The Strathclyde Business School (SBS) 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 (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. 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 (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, Singapore, UAE, Oman, and Malaysia 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 (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 and EQUIS. CFA Institute University Recognition Programme Strathclyde Business School