As of January 2014, the Association of MBAs has accredited 210 business schools offering more than 800 different MBA, DBA and MBM programs in over 85 countries (including the 52 home countries of the 210 institutions).
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a full-time MBA curriculum should contain no less than 500 contact (scheduled classroom) hours and a distance-learning MBA program should have no less than 120 synchronous contact hours;
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The Association of MBAs accredits Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) and Masters in Business and Management (MBM) degrees.
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at least 50% of the faculty of an MBA program (including visiting faculty as part of the total) are expected to have PhD degrees;
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all admitted students should have at least three years of full-time post-graduation work experience upon the start of the MBA course (a criterion which the vast majority of the top US business schools cannot meet as US MBA programs sometimes admit applicants with only a bachelor's degree and no work experience);
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The Association's process of accrediting an MBA program includes reviewing compliance with over 100 criteria, most of them qualitative rather than quantitative.
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AMBA was originally set up as an association of MBA graduates and part of its activities remain focused on maintaining the membership dimension.
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When a school applies for accreditation for its MBA programs, AMBA requires that the entire portfolio of MBA programs be put up for consideration (See diagram on the right) and will award accreditation only if all programs meet the organisation's criteria (though the school pays the same fee regardless of the number of programs being reviewed).
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By 2002, the College achieved triple accreditation status from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).
The Smurfit School is a member institution of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International (AACSB), the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS), the quality improvement system administered by the European Foundation for Management Development, and the Association of MBAs.
Moreover, it is one of 59 Triple Crown business schools worldwide which implies accreditation by EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB.