University of Strathclyde

University of Strathclyde Award for Most Outstanding Business

University of Strathclyde is a leading international technological university based in the centre of Glasgow.

Inspired by the University’s founding principle as ‘a place of useful learning’, its mission is to make a positive difference to the lives of its students, to society and to the world.  This year the University of Strathclyde marks its Diamond Jubilee by celebrating its unique contribution to the world since the granting of our Royal Charter in 1964. The year-long celebration will look at Strathclyde’s innovative approach to education and research and impact on society over more than 225 years since its foundation in 1796, as well as looking to the future and the next chapter of the Strathclyde story.

The late Queen Elizabeth II signed the Royal Charter at Balmoral in August 1964, ensuring that what had been the Royal College of Science and Technology would become the first university established in Scotland for nearly 400 years.

Strathclyde had existed as an institution under various names since 1796, but it was the Royal Charter which formally brought Strathclyde into existence and opened the door for the research, learning and teaching, industrial engagement and informing of policy which it continues to practise.

The University has never stood still throughout its history, continually enhancing and evolving the work it does, often leading the way for others to follow. Its campus has also been radically transformed, ensuring our staff and students have the advanced resources and facilities to keep Strathclyde at the forefront of higher education in Scotland. 

Strathclyde was named the Times Higher Education UK University of the Year 2019, the Sunday Times Good University Guide Scottish University of the Year 2020, Scottish University of the Year 2024 by the Daily Mail and, in 2023, was awarded its third consecutive – and fourth in total – Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.

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