
Strathclyde Business SchoolAccreditations & 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, 2021)
- 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
- Shortlisted for University of the Year 2021 The Sunday by Times Good University Guide
Programme rankings
- MSc Finance has consistently featured in Financial Times Masters in Finance Pre-Experience 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 2022
- Accounting & Finance – 1st in UK
- Marketing – 1st in Scotland; 3rd in UK
- Business & Management Studies – 2nd in Scotland; 5th in UK
- Economics – 2nd in Scotland; 8th in UK
The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022
- Accounting & Finance – 1st in UK
- Economics – 1st in Scotland, 4th in UK
- Business, Management and Marketing – 2nd in Scotland, 8th in the UK
The Guardian Best UK Universities 2022
- Accounting & Finance – 2nd in Scotland; 8th in UK
- Business, Management & Marketing – 4th in Scotland; 17th in UK
- Economics – 4th in Scotland; 9th in UK
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University of Strathclyde
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