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European Business School Rankings 2016

	Rank 2016	Rank 2015	Rank 2014	3 year rank	Business School	Country	Full time MBA 2016^[1]	MBA Salary today ($)	MBA Salary increase (%)	Executive MBA 2016^[2]	EMBA Salary today ($)#^[3]	EMBA Salary increase (%)#^[3]	Masters in Management 2016^[4]	Masters in Management salary today ($)	Open programmes - Executive Education 2016	Custom programmes - Executive Education 2016	Female Faculty (%)^[5]	International Faculty (%)^[5]	Faculty with doctorate (%)^[5]
	1	1	1	11	London Business School	UK	2	154,1503	1003	10 (4)***	205,661 (227,510)	47 (54)	6	78,1561,150	7	4	270	860	1000
	2	2	2	20	HEC Paris	France	6	134,2994,755	1084	2	328,668	54	2	89,7936,484	4	2	193	694	1000
	3	3	5	40	Insead	France	1	166,51011,495	9610	3 (1)***	255,233 (327,140)	52 (63)	-	-	6	6	160	952	970
	4	5	3	41	IE Business School	Spain	4	159,2666,980	1040	6	244,817	45	7	81,4918,922	11	-	381	624	981
	5	4	6	51	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	21	112,9408,049	602	25	161,523	41	1	101,50211,902	19	20	154	803	1000
	6	5	4	51	Esade Business School	Spain	8	132,1191,019	1170	17**	205,320	38	9	67,8102,781	3	10	356	409	923
	6	7	8	7	SDA Bocconi School of Management	Italy	9	122,955	116	36	145,697	50	11	69,982	20	5	37	30	95
	8	8	7	81	Iese Business School	Spain	7	140,1854,807	1210	7	255,542	64	-	-	2	1	265	760	1000
	9	9	9	90	IMD Business School	Switzerland	5	157,4399,291	8313	14	272,444	43	-	-	1	3	160	950	1000
	10	13	11	110	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	17	107,9984,372	813	28 (15)***	127,482 (204,112)	50 (74)	5	73,3646,750	34	31	241	492	1000
	11	10	10	101	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	10	136,959485	815	5	244,828	70	-	-	5	13	180	583	1000
	12	11	12	121	ESCP Business School	France / UK / Germany / Spain / Italy	-	-	-	8	202,554	73	4	73,5924,233	12	14	350	732	972
	13	14	29	1911	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	3	156,3239,659	952	9	208,539	71	-	-	15	24	206	8410	980
	14	25	17	191	Edhec Business School	France	26	106,7619,919	6619	48*	106,428	30	15	61,1384,019	25	15	361	413	890
	15	15	16	150	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	33*	97,9762,833	701	34	127,487	52	28	61,7481,748	13	17	312	222	966
	16	12	13	140	Imperial College Business School	UK	11	112,3013,748	835	18	142,772	63	18	60,5313,667	-	28	302	931	1000
	17	20	26	213	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France	28	93,6807,888	8020	33	114,589	72	13	60,8402,341	27	36	443	472	831
	18	16	15	161	Essec Business School	France	-	-	-	23**	145,224	46	3	85,3653,653	9	9	323	532	991
	19	18	18	182	Mannheim Business School	Germany	19	109,6223,516	794	23**	145,224	46	14	82,710601	-	8	360	242	852
	20	29	14	212	EMLyon Business School	France	36*	86,136	43	40	125,251	27	23	60,0442,186	22	22	314	460	972
	21	16	21	193	ESMT Berlin	Germany	23	107,2347,412	623	18	164,650	53	-	-	8	12	207	802	1000
	22	19	19	203	Warwick Business School	UK	18	112,2876,124	709	12	155,488	96	32	53,6181,938	-	-	322	771	1000
	23	23	23	231	Tias Business School, Tilburg University	Netherlands	32*	90,1672,122	747	41	119,042	45	53	51,4881,668	31	26	251	400	902
	23	26	25	250	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	15**	123,5841,250	1003	52,*	109,110	48	46	44,9894,677	21	21	303	402	953
	23	28	28	265	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	15**	123,5841,250	1003	52,*	109,110	48	16	50,7153,812	29	29	373	356	1000
	26	21	19	223	City, University of London: Cass	UK	13	121,4027,370	8214	16	168,312	69	34	58,6011,064	-	-	263	8011	942
	27	24	24	251	EADA Business School Barcelona	Spain	39*	88,4483,759	7213	51*	91,480	46	28	58,8041,282	23	23	352	555	718
	28	26	26	273	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia / Latvia	-	-	-	29	135,012	55	25	60,6812,450	14	16	261	354	993
