Established in 2001
Over 130 Degree Programs
Member of ASPA
The Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC) is an independent academic accreditation body with policies, procedures, and standards for project, program, portfolio management and related programs at the bachelor’s, post graduate and doctoral degree levels.
The mission of GAC is to advance excellence in education worldwide, while its primary objective is to ensure that GAC accredited programs prepare students to meet the current and anticipated needs of businesses and government organizations for qualified professionals working in the field.
GAC is a member of the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA), which advances the knowledge, skills, good practices, and ethical commitments of accreditors as a means of enhancing educational quality.
A review of the PMI Global Accreditation Center for Project Management Education Programs (GAC) - includes information on the application process as well as the value and benefits gained once an academic program is accredited.
The GAC Directors
The GAC is governed by the GAC Directors who serve as the policy-making body in all matters related to GAC Accreditation of academic programs in the field of project, program and portfolio management, and are solely responsible for all related decisions.
This volunteer group is composed of seven to eleven members with a majority of members drawn from academia, and one public member.

Yanping Chen, PMP, PMI Fellow
The University of Management and Technology
China

Shankar Sankaran, Phd, MEng, BSc, PMP
Chair
University of Technology Sydney
Australia

Vittal Anantatmula, D.Sc. PMP
Western Carolina University
United States

Paul Gardiner
Skema Business School
France

Charles Hickman
Public Member
United States

Karuna Jain, PhD
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay Powai
India

Heather Ramsey
Ex-Officio
Project Management Institute
United States

Qian Shi
Tongji University
China

Tracey Richardson, PMI-RMP, PMP
Vice Chair
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
United States

Federico Vargas, DBA PMP
Universidad Latina / GE360
Costa Rica

Tetsuya TOMA, Ph.D, PMP
Keio University
Japan

Alejandro Romero-Torres, PhD, PMP, SPC
Université du Québec à Montréal
Canada