Korea University Business School Earns Five-Year EQUIS Reaccreditation,

Becoming Korea’s Only Business School to Achieve Five Consecutive EQUIS Accreditations

Korea University Business School (KUBS) announced on May 28, 2026, that it has earned five-year reaccreditation under EQUIS (EFMD Quality Improvement System) from EFMD, one of the world’s most prestigious international accreditation bodies for business education.

EQUIS is a global accreditation system that comprehensively evaluates business schools worldwide in areas including strategy, academic programs, research, internationalization, industry-academic collaboration, and ethics, responsibility, and sustainability (ERS). It is granted only to leading business schools that meet the highest international standards. Accreditation decisions are classified as five-year accreditation, three-year accreditation, or deferral or withdrawal of accreditation. KUBS received the highest level of recognition: five-year accreditation.

Since becoming the first business school in Korea to earn EQUIS accreditation in 2007, KUBS has successfully achieved reaccreditation in 2010, 2015, 2021, and again this year, consistently demonstrating world-class competitiveness in education and research.

In its assessment report, the EFMD Peer Review Team noted that KUBS “continues to advance as a world-class business school and aligns with the core values of EQUIS.” The team identified KUBS’s key strengths as continuous educational innovation, the convergence of business and technology, strong industry-academic collaboration, outstanding research capabilities, active internationalization, and a robust alumni network and community culture.

“This five-year reaccreditation is the result of our sustained innovation across education, research, internationalization, and industry-academic collaboration,” said Dean Eonsoo Kim. “Under our vision of ‘Business for Society,’ KUBS will continue to advance as a world-class business school that sets new standards for global business education.”

In 2005, KUBS became the first business school in Korea to earn AACSB accreditation for all of its academic programs, followed by EQUIS accreditation in 2007. By maintaining both of the world’s leading business education accreditations, KUBS continues to lead global business education in Korea.