Accreditations

European accreditations

UNYP is officially recognized by the Czech Ministry of Education, Youth, and Sports as a private higher education institution. The Ministry of Education accredited five of UNYP’s bachelor’s degree programs. Students completing the Business Administration, Communication & Media, European Business Administration, International Relations, and Psychology degree programs were awarded a bakalář degree (Czech bachelor’s degree) from UNYP. The Ministry of Education also accredited UNYP’s graduate psychology program as a magister (Mgr.) degree.

European business degrees are currently in the process of re-accreditation. According to the decision of NAU (Čj.: NAU-353/2023-9 dated May 2, 2024) the validity of the current accreditation has been extended until September 30, 2027, to allow existing students to complete their studies.

UNYP has been accredited and recognized by the Czech Association of MBA Schools (CAMBAS) since 2003.

UNYP has been accredited as an Independent Higher Education Institution by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education since 2001.

The examinations of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) are the most widely recognized qualifications in Europe. ACCA recognizes several UNYP undergraduate courses as providing exemptions from some ACCA exams.

The European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) is one of the most prominent global institutions that provide institutional and individual accreditations of coaching and mentoring practice. UNYP MBA students, who successfully complete the Coaching and mentoring course, qualify for individual accreditation by EMCC as coaches/mentors.

US accreditations

The UNYP School of Business has received specialized programmatic accreditation for its business programs (BBA & MBA) through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs please view our IACBE member status page.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has approved several UNYP programs. This means that United States veterans and their eligible dependents who are interested in the opportunity to study in Europe may use their veterans’ benefits for the four-year bachelor’s degree programs, the MBA programs and the Ph.D. programs.

All of UNYP’s four-year American bachelor’s degree programs lead to the award of an American bachelor’s diploma from SUNY Empire State University. SUNY Empire is an American university accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the main academic accreditation body for American colleges and universities located in the Middle States region.

For more detailed and up-to-date information on all of our standing with the above accreditation bodies, you can find precise links on our accreditation details page.