Strathclyde Business School
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The Strathclyde Business School (SBS) is one of the five schools which constitute the University of Strathclyde
in Glasgow
, Scotland
. It includes a number of departments which offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and the Department of Management which specialises in postgraduate business courses.
The Business School has over 150 academic and research staff, over 80 honorary and visiting staff, and over 50 adjunct staff, over 2,100 undergraduate and 600 full-time (1,800 part-time) post-graduate students, and a turnover of over £30m. The 7 subject Departments and 4 specialist research units embrace not only the functional disciplines of management but also some of the supporting social sciences.
The SBS departments are
) in the country and was awarded the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for the open learning programme. It has full accreditation from the three main international accrediting bodies (AMBA
, AACSB and EQUIS
) being one of a handful of schools to do so. In 2008, the Times Higher Education Ranking listed the Strathclyde MBA as the Number 1 in Scotland and 30th in the World.
The department achieved a 98% student satisfaction rating in a recent survey carried out on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Council Executive. This means that for Accounting, Strathclyde is the top rated Scottish University and 2nd top for the whole of the UK. http://www.unistats.com/
Strathclyde is one of only 40 business schools in the world to hold international accreditation from all three industry hallmarks of excellence - AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS.
The Department of Management has 10 established international centres, in Europe, the Gulf and South East Asia, where the MBA is available, with the first centre opening in 1988.
The Department of Management also offers the MSc in Business and Management (MBM), a one-year postgraduate programme. The MBM has become one of the first programmes in the world to be recommended for PEMM (Pre Experience Masters Degrees in General Management)accreditation as launched by AMBA in March 2005.
Another course offered by the Department of Management is the MSc in Business Information Technology Systems (BITS) programme. The Department of Management also offers a range of executive development programmes.
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde , Glasgow, Scotland, is Glasgow's second university by age, founded in 1796, and receiving its Royal Charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university...
in Glasgow
Glasgow
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, Scotland
Scotland
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. It includes a number of departments which offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and the Department of Management which specialises in postgraduate business courses.
Introduction
Strathclyde Business School (SBS) started offering a full-time one year MBA in 1966, the first UK school to do so.The Business School has over 150 academic and research staff, over 80 honorary and visiting staff, and over 50 adjunct staff, over 2,100 undergraduate and 600 full-time (1,800 part-time) post-graduate students, and a turnover of over £30m. The 7 subject Departments and 4 specialist research units embrace not only the functional disciplines of management but also some of the supporting social sciences.
The SBS departments are
- Accounting and Finance
- Economics
- Department of Management
- Human Resource Management
- Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship
- Management Science
- Marketing
- International Centres
Activities
The Business School offered the first DBA (Doctor of Business AdministrationDoctor of Business Administration
The degree of Doctor of Business Administration, abbreviated, or and equivalent to , is a research doctorate in business administration. The D.B.A...
) in the country and was awarded the Queen's Award for Export Achievement for the open learning programme. It has full accreditation from the three main international accrediting bodies (AMBA
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
, AACSB and EQUIS
Equis
Equis may refer to:*European Quality Improvement System an international system of assessment and accreditation of higher education institutions in management and business administration run by the European Foundation for Management Development....
) being one of a handful of schools to do so. In 2008, the Times Higher Education Ranking listed the Strathclyde MBA as the Number 1 in Scotland and 30th in the World.
Department of Accounting & Finance
The department was ranked as the fourth Accounting & Finance department in the UK in the Independent's Complete University Guide Subject League Table for 2010. http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8727The department achieved a 98% student satisfaction rating in a recent survey carried out on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Council Executive. This means that for Accounting, Strathclyde is the top rated Scottish University and 2nd top for the whole of the UK. http://www.unistats.com/
Department of Management
Part of the wider Strathclyde Business School, the Department of Management started a one-year full-time MBA (Master of Business Administration) in the UK in 1966. The school went on to offer the first part time MBA and distance learning MBA in the UK in 1976 and 1983 respectively. The school was also the first UK provider of the DBA (Doctor of Business Administration).Strathclyde is one of only 40 business schools in the world to hold international accreditation from all three industry hallmarks of excellence - AMBA, AACSB and EQUIS.
The Department of Management has 10 established international centres, in Europe, the Gulf and South East Asia, where the MBA is available, with the first centre opening in 1988.
The Department of Management also offers the MSc in Business and Management (MBM), a one-year postgraduate programme. The MBM has become one of the first programmes in the world to be recommended for PEMM (Pre Experience Masters Degrees in General Management)accreditation as launched by AMBA in March 2005.
Another course offered by the Department of Management is the MSc in Business Information Technology Systems (BITS) programme. The Department of Management also offers a range of executive development programmes.