Accreditation & Recognition

Recognition by the Hellenic Republic

Anatolia American University - ULE has been granted a license to operate in Greece as a non-profit, non-state university (University Legal Entity), offering degrees fully equivalent to those of Greek public universities.

(Government Gazette, FEK Β’ 5564/2026)

Partnership with The Open University (UK)

Anatolia American University - ULE was established following an application submitted by The Open University (UK) in collaboration with the Trustees of Anatolia. The Open University — the United Kingdom’s largest public research university — supports Anatolia American University’s development of academic programs aligned with international standards.

Institutional Accreditation (U.S.)

Anatolia has been recognized as a degree-granting institution in the United States since 1894, and received official accreditation from the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) in 1997. NECHE is among the oldest U.S. accrediting bodies and accredits many of the country’s most highly ranked institutions.

Anatolia American University is chartered by the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (USA) as an Independent Institution of Higher Education.