Rankings
The University of Glasgow has been a leader in the university sector for many years. As one of the oldest universities in Scotland, we have a long-standing international reputation for research, education and innovation. We have consistently occupied a place at the top of the world university rankings and are considered to be amongst the top 30 in the UK.
University rankings are based on several different factors ranging from class diversity to average salary after graduating. Here at the Adam Smith Business School, we pride ourselves on our exceptional performance in many of those areas.
University of Glasgow
As a University we have consistently scored in the top 30 in the UK and top 100 in the world.
- =31st in the UK (Complete University Guide, 2026)
- 12th in the UK (The Times Good University Guide, 2024)
- 13th in the UK (Guardian University Rankings, 2024)
- 78th in the world (QS World University Rankings, 2025)
- 19th in the world (QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, 2025)
- 87th in the world (Times Higher Education World Rankings, 2024)
- 12th in the world (Times Higher Education World Impact Rankings, 2024)
Adam Smith Business School
As a Business School we are ranked within the top 100 schools in Europe.
- 88th in Europe (Financial Times, December, 2024)
Rankings and league tables
Postgraduate programmes
Some of our postgraduate programmes are ranked within the top 100 in the UK and worldwide.
Masters in Business Administration (MBA)
- 97th in the world for Masters in Business Administration (FT, 2025)
- 151-200 in the world and 51-60 in Europe for Masters in Business Administration (QS, 2025)
- Tier 1 for Masters in Business Administration (CEO Magazine Global MBA Rankings, 2025)
Masters in Business Analytics
- 61-70 in the world for Data Analytics for Economics and Finance (QS, 2025)
Masters in Finance
- 62nd in the world for Masters in Finance (Financial Times, 2024)
- =92nd in the world for Masters in Finance (QS, 2025)
Masters in Management
- 101-110 in the world for Masters in Management (QS, 2025)
Masters in Marketing
- 51-60 in the world for Masters in International Strategic Marketing (QS, 2025)
Master of Global Business
- =5th in the world for Master of Global Business (QS International Trade Rankings, 2025)
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Undergraduate programmes
We are ranked within the top 50 universities in the UK for some of our undergraduate programmes – and our Accounting and Finance course is ranked in the top 5.
- 9th in the UK for Accounting & Finance (Complete University Guide, 2026)
- 16th in the UK for Economics (Complete University Guide, 2026)
- 19th in the UK for Business & Management Studies (Complete University Guide, 2026)
- 8th in the UK for Accounting & Finance (Good University Guide, 2025)
- 14th in the UK for Economics (Good University Guide, 2025)
- 19th in the UK for Business Studies (Good University Guide, 2025)
- 16th in the UK for Accounting & Finance (Guardian University Ranking, 2025)
- 31st in the UK for Economics (Guardian University Rankings, 2025)
- 27th in UK for Business & Management (Guardian University Rankings, 2025)
- 99th in the world for Business & Economics (The Times Higher Education World Rankings 2025)
- 72nd in the world for Accounting & Finance (QS World Subject Rankings 2025)
- =122nd in the world for Economics & Econometrics (QS World Subject Rankings 2025)
- =134th in the world for Business & Management studies (QS World Subject Rankings 2025)