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.
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.
Shankar Sankaran, PhD, PMP
Chair
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
Tracey Richardson, EdD, PMI-RMP, PMP
Vice Chair
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
United States
Rebecca Lippert, EdD
Ex-Officio
Project Management Institute United States
Yanping Chen, PhD, PMP, PMI Fellow
The University of Management and Technology
China
Joseph Griffin, DMin
Northeastern University
United States
Karuna Jain, PhD
Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay Powai
India
Nathan Johnson, PhD, PMP
Western Carolina University United States
Alejandro Romero-Torres, PhD, PMP, SPC
Université du Québec à Montréal
Canada
Qian Shi, PhD
Tongji University
China
Langes Supramaniam, PMP
Cardiff Met University United Kingdom
Tetsuya TOMA, PhD, PMP
Keio University
Japan