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European Business School Rankings 2014

	Rank 2014	Rank 2013	Rank 2012	3 year rank	Business School	Country	Full time MBA 2014^[1]	MBA Salary today ($)	MBA Salary increase (%)	Executive MBA 2014^[2]	EMBA Salary today ($)#^[3]	EMBA Salary increase (%)#^[3]	Masters in Management 2014^[4]	Masters sal ($)^[5]	Open programmes - Executive Education 2014	Custom programmes - Executive Education 2014	Female Faculty (%)^[6]	International Faculty (%)^[6]	Faculty with doctorate (%)^[6]
	1	30	30	21	London Business School	UK	1	156,553	107	13 (3)***^[7]	172,028 (252,539)	47 (71)	9	70,414	7	6	241	861	1001
	2	10	20	21	HEC Paris	France	7	120,016	104	1**^[8]	307,003	60	2	78,8252,695	2	1	225	650	1000
	3	10	10	21	IE Business School	Spain	5	146,933	112	6	198,402	50	8	74,2634,813	15	9	352	561	971
	4	30	50	41	Esade Business School	Spain	8	120,718	120	11**^[9]	217,870	54	5	65,647593	5	4	314	352	921
	5	50	40	51	Insead	France	2	148,183	87	4 (2)***^[10]	186,211 (304,843)	58 (65)	-	-	3	12	150	900	961
	6	70	70	72	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	24	102,158	65	23	147,240	47	1	79,572509	11	18	111	770	10024
	7	60	60	61	Iese Business School	Spain	3	143,168	125	5	218,434	51	-	-	4	2	182	583	1000
	8	80	110	90	SDA Bocconi	Italy	11	112,901	112	30	133,796	52	11	63,9865,447	12	7	370	270	890
	9	90	70	81	IMD	Switzerland	4	142,446	72	7	246,395	46	-	-	1	3	140	942	1000
	10	120	120	110	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	9	133,315	91	10	205,942	55	-	-	8	13	171	592	980
	11	100	90	101	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	12	98,771	94	27 (17)***^[11]	118,828 (167,987)	44 (54)	7	67,696756	-	31	233	430	1000
	12	110	100	110	ESCP Europe	France / UK / Germany / Spain / Italy	-	-	-	8	155,087	70	6	65,404604	19	22	360	671	950
	13	160	180	160	Imperial College Business School	UK	16	103,604	68	17	139,343	59	16	54,0316,526	-	23	301	904	1003
	14	130	150	142	EMLyon Business School	France	27	93,356	62	38	102,598	29	17	54,771388	23	17	330	501	955
	15	140	190	162	Essec Business School	France	-	-	-	21**^[12]	131,037	45	3	77,4514,027	6	14	301	514	982
	16	150	140	150	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	29	90,831	66	36	115,946	56	33	57,768914	16	16	291	247	901
	17	170	250	205	Edhec Business School	France	35*^[13]	78,976	48	46*^[13]	96,344	23	14	56,65171	21	11	322	382	861
	18	230	360	262	Mannheim Business School	Germany	19	97,962	73	21**^[12]	131,037	45	15	78,0882,118	-	8	361	193	851
	19	180	160	182	City University: Cass	UK	13	110,260	76	19	148,970	60	21	53,7342,399	-	37*^[13]	303	803	961
	19	310	130	210	Warwick Business School	UK	10	119,121	87	9	148,680	94	28	58,963	-	-	350	775	1001
	21	280	230	247	ESMT Berlin	Germany	25	89,172	60	15	150,498	55	-	-	9	20	270	820	1000
	22	190	160	192	Cranfield School of Management	UK	15	120,941	75	32	125,718	42	-	-	10	5	255	526	921
	23	200	260	230	Tias Business School	Netherlands	21	89,848	84	43	105,380	44	46	47,9181,989	29	29	255	424	906
	24	250	230	241	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	37*^[13]	78,868	65	48*^[13]	86,374	46	26	54,290571	26	28	323	480	616
	25	250	320	273	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	17**^[14]	123,062	82	50/ *^[15]	87,002	39	44	39,0621,592	18	24	331	408	982
	26	210	200	222	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	-	-	-	42	122,917	42	30	58,4101,479	17	15	232	310	963
	26	270	210	251	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France	-	-	-	30	100,506	72	13	56,048168	27	33	431	441	800
	28	360	290	314	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	17**^[14]	123,062	82	50/*^[15]	87,002	39	43	42,5625,064	28	32	442	294	1003
	29	320	-	-	Kedge Business School	France	-	-	-	14	171,052	112	39	46,708572	31	38*^[13]	234	402	913
	29	290	210	262	Aalto University	Finland	-	-	-	37	130,963	46	42	51,5299	24	21	352	172	942
