On 9th June 2010, the EFMD Annual General Assembly voted to declare Peking University HSBC Business School eligible to enter the EPAS accreditation process for the Master of Economics programme. EFMD Affiliated Membership of our institution was approved on 29th December 2009 by the EFMD Membership Review Committee.

EFMD Programme Accreditation System, EPAS for short, is one of the two international programme accreditation systems operated by EFMD. It aims to evaluate the quality of any business and/or management degree programme that has an international perspective and of an appropriately high quality. The eligibility to enter the accreditation process stands out as one of the notable landmarks in the institution’s progress of building an international business school.

EFMD, with its head office in Brussels, Belgium, is a global organisation devoted to the continuous improvement of management development. It brings together leading academics and senior executives from business schools and companies and provides them with unparalleled benchmarking and networking opportunities. EFMD has over 700 member organizations from academia, business, public service and consultancy in more than 80 countries.