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