Triple accreditation

Strathclyde Business School has held triple accreditation from the three main business school accreditation bodies – AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB – since 2004. We were the first business school in Scotland to achieve triple accreditation.

• AACSB - the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, based in the USA
• EQUIS - the quality assurance scheme run by the European Foundation for Management Development (efmd), based in Brussels
• AMBA - the Association of MBAs, based in the UK

Department and programme accreditations

• Department of Work, Employment & Organisation is a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) Approved Centre
• Department of Accounting & Finance programmes are accredited by Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAS), Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), CFA Institute University Recognition Program
• Our Hospitality & Tourism degrees are accredited by the Institute of Hospitality

External recognition and milestones

• First business school in Scotland to achieve triple accreditation from the three main business school accreditation bodies – AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS (since 2004)
• First business school in Scotland to be awarded the Small Business Charter Award
• Featured in top 100 European Business Schools (Financial Times, 2025)
• Europe's first university faculty to be awarded a licence to operate an MBA in the UAE
• Recognised in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 for its world-leading research – ranked 2nd in Scotland (THE Research Power score)
• First university to be awarded the UK University of the Year award by Times Higher Education (THE) twice – in 2012 and 2019
• Scottish University of the Year 2026 and 2020 by The Sunday Times Good University Guide

Programme rankings

• Our Executive MBA is ranked in the top 100 FT EMBA Ranking 2024 (only Scottish provider to be featured)
• The Strathclyde MBA is featured in Corporate Knights Better World MBA ranking 2025

Subject rankings

Complete University Guide 2026

• Accounting & Finance – 2^nd in Scotland, 4^th in UK
• Business & Management Studies – 2^nd in Scotland; 8^th in UK
• Economics – 2^nd in Scotland; 9^th in UK
• Marketing – 1^st in Scotland; 6^th in UK
• Tourism, Transport, Travel & Heritage Studies - 2^nd in Scotland; 12^th in UK

The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2026

• Accounting & Finance – 1^st in Scotland; 4^th in UK
• Business, Management & Marketing – 2^nd in Scotland; 8^th in UK
• Economics – 2^nd in Scotland; 9^th in UK

The Guardian Best UK Universities 2026

• Accounting & Finance – 4^th in Scotland; 26^th in UK  
• Business & Management – 5^th in Scotland; 20^th in UK
• Economics – 4^th in Scotland; 21^st in UK
• Marketing & Public Relations – 2^nd in Scotland; 31^st in UK