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 miletsones
- 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 90 European Business Schools (Financial Times, 2020)
- Europe's first university faculty to be awarded a licence to operate an MBA in the UAE
- Ranked 1st in Scotland and top 10 in UK for business school research by Times Higher Education (based on REF2014)
- 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’ 2020 by The Sunday Times Good University Guide
- 5-star QS-rate university (2017-20)
Programme rankings
- MSc Finance has consistently featured in Financial Times Masters in Finance Pre-Experience ranking for nine years
- MSc Business & Management has consistently featured in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management ranking for over ten years
- Our full-time MBA has repeatedly featured in some of the most prestigious and well established international rankings (Financial Times Global MBA, Economist Full-Time MBA)
- Our executive MBA has repeatedly featured in some of the most prestigious and well established international rankings (Financial Times Executive MBA, Economist Executive MBA)
- Our full-time MBA has also performed well in more recently established rankings (QS Global MBA, América Economía Global MBA, Corporate Knights Better World MBA)
Subject rankings
Complete University Guide 2021
- Marketing – 1st in Scotland; 3rd in UK
- Accounting & Finance – 2nd in UK
- Economics – 3rd in Scotland; 8th in UK
- Business & Management Studies – 2nd in Scotland; 8th in UK
The Guardian Best UK Universities 2021
- Business, Management & Marketing – 2nd in Scotland; 10th in UK
- Economics – 2nd in Scotland; 4th in UK
- Accounting & Finance – 2nd in Scotland; 4th in UK
- Hospitality, Event Management & Tourism – 4th in Scotland; 20th in UK
Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021
- Accounting & Finance – 1st in UK
- Economics – 5th in UK
- Business Studies – 7th in the UK