It is named after the father of economics, Adam Smith (1723–1790), who was Professor of Moral Philosophy at the university.
[1] In 1971, the Scottish Business School (SBS) was established as a collaboration between the universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and Strathclyde.
[3] In 1978, Andrew Thomson was appointed Professor of Business Policy in Glasgow's recently established Department of Management Studies.
As of 2024,[update] the business school offered four undergraduate and 35 postgraduate degrees (including PhDs) and is one of few institutions holding triple accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS.
[5] The School has 11 research clusters, including: accounting; entrepreneurship, development and political economy; finance; human resource management and organisational behaviour; international business and enterprise; macroeconomics; marketing and microeconomics.