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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

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UK top 15

Complete University Guide [Accounting & Finance]

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UK top 20

Guardian University Guide [Accounting & Finance]

Times Good university guide
4th in UK

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

  • 17 Sep

    PhD Researcher receives Best Paper Award from British Academy of Management

    A paper which explores how skilled migrant workers experience and evaluate decent work across interconnected domains of employment, family and community has won Best Paper Award at the British Academy of Management (BAM) 2026 Conference.
  • 24 Aug

    Adam Smith Business School shortlisted for four national awards

    Congratulations to Business School colleagues Professor Diedre Shaw, Dr Kat Duffy, Dr Yingru Li and Dr Paulina Navrouzoglou, along with undergraduate Laavanya Varadarajan Shanmugapriya whose inspiring work has been shortlisted in the Herald’s 2026 Inspiring City, and the 2026 Scottish Impact awards.
  • 4 Jun

    Helping Scotland achieve its deep tech potential

    From photonics and quantum to life sciences, AI and space, Adam Smith Business School researchers are identifying what’s needed to help Scotland’s deep tech sector reach its full potential.
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