Free Database to Verify the Accreditation of any College or University in the World? Is there a free, authoritative, trustworthy online database where one can look-up the accreditation of any college or university in the world?
For information about European institutions, the best starting point for such an online search is possibly the ENIC-NARIC network (European Network of National Information Centres on academic recognition and mobility) which lists the national accreditation organisations.

A list of accredited Swiss higher education institutions can be found at the site of the Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities CRUS.

A database of accredited study programmes in Germany can be found at the site of the German Accreditation Council.

The Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders NVAO has a similar database of Dutch and Flemish study programmes and institutions.