The Accreditation Process

"Accreditation is a global trend within business and engineering schools, so having accreditation in the area of project management is extremely relevant. Having project management programs assessed by a third party provides a strong signal to students, employees, quality agencies and other stakeholders about the robustness and seriousness of what is done."

Christophe N. Bredillet, PhD
Former Dean of Postgraduate Programs
ESC Lille School of Management (France) - now part of SKEMA Business School

The accreditation process is completed within one year and involves formal declaration and GAC acceptance of intent, completion and acceptance of a comprehensive documented self-evaluation report and on-site assessment by a GAC team with expertise in both project management and education.

Watch a recorded presentation overviewing the GAC accreditation process.

What are the Next Steps?

Visit the GAC on PMI.org.

Attend our upcoming GAC Accreditation Forum where you will be able to learn more about the GAC accreditation process and will meet representatives from other programs that either attained thed GAC accreditation or are currently going through the accreditation process.

Read accreditation profiles of select schools around the world or visit the accreditation resources section in the Information Center.

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