Rome Business School is a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), a world-wide recognized accrediting body for business schools, business school programs, and corporate universities. EFMD is a global driven organization dedicated to management development, recognized globally as an accreditation body for business schools, business school programmes, and corporate universities.
The EFMD accreditation processes lead to improvement through the necessity for Rome Business School to meet internationally agreed quality standards. The quality is assessed by Peer Review, which is a form of international benchmarking. Recognition comes through the award of an EFMD accreditation, acknowledged worldwide by potential students, employers, clients, and the media.
Brief Introduction of EFMD
EFMD is a global, membership-driven organization, based in Brussels, Belgium, with offices in Asia and the Americas. As the largest international network association in the field of management development, the EFMD network includes over 900 institutional members and reaches more than 30,000 management development professionals from academia, business, public service and consultancy across 88 countries worldwide.
EFMD has a goal of ensuring the best value in managerial education, by creating mediums for information, networking, research and revolution towards advancement.
EFMD is a network for schools and companies that aim to develop socially responsible leaders and managers looking for opportunities to connect with each other, alongside the emphasis on educational standards for management education
EFMD has over 30 years of experience coordinating and participating in many European and international projects in higher education. Over the last fifteen years, EFMD has participated in more than 45 projects and has created consortia with more than 280 partners from universities to associations and networks covering 52 countries on four continents, i.e. not only all EU countries but also China, Africa, India, Cuba, Israel, and Central Asia, to name a few.
EFMD plays a central role in shaping an international approach to management education and is a unique forum for information, research, networking, and debate on innovation and best practice in management development. EFMD Programme Accreditation System is an international programme accreditation system that aims to evaluate the quality of any business and or management degree programme that has an international perspective.
The process involves an in-depth review of individual programmes through international comparison and benchmarking, considering a wide range of programme aspects including its design, delivery and operations, programme outcomes and quality assurance as well as the institutional context. Currently, more than 110 programmes in 35 countries are accredited by EFMD
Having achieved this accreditation, coupled with the motto of Rome Business School –“Better Managers for a Better World”, we are clearly on the right path towards creating great value and opportunities for our executive students.
We would be glad to see you in our midst.