Strathclyde Business School


The Strathclyde Business School is one of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1948, the school is located on Cathedral Street within the John Anderson campus of the University. It offers courses for business education and management development.
Strathclyde Business School has around 200 academic staff and more than 4500 students, with 11 subject departments and specialist units providing more specialist and cross-disciplinary postgraduate courses. It has been granted Triple Accreditation.
Strathclyde is the first triple accredited business school in Scotland. In November 2016, it was awarded THE Business School of the Year in UK. The Economist and Financial Times ranked the Strathclyde Business School's Master of Business Administration 76th and 63rd worldwide in 2016, while its Executive MBA and Master's program in Finance was ranked 41st and 33rd worldwide by Financial Times in 2016. The school has international centres in six countries: Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, UAE, Oman, and Malaysia

Academic departments

There are six academic departments within the school:
Each department offers postgraduate, undergraduate and research programmes. The business school also offers faculty-wide programmes, both research and taught – the Master of Business Administration, Executive Masters in Hospitality and Tourism Leadership, the Doctor of Business Administration, and Research Methodology in Business & Management.
The business school has several research units:
In October 1988 the school launched its first Master of Business Administration centre abroad, in Singapore; a second centre opened in Hong Kong in April 1989. SBS was criticized for discrimination against Indian students. the school has eight international centres across seven countries: Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, Oman, and Malaysia, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Recognition

Quality Accreditations

Strathclyde is the first triple accredited business school in Scotland, one of a small percentage worldwide to be triple accredited, holding accreditation from the international bodies, AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS.

CFA Institute University Recognition Programme

Strathclyde Business School offers several postgraduate programmes recognised by the CFA Institute for including a significant portion of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge and the Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Conduct. The programmes recognised are the MSc Finance, MSc International Accounting and Finance, MSc Investment and Finance and the MSc International Banking and Finance.

Research Excellence Framework

In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, Strathclyde Business School was rated in the top 10 in the UK for its research, number one in Scotland on GPA, 3rd in the UK for the impact of their research and achieved the highest possible rating for their research environment.
There are also a number of discipline-specific accreditations held by departments:

University of the Year 2019

In November 2019 the University was awarded with the Times Higher Education Awards and won the UK’s University of the Year award for the second time as the first University ever. The jury emphasized on the vital social mission and the extremely high innovation power which is shown among other things in the development of Scotland’s first innovation district, bringing researchers together with technology and creative start-ups, and also in the institution’s approach to policy engagement.

Business School of the Year 2016

In November 2016, Strathclyde Business School was awarded THE Business School of the Year in the Times Higher Education Awards.

University of the Year 2012

In November 2012 the University was shortlisted for 4 categories in the Times Higher Education Awards and won the UK’s University of the Year award.

UK Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2013

In the Times Higher Education 2013 Awards, the University won the "UK Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2013" award, making Strathclyde the first Scottish university to hold the title.

Notable alumni