	29	36	35	332	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	25	107,185969	734	42	119,770	43	20	58,3772,402	32	-	382	482	1000
	30	21	22	243	Cranfield School of Management	UK	20	116,6041,854	647	47	124,834	42	-	-	16	7	284	531	941
	31	32	29	311	Aalto University	Finland	-	-	-	30	142,113	50	45	56,7171,738	18	27	351	210	972
	32	37	34	343	WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management	Germany	35*	98,861	50	13**	186,522	58	9	98,360237	-	-	2712	294	1000
	33	30	29	311	Kedge Business School	France	-	-	-	11	197,229	103	47	50,1822,838	35	37	262	440	921
	34	31	32	321	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	22	99,450611	9111	21	171,277	78	51	51,0271,152	-	-	372	461	802
	35	41	38	383	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	-	-	-	44 (20)***	142,623 (195,681)	32 (89)	63	58,2342,552	28	25	250	295	744
	35	34	45	380	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	34*	99,14510,832	3212	27	147,517	44	32	65,0893,465	-	-	331	401	900
	37	35	36	365	Henley Business School	UK	-	-	-	26	150,299	60	75	48,456	10	17	473	482	880
	38	40	38	392	NHH Norwegian School of Economics	Norway	-	-	-	49*	110,886	38	57	61,0293,328	23	33	282	292	951
	39	39	37	380	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	14	117,9182,155	964	-	-	-	67	46,8964,466	-	19	371	434	893
	40	33	32	356	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Germany	41*	82,9181,116	4119	39	114,430	53	19	87,8002,976	-	-	188	181	1000
	41	38	47	420	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	38*	82,5824,127	4319	-	-	-	53	61,2954,401	26	32	260	135	950
	42	45	38	422	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	42*	69,990735	487	50*	111,378	61	69	42,1441,326	37*	35	356	129	776
	43	43	42	431	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	-	-	-	22**	157,377	39	8	63,948751	-	-	392	263	960
	44	45	42	441	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	-	-	-	42	152,265	32	26	55,6965,576	-	-	272	431	926
	45	44	44	440	HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne	Switzerland	-	-	-	45	118,456	22	27	64,447983	-	-	244	801	1000
	45	45	41	443	Kozminski University	Poland	-	-	-	35	152,985	56	38	74,6647,974	-	-	341	220	902
	47	49	63	534	Toulouse Business School (TBS)	France	-	-	-	38	129,560	73	36	54,6632,961	-	-	402	421	920
	48	53	47	493	Lancaster University Management School	UK	11	106,6389,719	11130	-	-	-	64	38,496896	-	-	313	543	941
	49	50	53	511	Durham University Business School	UK	24	98,0291,666	7711	-	-	-	49	56,5704,505	-	-	340	671	981
	50	53	47	505	Neoma Business School	France	37*	68,2503,832	8025	-	-	-	30	53,4071,873	-	-	440	576	893
	50	55	71	591	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	29	99,1449,956	662	-	-	-	48	49,7316,787	-	-	406	580	913
	52	48	46	493	Hult Ashridge Executive Education	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	11	480	363	3810
	53	56	54	541	Leeds University Business School	UK	29	89,20210,188	7917	-	-	-	56	41,8051,880	-	-	381	480	891
	54	51	47	51	EBS Business School	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	82,6332,433	-	39	243	240	1000
	55	60	-	-	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Germany	-	-	-	37	139,022	38	-	-	36	34	160	208	1004
	56	52	47	523	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	55,168260	30	-	210	356	944
	57	59	56	570	Skema Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	54,2822,345	-	38	471	401	813
	58	56	47	543	University of Bath School of Management	UK	29	97,9081,062	550	-	-	-	73	40,2042,930	-	-	344	651	981
	59	58	55	570	Iéseg School of Management	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	49,776639	-	-	473	873	1001
	60	63	62	620	Audencia Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	62,1504,374	-	-	498	400	810
	60	63	65	632	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	60,978479	-	-	221	500	992
