ACCREDITATIONS, AUTHORIZATIONS AND APPROVALS

UAT is a senior college accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to award diplomas, associate's degrees, bachelor's degrees and master's degrees.

ACICS is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education. The Council for Higher Education Accreditation also recognizes ACICS's accreditation of degree-granting institutions. The mailing address for ACICS is: Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, 750 First St., NE #980, Washington DC 20002-4241, (202) 336-6780. ACICS can be found on the Internet at www.acics.org.

In addition, UAT holds the following accreditations, authorizations and approvals:

• Candidate with the Higher Learning Commission and an affiliate of the North Central Association
• Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), Accreditation Member
• Licensed by the Arizona State Board for Private Postsecondary Education
• Certified by the US Department of Education
• Network Security programs certified by the US National Security Agency's Information Assurance Courseware Evaluation program for 4011 CNSS National Standard for Information Systems Security (INFOSEC) Professionals and 4013 National Standard for System Administrators in Information Systems Security (INFOSEC)
• Programs approved for the training of veterans
• Approved by the Student and Exchange Visitor Information Systems (SEVIS) for training of foreign students
• Alpha Beta Kappa Honor Society
• Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Member
• Arizona Student Chapter of SIGGRAPH
• American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), Member
• Western Association of Student Employment Administrators, Member
• Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), Member
• Arizona Veterans Association, Member
• Better Business Bureau, Member
• National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA), Member
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators, Member

The major certificates of accreditation or membership are on display in the halls of the school. Those which are not on display may be viewed by directing a written request to the appropriate school official.