The Adam Smith Business School (formerly known as 'Adam Smith School of Economics and Finance') at the

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continues an academic record which dates back to the father of economics, Adam Smith (1723–1790). Serving as Professor of Moral Philosophy, he published a series of seminal works such as

The Theory of Moral Sentiments ''The Theory of Moral Sentiments'' is a 1759 book by Adam Smith. It provided the ethics, ethical, Philosophy, philosophical, Economics, economic, and Methodology, methodological underpinnings to Smith's later works, including ''The Wealth of Nat ...

The Wealth of Nations ''An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'', generally referred to by its shortened title ''The Wealth of Nations'', is the ''magnum opus'' of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1 ...

and

Lectures on Jurisprudence ''Lectures on Jurisprudence'', also called ''Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms'' (1763) is a collection of Adam Smith's lectures, comprising notes taken from his early lectures. It contains the formative ideas behind ''The Wealth of N ...

; the culmination of which set a foundational precedent for classical economic theory 300 years after the university's inception in 1451. The school continues research in international finance, international economics and macroeconomics. As of 2016 the business school offered four undergraduate, 35 postgraduate as well as various PhD degrees and is one of few institutions holding the honourable

triple crown accreditation Triple is used in several contexts to mean "threefold" or a " treble": Sports * Triple (baseball), a three-base hit * A basketball three-point field goal * A figure skating jump with three rotations * In bowling terms, three strikes in a row * I ...

Notable people

Professors

* Professor Ronald MacDonald

References

{{reflist Schools of the University of Glasgow Business schools in Scotland Hillhead