Swiss Management Center is a for-profit corporation founded in 1985 with operative headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

The company holds interests in various higher education projects through which it offers online Bachelor -, Master-, and Doctorate programs. SMC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), a specialized accreditation association for business education. ACBSP is a programatic accreditation body in the U.S., recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Council for Higher Education Accreditation

The Council for Higher Education Accreditation is a United States organization of degree-granting colleges and universities. It identifies its purpose as providing national advocacy for self-regulation of academic quality through accreditation in order to certify the quality of higher education...

  (CHEA). SMC is also accredited by the European Council for Business Education

European Council for Business Education

The European Council for Business Education was founded in 1991 as an independent, not-for-profit organisation headquartered in Belgium. The aim of ECBE is to accredit schools of business from across Europe to ensure excellence in business education and teaching...

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In an MBA overview by the Financial Times

Financial Times

The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....

 in 2010, no accreditation was listed for SMC. In Germany the Kultusministerkonferenz

Kultusministerkonferenz

The Kultusministerkonferenz is the assembly of ministers for education of each Bundesland state in Germany...

 assessed the Swiss Management Center as a private "not recognized institution", and the Swiss University Conference

Swiss University Conference

The Swiss University Conference is the joint organization of the cantons and the Swiss Confederation for university politics. The legal basis for the organization was laid down, on the one hand, in the Law on Promotion of the Universities of 8 October 1999 and, on the other, in the Intercantonal...

does not list SMC among the "Recognised or Accredited Swiss Higher Education Institutions".