UBT Accreditation and Memberships
National Accreditation
During the period of April 2010 to April 2017, CBA was institutionally accredited as well as 5 of CBA Programs (Accounting, Finance, Human Resources Management, Marketing, and Management Information System) by the National Commission for Academic Accreditation and Assessment (Currently National Center for Academic Accreditation and Assessment)
UBT is institutionally accredited for the period 1st November 2017 to 31st October 2021 – National Center for Academic Accreditation and Assessment – Education Evaluation Commission
On October 14th, 2018, UBT signed an agreement with the National Center for Academic Accreditation and Assessment to renew the Program accreditation for the five CBA programs and start the program accreditation projects for nine programs: Insurance and risk management, Supply chain management, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Software Engineering, Advertising management, Advertising communication and Advertising Creative Design. Accreditation is expected by 2020.
International Accreditation

CBA - Accounting Program is accredited by ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountant), which is the global body for professional accountants.

Jeddah College of Advertising (JCA) got IAA professional accreditation for the period May 2016- April 2021.

UBT English Language Academy (ELA) has submitted the Eligibility form on November 22nd, 2016 to The Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA), and passed the eligibility stage. Currently, ELA is in preparing for the self-study stage of the CEA.
CBA Finance Program has passed the EFMD Program Accreditation Process (EPAS) eligibility stage in 2018 and started working on EPAS Accreditation Requirements (self – Assessment Report, the Student Report, Updated Data Sheet). All EPAS requirements are expected to be submitted in January 2020, and the Peer Review Visit to be held in March, 2020.
Membership

An EFMD member since 2005

CBA is a member of “The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business” – AACSB

A member of the "Association of MBAs" AMBA

UBT is a member of Association of Arab Universities (AARU).

UBT is a member of International Association of Universities (IAU).

UBT is a member of IREG observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence