Accreditation is the action through which the State adopts and makes public the recognition academic peers make of the verification an institution conducts on the quality of its academic programs, its organization and operation, and compliance of its social function.

However, it must be kept in mind that the accreditation is not merely an opportunity for recognition by the State of the quality of a program or an institution; it is an occassion to compare the formation imparted to that acknowledged as valid and desired by academic peers, that is, those who represent the duty for being, those who have the essential qualities of the community that is recognized as having that knowledge and which has acquired, therein, a social responsibility. It is also an occassion to recognize the dynamics of quality improvement and define goals of desired development. Participation of internationally recognized peers within the accreditation process could derive into international recognition of the quality of programs and institutions.  (Definition by the National Accreditation Council - CNA)

Self-Assessment for Iunimayor

Self-assessment is the continuous and transparent analysis IUNIMAYOR conducts of its programs and processes, bearing in mind high-quality factors for higher education in Colombia determined by the National Accreditation Council - CNA, to establish improvement actions and projects that generate value in institutional growth.

Analysis Factors in The Iunimayor Self-Assessment Model

• Mission, vision, and institutional and program project.
• Students.
• Professors.
• Academic processes.
• Research and artistic and cultural creation.
• National and international visibility.
• Impact of alumni on the environment.
• Institutional welfare.
• Organization, management and administration.
• Physical and financial resources.