Euclid University (EUCLID) (or Pôle Universitaire Euclide - French official name) was established by intergovernmental agreement under public international law [1 ] with explicit governmental and intergovernmental accreditation (effective entry into force, April 2008, multilateral entry into force, June 2008). This is the highest form of governmental accreditation an institution can have. Article 1 declares: "In order to ensure the international usefulness of the programs offered, EUCLID is chartered to confer diplomas, degrees and completion certificates accredited by the ministries of Education of the Participating Parties."

Hence, the degrees granted by EUCLID (Euclid University) are governmentally chartered and accredited, indeed intergovernmentally accredited by treaty, and therefore globally recognized.

However, it should be noted that EUCLID is not a US-based institution and does not seek or hold accreditation from CHEA-related agencies. From a US perspective, EUCLID is a foreign institution. Students who are seeking a program requiring CHEA related accreditation should consult http://www.chea.org/search/

Note: prior to the entry into force of the EUCLID MOU, Euclid University did not exist as a free-standing and chartered institution, which means that the degree issuance and accreditation was secured through the Euclid Consortium member universities. As of April 2008, this is no longer the case and this information may supersede older pages. The EUCLID MOU was specifically approved by the Participating States to address issues created by the fact that the Euclid University Consortium (sometimes erroneously called Euclid University) was not itself chartered and accredited as degree-granting institution.

OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENTS PERTAINING TO ACCREDITATION

EUCLID is party to a Memorandum of Understanding with CAFRAD which is also relevant to accreditation. CAFRAD, an intergovernmental organization established in 1964 by African and Indian Ocean governments, with the support of UNESCO. CAFRAD's Member States are Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo and Tunisia. CAFRAD is a partner IGO of the United Nations Public Administration Network (UNPAN). On the topic of mutual accreditation between the two intergovernmental bodies, the MOU (Article 4: Mutual Accreditation) states that "CAFRAD recognizes the governmental and intergovernmental accreditation of EUCLID’s program granted by the Ministries of Education of the EUCLID Participating Parties."

EUCLID / CAFRAD MOU

In December 2006, a landmark cooperative program (MOU) signed by IOSD and ICCI (an affiliated institution of OIC) formalized the recognition of Euclid's programs by this major intergovernmental organization of 57 Member States in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and South America.

("In order to ensure the international usefulness of the educational programs offered, ICCI recognizes the applicable governmental and multi-governmental accreditation of the constitutive universities of the Euclid consortium and therefore of Euclid sponsored joint degrees and certificates").

This official agreement, initially applicable to the Euclid Consortium joint programs, ensures that students residing in OIC/ICCI member states will enjoy full recognition of their Euclid-sponsored education by their national educational and governmental authorities.

Please note that EUCLID (Euclid University) is connected with but not identical with the Euclid Consortium. Please refer to the Consortium site for more information on the accreditation applicable to the consortium's offering.

MORE INFORMATION ON ACCREDITATION, RECOGNITION AND TRANSFERABILITY

EUCLID, together with the Euclid Consortium, has a mission to serve students from the four corners of the world, which makes the question of global accreditation, recognition and transferability both extremely important and complex.

Accreditation is the formal recognition of an institution or degree program by a governmental agency, or by an independent agency whose judgment is recognized by a government. In most countries, universities are considered government institutions and their degrees are issued under the direct authority of their Ministry of Education.

Ultimately, it must be stressed that acceptance of any academic title by another university or institution is always decided by the receiving institution and cannot be guaranteed or demanded.