
Strathclyde Business School Accreditations & rankings
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 95 European Business Schools (Financial Times, 2022)
- 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 2020 by The Sunday Times Good University Guide
- Shortlisted for University of the Year 2021 The Sunday by Times Good University Guide
Programme rankings
- Our Executive MBA is ranked in the top 10 of UK providers in FT EMBA Ranking 2022 (only Scottish provider to be featured)
- The Strathclyde MBA is featured in Corporate Knights Better World MBA ranking 2022
Subject rankings
Complete University Guide 2023
- Accounting & Finance – 1st in Scotland, 6th in UK
- Marketing – 1st in Scotland; 7th in UK
- Economics – 2nd in Scotland; 11th in UK
- Business & Management Studies – 4th in Scotland; 16th in UK
The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023
- Accounting & Finance – 2nd in UK
- Economics – 5th in UK
- Business, Management & Marketing – 9th in UK
The Guardian Best UK Universities 2023
- Accounting & Finance – 4th in Scotland; 10th in UK
- Business & Management – 5th in Scotland; 14th in UK
- Economics – 5th in Scotland; 14th in UK
- Marketing & Public Relations – 3rd in Scotland; 13th in UK
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