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Ashridge accreditations and rankings

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Ashridge consistently appears in a range of the major business school rankings, underlining its experience and expertise in executive education and qualification programmes

Triple accreditation

EQUIS, AACSB and Association of MBAs logos

Ashridge is in the 1% of the 7000 business schools worldwide which are triple accredited, holding AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accreditations. These are kitemarks of quality and standards in education and confirm that Ashridge degrees are fit for the market and fit for the future.

Ashridge House

VenueVerdict highly commended medal and IACC green star award

  • BDRC Continental's Highly Commended Accreditation for delivering consistently outstanding customer experiences. BDRC Continental VenueVerdict is a client satisfaction measurement system enabling venues to both manage feedback from clients and to benchmark their own performance against other providers. The Highly Commended Accreditation is awarded in order to highlight a venue's ability to deliver consistently outstanding customer experiences.

  • IACC Green Star award Silver Tier supporting the International Association of Conference Centres (IACC) Environmental Policy in striving for more sustainable, environmentally responsible industry policies and practices.

Global business rankings

Business Week's 2011 Executive Education Ranking placed Ashridge open programmes second in the UK, seventh in Europe and 16th in the world. Our customised programmes are second in the UK, seventh in Europe and 17th in the world. The ranking is published every two years and features only the top 20 schools.


  • The Financial Times carries out annual rankings looking at custom and open executive education programmes and MBAs. The rankings are predominantly based on the views of the business school’s customers and clients.

    In the 2013 Financial Times combined table for custom and open programmes, Ashridge is one of the top 20 (17th) schools in the world. In the custom ranking, Ashridge is part of the global elite Top Group of business schools, ranked 11th in the world. It is first in Europe and second in the world for international participants

    In the 2012 Executive MBA rankings, Ashridge is eight in the UK and one of the top 20 (15th) schools in the world for career progression. It is 24th in the world for faculty international diversity and 35th for international student diversity. It is 16th in Europe for salary increase.

  • The International Graduate Forum’s (IGF) global MBA league table of leading business schools lists Ashridge as 4th globally, and 3rd for European MBAs.

  • Eduniversal 2012-2013 Ranking of the best 4000 Masters and MBA Programs in 30 specialisations in 154 countries includes the following Ashridge programmes:

Executive MBA - Top 200 Best Masters in Executive MBA Global Ranking

MSc in Sustainability and Responsibility (AMSR) - Top 100 Best Masters in Sustainable Development and Environmental Management Global Ranking

MSc in Management - Top 200 Best Masters in General Management Global Ranking

Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Coaching & Organisation Development Supervision (ACOS) - Top 200 Best Masters in Human Resources Management - Global Ranking.

International standard ratings

ISO14001 certificate number EMS 569683

ISO 14001 Environmental Management standard – awarded for work on energy and water reduction, waste management and responsible sourcing.