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BGA accreditation has endorsed the Graduate School of Business’s status as the leading business school and major provider of MBA programs in the region of Central Asia.  In addition, the accreditation supported the Graduate School of Business in launching a new partnership with Antwerp Management School. 

For the School of Hospitality and Tourism, this was the first serious achievement in the field of accreditations. It opened new perspectives for the school and now more international partners recognize it and consider it a valuable partner. The school is already engaging in international partnership with prominent hospitality schools around the world (including Swiss Hotel Management School, Cesar Ritz Colleges Switzerland, and Hotel Institute Montreux). 

BGA accreditation helps us to assess the institution’s market position both locally and especially globally, to run academic and non-academic activity which follows trends and challenges for continuous improvement. The re-accreditation processes encourage and stimulate AlmaU to support and integrate best standards on all levels of governance and academic affairs. It provides consultancy in key areas such as consistency, strategic development, and quality of educational processes. The two accredited schools of AlmaU hope to grow with BGA accreditation, with a long-term strategic vision of becoming a globally recognized university excelling in teaching, learning, research by 2030. 

The BGA accreditation is also a tool for enhancing and advancing the university’s reputation, positioning, and networking. Standing in line with the world’s prominent institutions highlights the strengths of AlmaU and raises the visibility of its impact. 

Undoubtedly, the BGA accreditation has made positive change for AlmaU in the sense that it put us in order, made us consider and find a rationale for our numerous activities related to social responsibility and third mission.  

Results of the BGA accreditation have been of great help in identifying areas where to improve against the UN SDGs and general sustainability issues.

Following the accreditation, the school revised its strategic plan for 2021-24. Revised mission ‘JSBE – Supporting Competitive, Digital, and Sustainable Transformation in Business and Economy’ highlights JSBE’s continuing commitment to be a force for good in the society supporting transformation.

The school also added descriptions of sustainability content to all relevant school courses when renewing the curricula of all degree programmes for 2020-23. Currently, over 30% of JSBE’s courses at all levels, from Bachelor’s to Master’s, Doctoral and Executive MBA studies, include sustainability content.

Lastly, the schools plans to follow the panel’s advice to strengthen the sustainability content of studies further by deepening collaboration with partners who possess knowledge in areas outside of the business school’s expertise; this will be used to strengthen JSBE’s quality of research in the field of business and sustainability.

The BGA accreditation has influenced the School’s offering in many ways, including inspiring direction of travel as a School that is committed in making an impact on their students and the wider community it serves. Internally, the process has improved organisational buy-in and governance, especially with the use of CIM to track and monitor progress across different dimensions and the key priority areas.  

Externally, it has helped to enhance the quality of programmes as well as other initiatives offered, which has enriched the students’ learning experience and values that the School delivered. It also acknowledged that the support provided to the accredited School students and alumni (i.e., consultancy services and materials) for their professional and personal development are overwhelmingly positive, especially in helping them to secure employment as well as to grow their career.  

BGA has also broadened opportunities for members of the school to disseminate their research, enabling a far-reaching audience through webinars and magazine articles, putting the School in a much desirable spotlight.