	29	480	490	426	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	6	144,350	92	16	192,834	54	-	-	-	-	121	693	962
	32	290	330	312	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	20	95,716	81	29	121,422	70	40	41,7905,248	-	-	360	3237	802
	32	230	440	335	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Germany	36*^[13]	81,769	50	35	109,963	63	10	85,2383,164	-	-	182	232	1000
	34	210	-	-	WHU Beisheim	Germany	-	-	-	11**^[16]	176,998	57	4	93,9483,102	-	-	191	213	1000
	35	340	330	342	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	26	105,384	63	41	109,697	46	41	56,0428,494	-	-	304	464	1000
	36	530	290	391	Henley Business School	UK	-	-	-	24	135,082	60	-	-	12	19	410	470	840
	37	390	470	410	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	14	106,535	96	-	-	-	49	45,0671,397	-	25	342	332	883
	38	380	380	381	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	39*^[13]	67,192	68	53*^[13]	99,170	42	57	41,9461,753	33*^[13]	27	250	01	604
	38	460	440	432	NHH	Norway	-	-	-	49*^[13]	77,978	40	54	52,392427	20	30	243	263	933
	38	440	620	4811	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	-	-	-	45* (25)***^[17]	123,059 (151,576)	37 (85)	60	50,9981,275	32	35	252	308	702
	41	370	370	387	Kozminski University	Poland	-	-	-	20	151,910	84	32	56,6213,041	-	-	341	223	880
	42	410	400	417	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	-	-	-	26	147,777	51	31	45,0762,745	-	-	311	287	856
	42	420	400	414	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	-	-	-	28**^[18]	147,252	30	19	56,8391,659	-	-	352	213	953
	44	430	420	432	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	-	-	-	40	109,492	18	23	54,718559	-	-	272	814	1000
	45	340	390	391	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	-	-	-	38	113,712	34	34	56,4701,045	-	-	333	394	922
	46	450	280	405	Ashridge Executive Education at Hult	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	377	4821	291
	47	650	-	-	Neoma Business School	France	38*^[13]	64,400	64	-	-	-	37	49,16249	-	-	481	431	751
	47	-	-	-	EBS Business School	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	81,734	-	-	16	26	100
	47	400	330	404	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	54,8612,216	22	34	2010	255	615
	47	490	460	470	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	52,766674	25	-	171	381	980
	47	550	490	501	Lancaster University Management School	UK	22	89,009	86	-	-	-	56	40,5072,245	-	-	301	464	883
	47	500	740	575	University of Bath School of Management	UK	23	92,676	55	-	-	-	52	36,900729	-	-	334	637	990
	53	520	550	533	Durham University Business School	UK	28	86,887	55	-	-	-	51	46,8172,571	-	-	365	644	933
	54	560	630	583	Leeds University Business School	UK	30*^[13]	86,091	79	-	-	-	55	37,1853,635	-	-	406	433	821
	55	580	-	-	Iéseg School of Management	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	48,639535	-	-	405	812	982
	56	630	-	-	ESC Rennes	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	49,1624,384	-	-	363	844	811
	56	570	530	551	Skema Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	48,9711,416	-	36	441	380	761
	58	500	420	507	University of Bradford School of Management	UK	34*^[13]	70,982	97	-	-	-	53	40,7857,744	-	-	417	2910	8219
	59	660	550	60	Porto Business School	Portugal	-	-	-	52*^[13]	78,047	31	-	-	30	26	305	93	821
	60	600	630	61	Télécom Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	50,633309	-	-	500	501	760
	61	740	-	-	St Petersburg State University Graduate School of Management	Russia	-	-	-	47*^[13]	93,814	49	50	40,0253,043	-	-	524	22	926
	62	600	550	594	Audencia Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	55,1742,296	-	-	418	401	816
	63	580	530	584	Toulouse Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	49,381371	-	-	402	413	921
	64	630	680	65	Montpellier Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	44,295139	-	-	462	422	942
	65	670	610	643	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	56,871107	-	-	173	512	9711
