Did You Know This About The EI?
I did some research recently for a series of white papers and articles on how much ITIL has traveled since its humble beginnings 20 years ago.
As of July 01, 2009 there are eight (8) ITIL Examining Institutes (EI). Each EI has accredited many training organizatons (ATOs). Here is a list of the EIs along with the number of unique ATOs for each. The ATOs include organizations offering both ITIL V2 and V3 courses. By the way, some organizations still offer some V1 courses, though often without certification.
Of course some new ATOs may have been accredited since, some may have gone out of business, and some may have been acquired by, or merged with, other organizations.
The EI are, in alphabetical order:
APMG-International:
- 37 single organizations
- representing 44 different offices/locations
BCS-ISEB:
- 63 single organizations
- representing 65 different offices/locations
CSME:
- 7 single organizations
- representing 7 different offices/locations
DANSK IT:
- 6 single organizations
- representing 6 different offices/locations
DF Certifiering AB:
- 8 single organizations
- representing 8 different offices/locations
EXIN:
- 270 single organizations
- representing 627 offices/locations
LCS:
- 59 single organizations
- representing 87 different offices/locations
TÜV SÜD Akademie:
- recognizes all of EXIN’s ATO
In total, there are 367 ATOs. They have a combined total of 844 offices/locations in 62 countries.
There are also 40 organizations called ATP, which are Accredited Training Partners. The organizations offer the course material created by another organization.
For those of you who are wondering, the official ITIL website provides a list of 307 ATO offering ITIL V3 certifications.
For more information on the EI and ATO, please visit the official ITIL website at:
More information can be found about each EI and a link to each EI’s website is provided as well.
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