Students > 4,500 | Established 1947 Academic staff ca 200 | |
The Strathclyde Business School (SBS) is one of four faculties forming the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1947, the school is located on Cathedral Street within the John Anderson campus of the University, it offers courses for business education and management development.
Contents
- Academic departments
- International centres
- Quality Accreditations
- CFA Institute University Recognition Program
- Research Excellence Framework
- Business School of the Year 2016
- University of the Year 2012
- UK Entrepreneurial University of the Year 2013
- European Business School Rankings
- Global MBA Rankings
- Executive MBA Rankings
- Masters in Finance Rankings
- Masters in Management
- Full Time MBA Rankings
- Masters in Finance for Investment Banking
- Notable Alumni
- References
Strathclyde Business School has around 200 academic staff and more than 4500 students (1960 undergraduate and 2615 postgraduate), with 11 subject departments and specialist units providing more specialist and cross-disciplinary postgraduate courses. It has been granted Triple Accreditation.
The Economist and Financial Times ranked the Strathclyde Business School's Master of Business Administration (MBA) 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 seven countries: Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Oman, and Malaysia
Academic departments
There are seven 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 (MBA), Executive Masters in Hospitality and Tourism Leadership, the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), and Research Methodology in Business & Management.
The business school has several research units:
International centres
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. As of 2016 the school has eight international centres across seven countries: Switzerland, Greece, Singapore, Oman, and Malaysia, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
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 Program
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 (CBOK) 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
Strathclyde has a reputation for research excellence. In the most recent 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:
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.