	66	600	590	625	Louvain School of Management	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	49,3291,329	-	-	330	231	1000
	67	-	66	-	Koç University Graduate School of Business	Turkey	-	-	-	34	131,406	51	-	-	-	-	45	42	94
	67	680	720	69	University of Zurich	Switzerland	-	-	-	33	125,011	24	-	-	-	-	90	8515	1000
	69	470	480	554	Aston Business School	UK	31*^[13]	82,184	75	-	-	-	-	-was 51,716	-	-	310	463	821
	69	690	720	702	Birmingham Business School	UK	31*^[13]	86,521	72	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	305	444	808
	71	540	510	598	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	33*^[13]	91,335	65	-	-	-	-	-was 42,482	-	-	341	522	916
	72	710	700	712	ICN Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	45	44,041572	-	-	410	441	784
	73	-	77	-	Sabanci University School of Management	Turkey	-	-	-	44	117,986	39	-	-	-	-	43	27	100
	74	710	670	713	University of Cologne Faculty of Management	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	47	65,463887	-	-	197	62	8520
	75	690	630	695	IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	47,562825	-	-	400	1910	883
	76	-	-	-	La Rochelle Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	39,770	-	-	41	31	71
	77	-	76	-	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	61	38,260	-	-	44	1	95
	77	750	780	773	University of Economics, Prague	Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	36,1771,011	-	-	505	92	711
	79	-	79	-	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	39,640	-	-	43	9	80
	80	-	-	-	University of Liverpool Management School	UK	40*^[13]	57,807	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	37	84
	80	-	-	-	Hanken School of Economics	Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	64*^[13]	42,094	-	-	38	20	93
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Table notes†The Cems programme was ranked number five in the Masters in Management 2014 rankings, but it has not been included in the European Business Schools 2014 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 2014 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 195 points separate London Business School at the top from the school ranked number 80. The top 11 business schools from LBS and IE to Rotterdam School of Management, form the top group. The second group is headed by ESCP Europe, about 85 points above Leeds University Business School at the bottom of this group. The third group is headed by Iéseg School of Management.

Footnotes

1. Position among European schools within the FT Global MBA 2014 ranking.

2. Position among European schools within the FT Executive MBA 2014 ranking.
# Figure in brackets refers to data from second programme for schools with more than one programme ranked.

3. # Figure in brackets refers to data from second programme for schools with more than one programme ranked.

4. Position among European schools within the FT Masters in Management 2014 ranking.
† The Cems programme was ranked fifth in the Masters in Management 2014 rankings, but it has not been included in the European Business Schools 2014 ranking as it is a programme and not a school.

5. 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.

6. ‡ Data are provided for information only. Most recently published data are given.

7. *** Columbia/ London Business School

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

9. ** Georgetown University/ Esade

10. *** Tsinghua University/ Insead

11. *** OneMBA

12. ** Essec/ Mannheim

13. * School was not included in the published 2014 ranking.

14. ** The Lisbon MBA

15. * School was not included in the published 2014 ranking, ** The Lisbon MBA

16. ** WHU/ Kellogg

17. * School was not included in the published 2014 ranking, *** BI/ Fudan

18. ** WU/ University of Minnesota: Carlson

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