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European Business School Rankings 2013

	Rank 2013	Rank 2012	Rank 2011	3 year rank	Business School	Country	MBA European Rank 2013^[1]	MBA sal ($)^[2]	MBA increase^[3]	EMBA European Rank 2013#^[4]	EMBA sal ($)^[5]	EMBA salary increase (%)#^[6]	Masters in Management European Rank 2013†^[7]	Masters sal ($)^[8]	Open programmes - Executive Education 2013^[9]	Custom programmes - Executive Education 2013^[10]	Female Faculty (%)‡^[11]	International Faculty (%)‡^[12]	Faculty with doctorate (%)‡^[13]
	1	20	10	10	HEC Paris	France	7	123,5712,510	1092	3**^[14]	282,818	51	4	76,1301,102	2	1	270	650	1000
	1	10	60	31	IE Business School	Spain	4	157,054396	11722	7	183,431	110	5	79,0766,630	11	7	330	551	961
	3	30	30	30	London Business School	UK	1	160,9888,007	12410	11 (2)***^[15]	176,938 (247,838)***^[15]	53 (85)***^[15]	-	-	8	9	231	852	990
	3	50	70	52	Esade Business School	Spain	8	126,69911,711	1183	7**^[16]	235,058	47	9	66,2402,536	5	3	271	3335	913
	5	40	20	41	Insead	France	2	153,9929,637	961	5 (1)***^[17]	195,041 (306,664)***^[17]	53 (65)***^[17]	-	-	4	11	150	900	951
	6	60	40	51	Iese Business School	Spain	3	146,04912,161	1417	6	210,196	49	-	-	2	2	204	550	1000
	7	70	120	93	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	24	100,8149,708	699	30	138,400	51	1	80,0811,915	10	22	100	771	761
	8	110	70	93	SDA Bocconi	Italy	14	112,6739,819	1119	28	143,247	53	16	58,539204	12	8	371	272	890
	9	70	50	72	IMD	Switzerland	6	147,3803,335	6513	10	226,764	50	-	-	1	4	144	962	1000
	10	90	70	92	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	12	105,5461,918	10311	24 (15)***^[18]	129,517 (175,081)***^[18]	51 (55)***^[18]	5	68,4525,407	-	25	203	436	1000
	11	100	120	111	ESCP Europe	France / UK / Germany / Spain / Italy	-	-	-	14	146,831	69	2	64,8001,203	14	17	361	662	952
	12	120	100	110	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	9	136,6091,804	9513	13	189,002	57	-	-	8	10	162	575	983
	13	150	200	161	EMLyon Business School	France	27	94,394	63	34	104,674	33	10	55,159654	24	13	331	511	1002
	14	190	100	140	Essec Business School	France	-	-	-	20**^[19]	135,283	51	7	73,4241,571	6	16	290	472	962
	15	140	160	151	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	25	94,829168	7711	36	117,194	56	26	58,6822,963	18	19	285	316	914
	16	180	140	161	Imperial College Business School	UK	16	107,0322,413	8410	17	139,497	69	11	60,557852	-	-	291	863	975
	17	250	320	252	Edhec Business School	France	37*^[20]	79,866	43	42*^[20]	103,834	36	13	56,580396	21	12	304	4012	877
	18	160	150	162	City University: Cass	UK	15	117,1955,643	851	18	152,885	63	13	56,1332,801	-	-	270	771	951
	19	160	170	171	Cranfield School of Management	UK	13	127,9112,715	880	28	135,706	53	-	-	13	5	303	461	911
	20	260	240	232	Tias Business School	Netherlands	19	93,859	90	39	99,786	47	46	49,9071,431	25	21	203	460	961
	21	-	20	-	WHU Beisheim	Germany	-	-	-	9	179,978	58	3	97,050	-	-	18	18	100
	21	200	190	201	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia / Latvia	-	-	-	40	119,051	37	20	59,8892,945	17	15	216	3116	990
	23	360	250	283	Mannheim Business School	Germany	21	98,262	80	20**^[19]	135,283	51	15	75,9704,243	-	-	352	165	845
	23	440	460	3812	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Germany	36*^[20]	79,3618,477	6746	31	106,082	67	8	88,4022,479	-	-	202	2511	1000
	25	230	270	251	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	34*^[20]	87,0939,628	741	46*^[20]	87,690	42	17	54,861515	29	28	292	487	553
	25	320	330	3012	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	17**^[21]	132,606	84	44/*^[22]	102,611	49	45	37,4702,397	20	24	322	322	1000
	27	210	290	260	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France	-	-	-	41	93,349	48	12	56,216999	28	27	422	430	801
	28	230	420	316	ESMT Berlin	Germany	-	-	-	16	157,951	61	-	-	7	14	271	821	1000
	29	210	220	242	Aalto University	Finland	-	-	-	35	134,911	41	40	51,538540	22	18	331	151	9211
	29	330	250	293	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	26	108,60124,721	772	27	119,629	67	30	47,0382,388	-	-	362	698	784
	31	130	180	214	Warwick Business School	UK	10	120,1111,960	895	12	153,899	100	-	-was 58,442	-	-	351	7215	991
	32	-	-	-	Kedge Business School	France	-	-	-	19	159,372	94	35	47,280	31	-	27	42	88
	32	270	220	272	London School of Economics and Political Science	UK	-	-	-	3**^[14]	282,818	51	17	69,6285,250	-	-	405	770	971
	34	330	290	321	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	19	110,0998,073	691	33	112,741	53	49	47,5482,387	-	-	262	504	1005
	34	390	400	384	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	35*^[20]	85,3148,686	309	32	121,716	41	37	57,5152,817	-	-	300	356	902
	36	290	390	3512	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	17**^[21]	132,606	84	44/*^[23]	102,611	49	47	37,498544	27	-	423	333	977
	37	370	600	450	Kozminski University	Poland	-	-	-	23	144,103	73	22	53,5802,197	-	-	351	250	880
	38	380	400	392	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	38*^[20]	68,4548,685	7526	47*^[20]	95,638	38	55	43,6994,385	33*^[20]	23	252	10	646
	39	470	380	415	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	11	114,7692,247	1115	-	-	-	42	46,464594	-	33*^[20]	321	353	910
	40	330	350	363	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	-	-	-	42	108,379	43	57	57,077312	23	31*^[20]	300	201	665
