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Accounting and Finance, part of the triple-accedited Adam Smith Business School at Glasgow, has had an international reputation for high quality research since 1925. 

We are a broad subject group, bringing together expertise in the main areas of:

  • finance and market based research
  • financial reporting
  • management accounting and control

We also have specialist knowledge of accounting education, accounting history, auditing and corporate governance. If you study with us, you can gain career-enhancing professional skills and a degree accredited by all the major UK professional accounting bodies.

Subject league tables

Complete University Guide
4th in UK

Complete University Guide [Accounting & Finance]

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UK top 25

Guardian University Guide [Accounting & Finance]

Times Good university guide
UK top 10

Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide [Accounting & Finance]

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World top 100

QS World University Rankings [Accounting & Finance]

Adam Smith Business School news

  • 14 Jan

    Future Finance launches first Innovation Leadership Programme in Glasgow

    The Future Finance project - a £1.8m ESRC project in collaboration with University of Bristol held its first workshop in Glasgow recently. The event focused on how technology and an innovative mindset can transform productivity in financial services.
  • 19 Nov

    Business School achieves Athena SWAN silver award

    Adam Smith Business School has achieved the Athena Swan Silver Award for gender equality. Achieving Silver status is a significant recognition of the School’s progress and reinforces its dedication to embedding EDI (equality, diversity and inclusion) values across the school.
  • 17 Oct

    Importance of religious identity reveals way forward for inclusion

    The importance of bringing religious accommodation into workplace equality, diversity and inclusion practices is highlighted in a first of its kind research study. A novel model that conceptualises how Muslims navigate their stigmatised identity in the workplace has been developed by Dr Rami Al-Sharif.
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