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 |
NTA | National Theological Association |
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 |