Accreditation and Reputation
Queen's Management School prides itself on providing world-class business education and research. As part of the Russell Group, we belong to an elite group of 24 research-intensive, world-class universities which have huge social, economic and cultural impacts globally.
Accreditation offers students and employers a mark of quality assurance that the School meets stringent national and international standards. Many of the programmes we offer are also accredited by professional bodies.
Accreditations

Accredited Courses
Accredited degree programmes help make students aware that such professional recognition is available to them and provide them with their first steps towards gaining professional recognition, which will help them to progress in their careers.
- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
- Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
- Chartered Accountants Ireland (CAI)
- Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
- Accepted into the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program
Read more about the CFA Institute University Affiliation Program.
- Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)
- Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
- Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA)
- Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)
Through an academic partnership with GARP, a framework is provided to integrate GARP’s Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification directly into this degree programme.
Rankings
The School is ranked nationally and internationally: on our degree programmes, research, and our graduates’ careers. Independent rankings demonstrate the top quality experience we offer to students, staff, and visiting scholars.
1st in UK for graduate prospects (Accounting & Finance)
(Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2023)
81% of our research judged to be world leading or internationally excellent
(REF 2021)
Ranked in the Top 200 in the world for Business and Economics
(Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023)