Criteria for Membership

Full Members:

• must be legally incorporated and situated within the Commonwealth (unless they have chosen to remain in membership when their country withdraws or is removed from the Commonwealth)

• must be approved by the appropriate government authority to provide higher education

• must be approved by the appropriate government authority to award their own degrees

• must have graduated at least one cohort of students

• must have at least 250 full-time equivalent students (50% of whom must be studying at first or higher degree level)

Associate Members*:

• will normally be University Colleges, Colleges of Universities or other higher education institutions whose students may be awarded the degrees of another institution under a franchise, licence or other collaborative agreement. The degree-awarding institution itself must be located in the Commonwealth and eligible for full membership of the ACU

• must be legally incorporated and situated within the Commonwealth (unless they have chosen to remain in membership when their country withdraws or is removed from the Commonwealth)

• must be approved by the appropriate government authority to provide higher education

• must have graduated at least one cohort of students

• must have at least 250 full-time equivalent students (50% of whom must be studying at first or higher degree level)

*Associate members may not vote at a General Meeting nor take part in elections for the Council or for its officers

Admission to membership

Members will be admitted by the Secretary General on payment of the appropriate annual subscription. This membership will be provisional, subject to the approval of the Council at its next meeting.