About Beta Gamma Sigma

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) is the highest recognition a business student can achieve in a baccalaureate or graduate business program anywhere in the world!

BGS recognizes the most academically outstanding business students.

BGS was founded as an honor society in 1913 and membership now numbers over 580,000. There are members in all 50 states and in 160 countries around the world.

To qualify for a BGS chapter, a business program must be accredited by AACSB International. This accreditation is the highest standard of achievement for business schools in the world. AACSB International accreditation requires business programs to pass a rigorous and comprehensive peer review every few years; it represents excellence in management education.