Anchored in Quality since 1989.

Headquartered 20 minutes from Edinburgh International Airport, the Scottish Quality Management Centre (SQMC for short) is an intercontinental learning centre dedicated to quality, health and safety, and environmental international standards.

In 1989 the University of Stirling engaged American Society for Quality Senior Member and Fellow of the Institute of Quality Assurance, Ian Hannah, to develop a Quality Standards think-tank for its Management Science faculty. Under Mr Hannah's leadership, this "Quality Management Centre" became such an asset to the nation's manufacturing and engineering industries that it was granted approval by the then Secretary of State for Scotland to add the designation "Scottish" to its name. 

In 1992, SQMC became Scotland's first organisation approved by the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) to provide their sought-after, certified 'Lead Assessor' courses. The following year, Mr Hannah drafted the original "180" programme adopted by IRCA to become the blueprint for all other IRCA-accredited companies providing internal quality auditor courses, worldwide. He also innovated the country's first Master's Degree in Quality Management, which was recognised by the Institute of Quality Assurance, awarding SQMC 'Centre of Excellence' status. SQMC's Quality Management Master's Degree was then emulated by other universities throughout the United Kingdom.

In 1998, Mr Hannah retired from his post in the Management Science faculty, taking SQMC with him to transform it into a private limited company - completely independent of the university. This autonomy allowed SQMC to work on behalf of our clients in a consultancy role, at last able to meet the repeated requests of many former students who had been promoted to management positions. From that time until today,

Since 1998, SQMC auditor courses have been hosted from our headquarters within the custom-built, business learning centre in Dunfermline (named after local tycoon and philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie). We also provide training at 14 other excellent venues throughout the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe; as well our Virtual Classroom, online.

With such a prestigious heritage, it's little wonder that our mission continues to focus on management systems innovation. Our small-but-brilliant team conscientiously seek to exceed our customers' quality-of-service expectations. We achieve this by intuitively recognising otherwise unnoticed opportunities to provide solutions to certain wants or needs. Furthermore, we are ever-mindful to be respectful, ethical and reliable in all of our relationships.

We hope you'll join 5000+ delighted clients by harnessing your own Quality journey to ours!