	41	400	620	484	Antwerp Management School	Belgium / Russia	-	-	-	26	154,685	56	39	42,3311,450	-	31*^[20]	3210	217	917
	42	400	280	373	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	-	-	-	22**^[24]	152,798	44	19	55,180788	-	-	333	181	988
	43	420	510	455	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	-	-	-	37	108,622	21	24	54,159510	-	-	293	776	1000
	44	620	700	599	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	-	-	-	25**^[25]	145,831	91	61	52,2732,271	30	30	233	224	683
	45	280	310	354	Ashridge Executive Education at Hult	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	6	447	273	284
	46	440	440	455	NHH	Norway	-	-	-	-	-	-	54	51,965445	16	29	213	231	965
	47	480	570	514	Aston Business School	UK	31*^[20]	82,395891	787	-	-	-	32	51,7165,230	-	-	310	432	831
	48	490	460	482	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	5	145,16912,411	982	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	112	669	982
	49	460	460	475	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	53,440184	26	-	182	375	980
	50	420	370	436	University of Bradford School of Management	UK	30*^[20]	79,2168,012	9416	-	-	-	41	48,5297,450	-	-	343	196	6319
	50	740	630	624	University of Bath School of Management	UK	23	99,916	61	-	-	-	44	37,6291,576	-	-	373	565	991
	52	550	440	503	Durham University Business School	UK	32*^[20]	88,6463,072	4912	-	-	-	43	44,2463,025	-	-	310	682	961
	53	290	330	382	Henley Business School	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	20	410	4710	847
	54	510	490	513	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	29*^[20]	100,4942,761	674	-	-	-	56	42,4824,966	-	-	355	547	851
	55	490	430	497	Lancaster University Management School	UK	22	96,0801,044	817	-	-	-	60	42,7521,030	-	-	290	422	910
	56	630	630	61	Leeds University Business School	UK	33	85,6227,154	645	-	-	-	51	40,820904	-	-	342	404	816
	57	530	570	561	Skema Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	47,555868	-	34*^[20]	450	380	750
	58	-	-	-	Iéseg School of Management	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	48,104	-	-	35	83	96
	58	530	500	545	Toulouse Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	49,0103,432	-	-	380	380	915
	60	630	-	-	Télécom Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	50,9421,357	-	-	501	512	761
	60	550	510	555	Audencia Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	52,878158	-	-	330	412	874
	60	590	510	575	Louvain School of Management	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	50,658410	-	-	339	242	1000
	63	680	-	-	Montpellier Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	44,434847	-	-	4411	407	921
	63	-	-	-	ESC Rennes	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	44,778	-	-	33	80	80
	65	-	-	-	Neoma Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	49,211	-	-	47	44	76
	66	550	-	-	Porto Business School	Portugal	-	-	-	48	86,677	31	-	-	32	26	256	61	8312
	67	610	550	615	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	56,9781,267	-	-	141	491	860
	68	720	-	-	University of Zurich	Switzerland	-	-	-	38	121,266	25	-	-	-	-	92	706	1000
	69	630	610	642	IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	47	48,3872,983	-	-	400	90	910
	69	720	750	723	Birmingham Business School	UK	28*^[20]	87,35278	7512	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	250	401	880
	71	680	630	670	Aarhus BSS	Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	54,2413,689	-	-	379	195	8117
	71	670	660	684	University of Cologne Faculty of Management	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	64,5761,037	-	-	267	40	654
	71	700	670	693	ICN Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	53	43,469300	-	-	415	439	746
	74	-	-	-	St Petersburg State University Graduate School of Management	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	36,982	-	-	48	0	98
	75	780	700	740	University of Economics, Prague	Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	37,188806	-	-	451	111	723
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Table notes† The Cems programme was ranked seventh in the Masters in Management 2013 rankings, but it has not been included in the European Business Schools 2013 ranking as it is a programme and not a school. ‡ Data are provided for information only. Most recently published data are given. # Figure in brackets refers to data from second programme for schools with more than one programme ranked. *School was not included in the published 2013 ranking for this survey. **School participated in this ranking on the basis of a joint programme only. Underlying score based on proportion of total score. ***School participated with more than one programme in this ranking. Underlying score based on combined scores. The line breaks denote the pattern of clustering among the schools. Around 180 points separate HEC Paris and IE Business School at the top, from the school ranked number 75th. The top 11 business schools, from HEC and IE to ESCP Europe, form the top group. The second group is headed by the University of Oxford: Said, about 85 points above the University of Bath School of Management at the bottom of this group. The third group is headed by Durham University Business School.

