American University of Bahrain Receives Accreditation from US-based Higher Education Commission

American University of Bahrain Receives Accreditation from US-based Higher Education Commission

Reaching a new feat this year that benefits its students and its international standing, the American University of Bahrain (AUBH) announced that it has received U.S. accreditation through the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC), one of the seven best-known accrediting agencies in the USA. This makes AUBH among a handful of other universities accredited the commission in the GCC and MENA region.

President of the University, Dr. Bradley J Cook announced the accreditation at a Ramadan Ghabga hosted at the campus on Tuesday. He stated that the University received the accreditation for upholding the highest international academic standards for educational quality and effectiveness.

In 2019, Elm Education, a Bahrain-based education investment fund established by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat), launched AUBH as the Kingdom’s first comprehensive, purpose-built, co-educational university based on the American model.

AUBH is licensed by the Higher Education Council of the Ministry of Education in Bahrain, the national regulator for the Kingdom’s Higher Education Institutions, and is a CIQG Member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) in the U.S. AUBH has also recently achieved official recognition by the Ministry of Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Bradley Cook, AUBH President commented: “With quality assurance as