Strathmore College was started as an Advanced-level Sixth Form College offering Science and Arts Subjects by a group of professionals, who formed a charitable Educational Trust (now Strathmore Educational Trust). Saint JosemarĂa Escrivá founder of Opus Dei, inspired and encouraged them to start the college
In March 1966, the first intake of Accountancy students, twenty-five in number, joined the Sixth Form students and began preparing for examinations with the UK-based Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)