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Academic partners

The institutions behind our awards

ECC does not award its own degrees. Every qualification is conferred by a partner institution, each with its own accreditation and academic governance.

Academic partners

Global institutions, delivered locally

ECC works with accredited universities and institutes across Europe, Asia and the Gulf so that a qualification earned in Dubai carries weight everywhere.

  • IBAS specialises in Master’s and Doctorate programmes in Business Administration. Its curriculum is designed to prepare students to become top professionals in business and management, and to contribute to the world and their own countries through their knowledge.

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  • An international, open, creative and entrepreneurial university from Zagreb. For the last 20 years VERN has been a leading private university in Croatia and the region, currently offering 10 bachelor and 7 graduate programmes, with international mobility at the centre of student and staff life.

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  • United Kingdom

    CMI

    A dynamic social enterprise that is both well managed and true to its values. Those values mean that even if you have never worked with CMI before, you know what to expect.

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  • Part of the global network of Design Thinking schools alongside the USA, Germany and South Africa. With more than nine years running Design Thinking programmes for the public and private sectors, Genovasi has worked across government ministries and agencies as well as telecommunications, media and consumer goods.

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Accreditations & recognition

Credentials you can verify

ECC awards are conferred under the institutional accreditation of our partners. Every programme page states exactly who confers the award.

  • International Education Board

    IEB

    Founded in 2012 as the International Skill Education Quality Standards Accreditation and renamed the International Education Board in 2021. It recognises institutions for research performance, student services and teaching quality. IEB accreditation is a voluntary, non-governmental quality assurance and institutional development process.

  • The American Accreditation Association

    United States

    Recognised by the State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia and authorised to transact accreditation services under Title 13.1 of the Code of Virginia. A partner of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).

  • EduQual

    United Kingdom

    A UK-based, regulated and globally recognised awarding body providing high-quality, affordable qualifications, with partner centres across Africa, the Americas, Asia and Europe.

  • CTH

    United Kingdom

    The Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality, founded in 1982, is the UK’s leading specialist professional awarding body for the sector. Its network of more than two hundred approved learning centres worldwide delivers CTH qualifications to thousands of students each year.

  • CMI

    United Kingdom

    The Chartered Management Institute is the only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to the highest standards in management and leadership, with a network of over 150,000 professionals.

  • LEB

    United Kingdom

    The London Examinations Board is a UK educational body registered with the UK Register of Learning Providers and associated with the Skills Funding Agency.

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