Footnotes

1. Position among European schools within the FT Global MBA 2013 ranking

2. Average MBA alumni salary three years after graduation, US$ by purchasing power parity (PPP). Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, where available.

3. Percentage increase in average alumni salary pre-MBA to today, three years after graduation. Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, if available.

4. Position among European schools within the FT Executive MBA 2013 ranking
# Figure in brackets refers to data from second programme for schools with more than one programme ranked

5. Average Executive MBA alumni salary three years after graduation, US$ by purchasing power parity (PPP). Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, where available.
# Figure in brackets refers to data from second programme for schools with more than one programme ranked

6. Percentage increase in average alumni salary pre-EMBA to today, three years after graduation. Includes weighted data from this and two previous years, where available
# Figure in brackets refers to data from second programme for schools with more than one programme ranked

7. Position among European schools within the FT Masters in Management 2013 ranking
† The Cems programme was ranked seventh in the Masters in Management 2013 rankings, but it has not been included in the European Business Schools 2013 ranking as it is a programme and not a school

8. Average Masters in Management alumni salary three years after graduation, US$ by purchasing power parity (PPP). Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, where available.

9. Position among European schools within the FT Executive Education ranking of open-enrolment programmes in 2013

10. Position among European schools within the FT Executive Education ranking of customised programmes in 2013

11. Percentage of faculty that are women
‡ Data are provided for information only. Most recently published data are given

12. Percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment
‡ Data are provided for information only. Most recently published data are given

13. Percentage of full-time faculty with a doctoral degree
‡ Data are provided for information only. Most recently published data are given

14. ** Trium: HEC Paris/ LSE/ New York University: Stern

15. *** Columbia/ London Business School

16. ** Georgetown University/ Esade

17. *** Tsinghua University/ Insead

18. *** OneMBA

19. ** Essec/ Mannheim

20. * School was not included in the published 2013 ranking for this survey

21. ** The Lisbon MBA

22. * School was not included in the published 2013 ranking for this survey / ** The Lisbon MBA

23. * School was not included in the published 2013 ranking for this survey/ ** The Lisbon MBA

24. ** WU/ University of Minnesota: Carlson

25. ** BI/ Fudan

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