Accreditation

Overview

Academic accreditation is a peer review process that aims to assure academic quality and accountability and to encourage improvement. Accrediting agencies develop evaluation criteria and conduct peer evaluations to assess whether or not those criteria are met. There are two basic types of educational accreditation, one identified as “institutional” and one referred to as “programmatic.”

CAA Accreditation

The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) was established by the founding President of the UAE, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Federal Law 4 of the year 1976).

WASC Accreditation

The 2023 Standards of Accreditation consist of four broad, holistic statements that reflect widely accepted good practices in higher education.

Programmatic Accreditation

The terms “specialized accreditation,” “professional accreditation,” and “programmatic accreditation” have the same meaning. Each of these terms means that a specific program within a college has earned an accreditation from a non-profit international accrediting organization. International programmatic accreditation is an honor to a program. It communicates to current students, prospective students, and professionals in the field that a particular program has been examined by its peers and found to of high quality.

CAA Accreditation of the Academic Programs

Internationally Accredited Undergraduate Programs