year. The Financial Times recognizes the OneMBA as the leading Executive MBA in Latin America for the past 13 years. The French ranking, Eduniversal, has recognized EGADE as the leading business school in Latin America, awarding it with 5 palms of excellence based on the opinion of over 1,000 global Deans and the Eduniversal scientific committee, and placing its programs as the premier option in every category, consecutively since 2008.