The MBA is awarded by Oxford Brookes University. The development of the MBA arose out of the strategic alliance formed between the Business School at the University and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) initially to provide students studying for ACCA's professional examinations with a route to obtaining an Oxford Brookes University Award. The BSc in Applied Accounting was successfully launched in 1999 with the first students graduating in December 2000. The partnership between the University's Business School and its relationship with ACCA forms The Oxford Institute of International Finance, through which the MBA is delivered. The MBA for ACCA members was launched in 2001. The full180 credit programme open to non-ACCA members is an exciting new development to emerge from the alliance. Oxford Brookes University Oxford Brookes University has over 15,000 students and enjoys an international reputation for innovation and high quality in both education and research. The mission of Oxford Brookes University is to aim for excellence through diversity and in pursuit of this the University concerns itself with ensuring a student centred approach, whilst focusing on quality, innovation and services to the community. Oxford Brookes University is proud of its record in pioneering a range of innovative modular courses, achieving one of the highest graduate employment rates in the UK. Oxford Brookes University has been named the top new university in the UK for eight years running by The Times newspaper of London. Further information about Oxford Brookes University can be found here. ACCA The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the largest global professional accountancy body, with over 300,000 members and students in 160 countries. ACCA's headquarters are in London and it has staffed offices in 35 countries. In the UK, ACCA is by far the largest accountancy body in terms of student numbers, and the second largest in terms of members. It is, however, the only body to operate on a global basis. The ACCA syllabus has been recognised by the United Nations as providing the basis for a global accountancy qualification. ACCA members therefore enjoy wide professional mobility. Founded in 1904 in London, ACCA's mission is to provide quality professional opportunities to people of ability and application, to be a leader in the development of the global accountancy profession, to promote the highest ethical and governance standards and to work in the public interest.