Accrediting Agencies
The list is not exhaustive. An acronym can apply to more than one agency, and an agency can have more than one acronym.
| Initials | Accrediting Agency |
| AAA | Adventist Accrediting Association (Accrediting Association of Seventh-day Adventist Schools, Colleges, and Universities) |
| AABC | Association for Biblical Higher Education (formerly Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges, now replaced by ABHE) |
| AAIA | Agencia Acreditadora de la Iglesia Adventista |
| ABGTS | Asia Baptist Graduate Theological Seminary |
| ABHE | Association for Biblical Higher Education |
| ABIBET | Brazilian Association of Institutions of Baptist Theological Education |
| ACATE | Association of Centres of Adult Theological Education |
| ACBC | Association of Canadian Bible Colleges |
| ACCR | Accreditation Commission Czech Republic |
| ACI | Accrediting Commission International |
| ACS | Association of Christian Schools |
| ACT | Australian College of Theology |
| ACTEA | Accrediting Council for Theological Education in Africa |
| ACTS | ACTS Seminaries, Trinity Western University |
| AETAL | Association for Evangelical Theological Education in Latin America |
| AFCCS | American Federation of Christian Colleges & Schools |
| ALIET | Asociacion Latinoamericana de Instituciones de Educacion Teologica |
| ANZATS | Australian and New Zealand Association of Theological Schools |
| APTA | Asia Pacific Theological Association |
| AQAS | Agentur für Qualirätssicherung durch Akkreditierung von Studiengängen |
| AQTF | Australian Quality Training Framework |
| ARACIS | Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| ARTS | Association of Reformed Theological Seminaries |
| ASATI | Association of Southern African Theological Institutions |
| ASIT | Association of Seminaries and Theological Institutions |
| ASQA | Australian Skills Quality Authority |
| ASTE | Asociacao de Seminarios Teologicos Evangelicos |
| ASTHEOL | Association of Theology Institutions in Francophone Africa |
| ATA | Asia Theological Association |
| ATEQSA | Australian Tertiary Education Qualifications and Standards Agency |
| ATESEA | Association for Theological Education in South East Asia |
| ATI | Association of Theological Institutions (India) |
| ATIEA | Association of Theological Institutions in East Africa |
| ATIME | Association for Theological Schools in the Middle East |
| ATISCA | Association of Theological Institutions in Southern and Central Africa |
| ATK | Academia Teologii Katholikiej |
| ATS | Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada |
| ATTS | African Theological Training Service |
| AUDTRS | Association of University Departments of Theology and Religious Studies |
| BAC | British Accreditation Council |
| BETI | Bulgarian Evangelical Theological Institute |
| BTF | Brussels Theological Faculty |
| BUA | British Universities of Academics |
| CCCU | Council for Christian Colleges and Universities |
| CETA | Carribbean Evangelical Theological Association |
| CETELA | Comunidad de Educacion Teologica Ecumenica Latinoamericana y Caribe |
| CGCE | Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Education |
| CHEP | Commission of Higher Education of the Philippines |
| CITAF | Conseil des Institutions Théologiques d'Afrique francophone |
| COCTI | Conference of Catholic Theological Institutions |
| CTECCC | Committee on Theological Education of China Christian Council |
| CTM | Comunidad Teológica de México |
| CUEA | Catholic University of Eastern Africa |
| EAAA | Euro-Asian Accrediting Association |
| EEAA | European Evangelical Accrediting Association |
| EPTA | European Pentecostal Theological Association |
| FME | French Ministry of Education |
| GMH | Gimlekollen Media Høgskole |
| HME | Hungarian Ministry of Education |
| IACS | International Accrediting Commission for Schools |
| IATA | International Association for Theological Accreditation |
| ICETE | International Council for Evangelical Theological Education |
| ICI | International Correspondence Institutute |
| ICP | Institut Catholique de Paris |
| IFTM | Institut de formation théologique de Montréal |
| JATE | Japanese Association of Theological Education |
| KAATS | Korean Association of Accredited Theological Schools |
| MAB | Magyar Akkreditációs Bizottság |
| MATS | Malaysia Association of Theological Schools |
| MEATE | Middle East Associaiton for Theological Educaiton |
| MEC | Ministério da Educação e Cultura |
| NABG | The National Accreditation Board of Ghana |
| NASC | Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges |
| NCA | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| NCACS | see NCA |
| NCACU | see NCA |
| NEAA | National Evaluation and Accreditation Agency |
| NEAATS | North East Asia Association of Theological Schools |
| NHSC | National Home Study Council |
| NOKUT | Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education |
| NQA | Namibia Qualifications Authority |
| NSW DET | NSW Department of Education and Training |
| NZQA | New Zealand Qualification Authority |
| OCMS | Oxford Centre for Mission Studies |
| PAAS | Philippine Accrediting Association of Schools |
| PABATS | Philippine Association of Bible and Theological Schools |
| PASTI | Persekutuan Antar Sekolah Teologi Injili in Indonesia |
| PATK | Papieska Akademia Teologiczna w Krakowie |
| PERSETIA | Indonesian Association of Theological Schools |
| PKA | Państwowej Komisji Akredytacyjnej |
| QAAUK | Quality Assurance Agency UK |
| SAABC | Southern Accrediting Association of Bible Colleges |
| SACS | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| SATS | South African Theological Seminary |
| SPABC | South Pacific Association of Bible Colleges |
| SPAEC | South Pacific Association of Evangelical Colleges |
| SPATS | South Pacific Association of Theological Schools |
| STGKI | Sekolah Teol. Gereja Kemah Inji |
| TAFTEE | The Association For Theological Education by Extension |
| TCU | Tanzania Commission of Universities |
| TECSL | Tertiary Education Commission Sierra Leone |
| TEE | Theological Education by Extension |
| TQA | Tasmanian Qualifications Authority |
| TRACS | Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools |
| UNCHE | Uganda National Council for Higher Education |
| UNISA | University of South Africa |
| WAAST | West African Advanced School of Theology |
| WAATI | West Africa Association of Theological Institutions |
| WASC | Western Association of Schools and Colleges |
| WOCATI | World Conference of Associations of Theological Institutions |