UMT is an institutional
member of Council
for Higher Education Accreditation (www.chea.org). CHEA is
a private, nonprofit national
organization that coordinates
accreditation activities
in the United States. CHEA is
largest institutional higher
education membership organization
in the United States with
approximately 3,000 accredited
colleges and universities
and more than 60 participating
national, regional, and
specialized accrediting
organizations.
UMT is accredited by
the Accrediting Commission
of the Distance
Education and Training
Council (DETC, www.detc.org).
The Accrediting Commission
of the Distance Education
and Training Council
is listed by the U.S.
Department of Education
as a nationally recognized
accrediting agency. The
Distance Education and
Training Council was
founded in 1926 and it
is the only accreditation
body that authorized
to accredit universities
and schools offering
programs outside the
United States far from
its US based campuses.
UMT is listed on the recognized institutions in the IAU
Database in the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO, www.unesco.org).
The database includes information available on the higher
education systems of some 180 countries and territories worldwide.
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