	62	62	59	611	Porto Business School, University of Porto	Portugal	-	-	-	54*	78,620	36	-	-	33	30	300	71	791
	63	-	56	-	Rennes School of Business	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	53,669	-	-	33	85	82
	64	60	61	623	St Petersburg University, Graduate School of Management	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	53,5303,440	-	-	503	50	911
	65	69	66	672	Louvain School of Management	Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	57,4973,911	-	-	350	241	1000
	66	72	72	702	ICN Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	50,2172,046	-	-	481	481	852
	67	66	60	642	Institut Mines-Télécom Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	51,4341,249	-	-	491	449	804
	67	68	64	661	Montpellier Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	45,884266	-	-	480	529	912
	67	66	67	67	Koç University Graduate School of Business	Turkey	-	-	-	31	172,704	55	-	-	-	-	431	272	1000
	67	74	75	721	IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	41	49,1701,382	-	-	444	152	902
	71	73	-	-	Essca School of Management	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	51,9563,215	-	-	363	513	913
	72	65	67	681	University of Zurich	Switzerland	-	-	-	32	132,494	30	-	-	-	-	141	852	1000
	73	70	69	712	Birmingham Business School	UK	27	103,344977	7110	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	324	462	945
	74	-	-	-	Université Paris-Dauphine	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	51,992	-	-	40	22	91
	75	75	73	74	Sabanci Business School	Turkey	-	-	-	45	149,244	39	-	-	-	-	452	1020	1000
	76	79	-	-	EM Normandie	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	55	45,6693,623	-	-	462	371	723
	76	71	76	74	La Rochelle Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	46,4943,294	-	-	556	485	659
	78	76	74	762	University of Cologne	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	58	70,7083,671	-	-	200	71	880
	79	83	-	-	Burgundy School of Business	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	59	45,5803,319	-	-	477	469	814
	79	85	-	-	Aarhus BSS	Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	60	58,5064,050	-	-	374	230	939
	81	76	80	79	Hanken School of Economics	Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	61	49,7431,511	-	-	382	193	931
	82	79	79	80	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	45,4954,693	-	-	441	61	801
	83	-	-	-	EM Strasbourg Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	45,293	-	-	55	22	76
	83	42	58	6111	University of Bradford School of Management	UK	-	-was 68,487	-was 94	-	-	-	66	38,8386,717	-	-	453	332	832
	83	82	77	81	SGH Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	65	45,3744,270	-	-	440	10	951
	86	84	-	-	ESC Clermont Business School	France	-	-	-	-	-	-	69	45,9191,355	-	-	582	443	720
	87	-	-	-	University of Exeter Business School	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	71	44,889	-	-	32	48	82
	88	81	77	824	University of Economics, Prague	Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	38,7451,173	-	-	3810	91	831
	89	76	-	-	Nottingham University Business School	UK	39*	77,8702,034	460	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	401	422	894
	90	-	-	-	Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management	Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	74	49,938	-	-	20	40	91
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Table notes‡ 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 2016 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.

Footnotes

1. Position among European schools within the FT Global MBA 2016 ranking.

2. Position among European schools within the FT Executive MBA 2016 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 2016 ranking.

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

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