The Ohio State University Max M. Fisher College of Business is pleased to announce that the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has renewed the college’s accreditation.

The five-year renewal ensures that Fisher and its Department of Accounting and Management Information Systems (MIS) will continue its recognition as providers of high-quality business education.

Fisher joins approximately 1,000 other business schools across 65 countries and territories as being recognized by the AACSB. The college’s Department of Accounting and MIS, like other AACSB-evaluated accounting programs, underwent a separate process and joined 194 other accounting programs worldwide in earning accreditation or reaccreditation.

AACSB accreditation, according to the organization, is the longest-standing, most recognized form of specialized accreditation that an institution and its business programs can earn. It’s a voluntary, nongovernmental process that includes a rigorous external review of a school's mission, faculty qualifications, curricula and ability to provide the highest-quality programs.

Earning AACSB accreditation signifies a business school’s commitment to strategic management, learner success, thought leadership and societal impact.

The AACSB was founded in 1916 by 17 colleges and universities: Ohio State, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, New York University, Northwestern University, Tulane University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, Purdue University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Nebraska, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, The University of Texas-Austin, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Yale University.