Your AI program will be evaluated.
By someone.
Annual renewal required to maintain standing
What NAIC reviews
when evaluating
an AI program.
Every organization deploying AI is asking the same questions. Where do we start. What are the guardrails. How do we know our practice is sound. How do we demonstrate that to clients, partners, and regulators.
The NAIC seal is the answer. It means the organization has been educated to the national standard and assessed by a Commission board of daily practitioners who govern the standard in their respective industries. Every client who sees it knows what it means. Every client who does not see it notices its absence.
NAIC governs both sides of every transaction. Organizations on the supply side are certified by tier and solution category. Clients on the demand side work only with vendors the Commission has reviewed and approved. The registry is public. The standing is current.
Curriculum against the NAIC National AI Education Standard
Coverage of AI governance, ethics, technical foundations, responsible deployment, and regulatory awareness across the program's core offerings.
Faculty credentials and professional AI experience
Whether the people teaching AI have deployed it. Academic credentials alone do not satisfy this standard.
Research output and real-world application
Published research, industry partnerships, student project outcomes, and evidence that the program produces practitioners, not just graduates.
Institutional AI governance framework
How the institution itself governs AI. Internal deployment policies, ethics review processes, and data governance infrastructure.
Student outcome and employment data
Where graduates go and what they do. A program that does not produce employable AI practitioners does not meet the NAIC standard regardless of curriculum quality.
The designation in four
real situations.
"Which programs actually prepare me for AI work?"
"Does this candidate's program meet a real standard?"
"Which institutions should receive AI research investment?"
"Which institutions are qualified to evaluate our product?"
Three levels.
One standard.
Each tier reflects the scope and depth of NAIC's review. The designation is public record in the NAIC registry. Accreditation is annual. An institution that does not renew no longer holds NAIC standing.
NAIC Recognized
- NAIC Recognized Institution seal
- Public institutional directory listing
- Curriculum review against NAIC standards
- Faculty credential assessment
- Written evaluation report
- NAIC standards access and updates
NAIC Accredited
- Full NAIC Accreditation seal
- Access to NAIC Commercial Registry vendors
- Ability to receive bids from NAIC-registered AI companies
- Full curriculum and governance review
- Faculty, research, and outcome assessment
- Ethics and responsible AI program evaluation
- Detailed accreditation report with findings
NAIC Distinguished
- All Accredited benefits
- Named seat on the NAIC University Advisory Council
- Input into NAIC national AI education standards
- Priority in all NAIC publications and communications
- Dedicated NAIC academic liaison
- Quarterly standards briefings
From application
to designation.
Application and Documentation Submission
NAIC Commission Review
Written Assessment Issued
Designation Awarded and Published
The founding class
is open.
Institutions that join NAIC in the formation period hold founding accreditation standing. The review process, the standards, and the registry are being built with the founding class. That standing is not available after formation closes.
The institutions setting the standard now will not be subject to a standard written without them.