MELBOURNE--7 Jun--MediaNet International—AsiaNet/InfoQuest Melbourne Business School has received full EQUIS accreditation, the global quality assurance scheme of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). Dean and Director of Melbourne Business School, Professor John Seybolt, today said EQUIS quality endorsement confirmed the School’s status as a premium business school within the international management education arena. Accreditation follows a demanding review conducted by an international EQUIS assessment team comprised of EFMD members and senior academics from the world’s leading business schools. “Endorsement by this leading European body independently acknowledges the quality benchmarks that we set in all aspects of our award and executive education programs,” Professor Seybolt said. Full EQUIS accreditation requires demonstrated high standards of quality in all aspects of degree and non-degree teaching, research, curricula and customer/student service. In particular, EQUIS looks for a high degree of internationalisation as well as local and national prominence. EQUIS accreditation has been awarded to approximately 90 schools worldwide, including the prestigious INSEAD and London Business School. “This accreditation signals loudly to prospective students seeking a global education experience that Melbourne Business School is up there among the world’s finest institutions,” said Professor Seybolt. “For our graduate alumni and executive education participants, EQUIS accreditation adds to the international status and recognition of their degree and non-degree programs.” About EQUIS and EFMD The European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) is an international system of quality assessment and accreditation. Developed and run by EFMD members, its main objective is to raise the standard of management education.EFMD is an international membership organisation with more than 500 member organisations drawn from academia, business, the public service and consultancies across 65 countries. About Melbourne Business School Melbourne Business School is a pre-eminent force in management education within Australian and the Asia-Pacific, and independently ranked among the finest business schools in the world. The School’s global reputation is built on a 50-year heritage of academic excellence and strengthened by its connections with business. It operates as a private business for business, focusing its teaching, research and executive development on the issues confronting global enterprises and their managers. The Board of Directors is drawn from the top tiers of academia and corporateAustralia. Links: For further information on EQUIS visit http://www.efmd.org or Melbourne Business School visit http://www.mbs.edu . Media Enquiries: For further information, please contact: Giota Nikolopoulos- Telephone: +61-3-9349-8393 Source: Melbourne Business School --Distributed by AsiaNet ( www.asianetnews.net )--