The Strathclyde Business School (SBS) is one of four faculties forming the
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal char ...
in
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,
Scotland
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. Founded in 1948, the school is located on
Cathedral Street within the
John Anderson campus
The John Anderson Campus, the main campus of The University of Strathclyde, is located in Glasgow, Scotland. The campus is self-contained in its own area which straddles the Townhead and Merchant City districts on the north eastern side of the ...
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 (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
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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
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and
Financial Times
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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 six countries:
Switzerland,
Greece
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,
Singapore
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,
UAE
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Oman
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, and
Malaysia
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Academic departments

There are six academic departments within the school:
* Accounting and Finance
* Economics
* Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
* Management Science
* Marketing
* Work, Employment and Organisation
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
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(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:
* Strathclyde Institute for Operations Management (a joint venture between staff from SBS and the Faculty of Engineering);
*
Fraser of Allander Institute (located in the Department of Economics but operating in a cross-disciplinary manner);
* Centre for Financial Regulation and Innovation
* Scottish Employment Research Centre (located in the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation)
* Informed Decision Analytics (IDeA) (located in the Department of Management Science)
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. 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
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and
EQUIS
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.
CFA Institute University Recognition Programme
Strathclyde Business School offers several postgraduate programmes recognised by the
CFA Institute
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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
In the 2014
Research Excellence Framework
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, Strathclyde Business School was rated in the top 10 in the UK for its research, number one in Scotland on
GPA
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, 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:
* Accounting is fully accredited for entry to the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
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(ICAS) as well as offering exemptions to other professional bodies, e.g.
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
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(ACCA) and
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
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(CIMA)
* The Department of Accounting and Finance has all five of its MSc programmes accredited by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
* Strathclyde MSc EMP is the first programme to be formally Recommended by the UK Government Economic Service
* The Department of Marketing is accredited by The Institute of Export, the Market Research Society, the Chartered Institute of Marketing
* CIPD is the professional association for HR professionals in the UK, with a membership of around 150,000. The Department of Human Resource Management is recognised by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
* The Strathclyde MBA is accredited by the
UAE
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government
*The Strathclyde Business School is the first in the UK that offers a cluster for Financial Technology (FinTech) hosted by the top ranked Department of Accounting & Finance and enhanced with Input from the Computer Science Department
*The Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre plays a leading global role in developing fintech skills and innovation
Times Higher Education Awards
University of the Year 2019
In November 2019 the University was awarded with the
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Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL 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 (financial) 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
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Ownership
TPG Capital acquired TSL Education ...
Awards.
University of the Year 2012
In November 2012 the University was shortlisted for 4 categories in the
Times Higher Education
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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.
2013 Winners :: THE Awards 2013
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Notable alumni
* Nigel Cumberland, Leadership Coach and Author, including of 100 Things Successful People Do
* John Francis McFall, PC and Senior Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords
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* Alastair Johnston, Co-Chief Executive Officer of IMG img or IMG is an abbreviation for image.
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* Rajiv Mehrishi
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and Finance Secretary
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of India
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.
* James McColl, Chairman and Chief Executive of Clyde Blowers Ltd
* Sir Tom Hunter, CEO of Sports Division
* Alastair Storey
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, chairman and CEO of Westbury Street Holdings
* John Barton, British businessman, the chairman of Next plc
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and EasyJet
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* Duncan Hawthorne, CEO of Horizon Nuclear Power
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* Nigel Clifford, CEO of Ordnance Survey
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, a British
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* Hugh Hendry, CEO of Eclectica Asset Management
* Inderjit Singh, former COO of Texas Instruments
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, and politician in Singapore's parliament
* Jacqueline Anne Lait, British Conservative Party politician
* Gustavo Alfredo Leite Gusinky, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Paraguay
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* David Mundell
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, UK Government Minister, serving as Secretary of State for Scotland
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since 2015
References
External links
School website
Strathclyde University homepage
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