Accreditation Status
Bircham is not accredited by any recognized accreditation agency. BIU claimed accreditation from an organization called Educational Quality Accreditation, which the 2003 edition of Bears' Guide describes as "the unlocatable and unrecognized accreditor for the nonwonderful Bircham International University." As of July 2010, its website contains a list of accreditations from entities that are not recognized as educational accreditors. Some of these entities, including the Academy for the Promotion of International Culture and Scientific Exchange and the American Association of Drugless Practitioners, also list Bircham among their membership or have listed Bircham in this manner in the past. Neither of these is a recognized accreditation agency. As of 2010, BIU is listed as a member of the European Foundation for Quality in eLearning, a membership organization that does not engage in educational accreditation, and the International Accreditation and Recognition Council, an unrecognized accreditation agency.
According to IAU Universities List of accredited schools, Bircham is not accredited in Spain. Other sources explicitly listing it as "unaccredited" include The Maine Department of Education and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, which state that Bircham has "No degree-granting authority from Spain (American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers evaluation)". The Oregon Office of Degree Authorization considers BIU an unaccredited foreign degree supplier. Bircham's website acknowledges that the institution is not accredited by any agency recognized by the U.S. Council on Higher Education Accreditation, but it states that "as a provider of non formal education, ... no further authorization from a Ministry of Education is required."
Because BIU is not accredited by a recognized accreditation body in the countries where it operates, its degrees and credits might not be acceptable to employers or other institutions. Use of degree titles may be restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions.
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