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 In the 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: Accounting is fully accredited for entry to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) as well as offering exemptions to other professional bodies, e.g. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (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 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 Times Higher 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