The Strathclyde MBA Brochure
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the Strathclyde MBA Contents 3 Strathclyde Business School – an overview Founded in 1948, Strathclyde Business 6 What is the Strathclyde MBA? School (SBS) is an enterprising, pioneering 9 The Strathclyde MBA – an overview institution of global standing. 10 What you will learn We engage business minds, and pursue 14 Industry engagement as a student impact on the stakeholders we serve. 16 Professional development journey Our University’s mission for over 200 21 Join our learning community years has been to be ‘the place of useful 24 Many programmes – one MBA learning’; an ethos which still drives the 34 General information business school and distinguishes us from our competitors. 36 Admissions process 38 Our centres worldwide In 2016 SBS celebrated 50 years of our 40 Beyond the Strathclyde MBA – your global alumni community prestigious MBA programme. 1 Strathclyde Business School – an overview Excellence SBS IS PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, A SOCIALLY PROGRESSIVE AND LEADING INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTION. Accreditation EQUIS - the European Quality Additionally, our departments have Strathclyde is a triple accredited Improvement System is the newest of earned an impressive range of business school: one of only 102 the big 3 accrediting bodies and has discipline-specific accreditations. in the world (2020) and the first the smallest membership. It was formed Accounting is fully accredited for entry business school in Scotland to be triple to address the European problem of to the Institute of Chartered Accountants accredited, holding accreditation from diverse national accreditation systems, of Scotland (ICAS) as well as offering the international bodies, AMBA, AACSB and is gaining ground outside Europe. exemptions to other professional bodies, and EQUIS. www.efmd.org e.g. Association of Chartered Certified Accreditation offers a very objective Accreditation in the UAE Accountants (ACCA) and Chartered way of measuring a business school’s In addition to triple accreditation, Institute of Management Accountants credentials. For example, the quality Strathclyde Business School (SBS) was (CIMA). The Department of Accounting and of education on offer, the school’s Europe’s first university faculty to be Finance has all four of its MSc programmes facilities, the student body and the awarded a licence to operate an MBA accredited by the Chartered Institute of faculty, can all be reviewed as part of an programme in the United Arab Emirates. Management Accountants (CIMA). accreditation process. It was scrutinised by the deans of The Department of Work, Employment AMBA - originating in the UK, the three top US Business Schools as part and Organisation is a CIPD Approved Association of MBAs is the only one of the process carried out by the UAE Centre, accredited to deliver programmes of the 3 main bodies to accredit Commission for Academic Accreditation. that meet the knowledge requirements MBA courses rather than the host The licence establishes the school as for professional membership of CIPD. institutions. www.mba.org.uk an educational institution officially (CIPD is the professional association recognised by the UAE government. for HR professionals in the UK, with a AACSB - Association to Advance membership of around 150,000). Collegiate Schools of Business is the Research excellence USA’s best known accreditation body. Strathclyde has a reputation for research Our Hospitality and Tourism Despite a very American membership excellence. Based on the REF (Research Management degrees (UG in Department (few business schools outside the Excellence Framework) 2014 GPA scores, of Strategy and Organisation and MSc USA have this award), it remains the the Times Higher Education ranked us in Department of Marketing) have been hallmark for any business school with first in Scotland in the top 10 business accredited by the Institute of Hospitality. world-class ambitions. www.aacsb.edu schools in the UK for our research. 2 3 Influential Research Engaging Strathclyde Business School is highly Strathclyde Business School has Corporate Connections rated for its research. Based on the REF a strong reputation for effective SEED formalises our on-going (Research Excellence Framework) 2014 engagement with business, industry engagement with industry. We run a GPA scores, the Times Higher Education and the public sector and our vision number of bespoke executive education Excellence ranked us first in Scotland and in the is to attain the highest levels of programmes including MBA25 which top 10 business schools in the UK for its knowledge exchange. was set up in partnership with William research. Times Higher also ranked us Knowledge exchange in the business Grant & Sons. 3rd in the UK for impact of our business and management field takes place research, based on REF’s GPA scores, a In partnership with Babcock through applied projects, consultancy measure of how the research impacts International Group we have developed and action research. SBS develops on practise in business. the Lead and Drive programme to theory-led, policy-relevant research enhance the strategic planning, Innovative International The REF 2014 is a Government-led through collaboration and dialogue with commercial and leadership skills of benchmarking exercise measuring the a variety of organisations, government its managers and senior executives. quality of research in higher education and trade unions. The business school We have also developed the Babcock institutions and these latest results hosts Strathclyde Executive Education Strathclyde Business School (SBS) is one SBS was the first UK business school to In addition to our seven international MBA programme for selected Babcock show Strathclyde Business School as and Development (SEED), which leads of four faculties of the entrepreneurial offer: centres offering the MBA and other employees. being strong overall in its research. the Business Engagement theme and innovative University of Strathclyde. programmes, we have long-standing ▸ A full-time 1-year MBA programme within the University’s new Technology In partnership with Iberdrola and ICADE SBS is home to the Hunter Centre and established links with universities SBS also did exceptionally well in terms (1966) Innovation Centre (TIC). Strathclyde has Business School, we have developed for Entrepreneurship - endowed by across the world. Our partner of the REF’s assessment of its research always had close links with industry and the MBA in the Global Energy Industry Sir Tom Hunter. Students across the ▸ A part-time MBA programme (1976) institutions include universities in environment, rated as 1st amongst UK business but the university is taking for Iberdrola managers, globally, while University can access the services of ▸ A distance learning programme Australia, Canada, Europe, Asia, and business schools for Environment. partnership to a new level and helping we have also established an MBA the Strathclyde Entrepreneurial Network (1983) the USA. Research excellence is embedded Scotland’s industries compete on the programme for the Weir Group, building (SEN) which supports students, graduates ▸ A DBA (Doctor of Business We encourage students to gain throughout our departments. world stage: the TIC revolutionises on the successful Weir Group certificate and postgraduates with interests in Administration) programme (1988) international experience through links the way researchers in academia and programme launched in 2011. entrepreneurship and new venture Our research bolsters our reputation This pioneering spirit brought the with overseas universities, and our industry collaborate and innovate In addition to executive education, we creation, and supports academics and and also provides our students with Strathclyde MBA into many new countries international centres’ network. together - up to 1200 researchers, engage with business at every level of researchers in realising the value of their access to internationally recognised via the establishment of international engineers and project managers from our organisation. For example: research through commercialisation and World-leading research is carried out faculty members at the forefront centres. These centres meant, for the first academia and industry will work side- enterprise. MBA students have previously by our academics in collaboration of their research fields, ensuring a time, local managers could study for a UK by-side in a state of the art building in ▸ We have established relationships formed a sounding board for SEN, helping with numerous international partners. world-class education throughout MBA in their own country. This earned SBS the heart of Glasgow. with Deloitte, Procter & Gamble, prepare select entrepreneurs to pitch their Many have visiting professorships or the business school. SBS was given a the prestigious Queen’s Award for Export Screenmedia and Ernst & Young businesses at Strathclyde 100 events fellowships at prestigious overseas Pioneering Institution award by RRBM Developed with industry, for industry, Achievement in 1993. in the past as sponsors of our throughout the year where they can meet institutions. The business school (Responsible Research in Business the Technology and Innovation Centre Management Development potential investors. We currently operate in a number of offers consultancy through bespoke Management) in 2021. has already attracted major partners Programme, a compulsory international Strathclyde MBA centres: programmes, consultancy and including Scottish