जर्मनी was one of the last western countries to adopt the MBA degree. In 1998, the "Hochschulrahmengesetz" (Higher Education Framework Act), a German federal law regulating higher education including the types of degrees offered, was modified to permit German universities to offer master's degrees. The traditional German degree in business administration was the Diplom but since 1999, bachelor's and master's degrees have gradually displaced the traditional degrees (see Bologna process). Today most German business schools offer the MBA. Most German states require that MBA degrees have to be accredited by one of the six agencies officially recognized by the German "Akkreditierungsrat" (accreditation council), the German counterpart to the US-American CHEA. The busiest of these six agencies (in respect to MBA degrees) is the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA). All universities themselves have to be institutionally accredited by the state ("staatlich anerkannt").

In ऑस्ट्रिया, MBA programs of private universities have to be accredited by the ऑस्ट्रियाn Accreditation Council ("Österreichischer Akkreditierungsrat"). State-run universities have no accreditation requirements, however, some of them voluntarily undergo accreditation procedures by independent bodies. There are also MBA programs of non-academic business schools, who are enशीर्षकd by the ऑस्ट्रियाn government to offer these programs until 2010 ("Lehrgang universitären Charakters"). Some non-academic institutions cooperate with state-run universities to ensure legality of their degrees.

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