St Clements University Higher Education School in
Niue states that it was licensed by the Niue Minister of Higher Education in March 2005 and is approved by the Association of Computer Professionals and the Association of Tourism and Hospitality Executives to teach their programs. St Clements University states that its operation in
Somalia was accredited by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia in 2007. The
Université Suisse Privée St Cléments states that it was registered in the Swiss canton of
Vaud in 2009 and offers joint programs with the
Institute of Professional Financial Managers, the Institute of Management Specialists, Design, Technology and Management Society International, the International Institute of Engineers, the International Guild of Academians and the Institute of Human Resource Management. St Clements University has no United States accreditation. It is not accredited according to
Oregon,
Texas,
Michigan, and
Maine official government listings. According to the
United States Department of Education, unaccredited degrees and credits may be unacceptable to employers or other institutions and restricted or illegal in some jurisdictions, e.g. St Clements University degrees are illegal to use in
Texas and have restrictions to their use in
Oregon. The
Oregon Office of Degree Authorization reports that the government of New Zealand treats the St. Clements operation in Niue as being "substandard" and has requested "that its degrees not be included in international listings." In 2020, St. Clements University appointed Roderick Andrew Lee Ford, an American attorney and former judge advocate attorney in the United States Army, as its chancellor and whose primary mission is to review all university programmes, accreditation status, and policies in an effort to upgrade its academic standing in various states in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the British West Indies, Africa, Asia, and Europe. ==Australian controversy==