diff --git a/src/controllers/api/accreditation.ts b/src/controllers/api/accreditation.ts
index b5a60e67..bf5d2abd 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/accreditation.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/accreditation.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type {
 	RevokeAccreditationRequestBody,
 	RevokeAccreditationRequestQuery,
 	RevokeAccreditationResponseBody,
+	SchemaUrlType,
 	SuspendAccreditationRequestBody,
 	SuspendAccreditationRequestQuery,
 	SuspendAccreditationResponseBody,
@@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ export class AccreditationController {
 		body('subjectDid').exists().isDID().bail(),
 		body('schemas').exists().isArray().withMessage('schemas must be a array').bail(),
 		body('schemas.*.url').isString().withMessage('schema urls must be a string').bail(),
-		body('schemas.*.type')
+		body('schemas.*.types')
 			.custom((value) => typeof value === 'string' || (Array.isArray(value) && typeof value[0] === 'string'))
-			.withMessage('schema type must be a string'),
+			.withMessage('schema.types must be a string or a string array'),
 		body('parentAccreditation').optional().isString().withMessage('parentAccreditation must be a string').bail(),
 		body('rootAuthorisation').optional().isString().withMessage('rootAuthorisation must be a string').bail(),
 		body('trustFramework').optional().isString().withMessage('trustFramework must be a string').bail(),
@@ -96,9 +97,9 @@ export class AccreditationController {
 		body('resourceType').optional().isString().withMessage('resourceType should be a string').bail(),
 		body('schemas').optional().isArray().withMessage('schemas must be a array').bail(),
 		body('schemas.*.url').isString().withMessage('schema urls must be a string').bail(),
-		body('schemas.*.type')
+		body('schemas.*.types')
 			.custom((value) => typeof value === 'string' || (Array.isArray(value) && typeof value[0] === 'string'))
-			.withMessage('schema type must be a string'),
+			.withMessage('schema.types must be a string or a string array'),
 		body('did')
 			.custom((value, { req }) => {
 				const { didUrl, resourceId, resourceName, resourceType } = req.body;
@@ -236,9 +237,9 @@ export class AccreditationController {
 			}
 
 			const resourceId = v4();
-			const accreditedFor = schemas.map(({ url, type }: any) => ({
+			const accreditedFor = schemas.map(({ url, types }: SchemaUrlType) => ({
 				schemaId: url,
-				type,
+				types: Array.isArray(types) ? types : [types],
 			}));
 
 			// construct credential request
@@ -402,9 +403,9 @@ export class AccreditationController {
 		}
 
 		try {
-			const accreditedFor = schemas?.map(({ url, type }: any) => ({
+			const accreditedFor = schemas?.map(({ url, types }: SchemaUrlType) => ({
 				schemaId: url,
-				type,
+				types: Array.isArray(types) ? types : [types],
 			}));
 
 			const result = await AccreditationService.instance.verify_accreditation(
diff --git a/src/services/api/accreditation.ts b/src/services/api/accreditation.ts
index 2a374407..b448168f 100644
--- a/src/services/api/accreditation.ts
+++ b/src/services/api/accreditation.ts
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ export class AccreditationService {
 			if (
 				!accreditedFor.every((schema) =>
 					accreditation.credentialSubject.accreditedFor.some(
-						(accredited) => accredited.type === schema.type && accredited.schemaId === schema.schemaId
+						(accredited) =>
+							accredited.types.every((value) => schema.types.includes(value)) &&
+							accredited.schemaId === schema.schemaId
 					)
 				)
 			) {
diff --git a/src/types/accreditation.ts b/src/types/accreditation.ts
index 8f1973d2..be9f041a 100644
--- a/src/types/accreditation.ts
+++ b/src/types/accreditation.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ export enum AccreditationRequestType {
 }
 
 export type AccreditationSchemaType = {
-	type: string;
+	types: string[];
 	schemaId: string;
 };
 
 export type SchemaUrlType = {
-	type: string;
+	types: string[] | string;
 	url: string;
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/accredit-jwt.json b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/accredit-jwt.json
index 2fa5965e..4033166b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/accredit-jwt.json
+++ b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/accredit-jwt.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"schemas": [
 		{
 			"url": "https://schema.org/Person",
-			"type": "Person"
+			"types": "Person"
 		}
 	],
 	"format": "jwt",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/attest-jwt.json b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/attest-jwt.json
index c8ee70ed..444b0104 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/attest-jwt.json
+++ b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/attest-jwt.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"schemas": [
 		{
 			"url": "https://schema.org/Person",
-			"type": "Person"
+			"types": "Person"
 		}
 	],
 	"format": "jwt",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/authorise-jwt-revocation.json b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/authorise-jwt-revocation.json
index 88615f28..92da1ce5 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/authorise-jwt-revocation.json
+++ b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/authorise-jwt-revocation.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	"schemas": [
 		{
 			"url": "https://schema.org/Learn",
-			"type": "Learn"
+			"types": "Learn"
 		}
 	],
 	"accreditationName": "revocationAccreditation",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/authorise-jwt.json b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/authorise-jwt.json
index 621926ae..90fcd174 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/authorise-jwt.json
+++ b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/authorise-jwt.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"schemas": [
 		{
 			"url": "https://schema.org/Person",
-			"type": "Person"
+			"types": "Person"
 		}
 	],
 	"format": "jwt",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/child-accredit-jwt.json b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/child-accredit-jwt.json
index 050bc224..d12ff950 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/child-accredit-jwt.json
+++ b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/child-accredit-jwt.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"schemas": [
 		{
 			"url": "https://schema.org/Person",
-			"type": "Person"
+			"types": "Person"
 		}
 	],
 	"format": "jwt",
diff --git a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/invalid-schema-accredit.json b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/invalid-schema-accredit.json
index dd25cc92..e75b3a84 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/invalid-schema-accredit.json
+++ b/tests/e2e/payloads/accreditation/invalid-schema-accredit.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"schemas": [
 		{
 			"url": "https://schema.org/Event",
-			"type": "Event"
+			"types": "Event"
 		}
 	],
 	"format": "jwt",