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Executive Education - open - 2007

	Rank '07	Rank '06^[1]	Rank '05^[1]	3 yr. rank^[1]	Business school name	Country^[1]	Preparation^[2]	Course design^[3]	Materials^[4]	Faculty^[5]	Participants^[6]	New skills^[7]	Follow-up^[8]	Aims achieved^[9]	Food^[10]	Facilities^[11]	% Women^[12]	% Intl.^[13]	Growth^[14]	Intl. location^[15]	Partners^[16]	Fac. diversity^[17]
	1	-	-	-	Harvard Business School	U.S.A.	2	9	6	4	1	2	13	1	8	2	19	4	30	31	2	19
	2	3	8	4	Stanford Graduate School of Business	U.S.A.	1	6	2	3	2	5	12	2	1	8	22	8	41	26	13	22
	3	1	2	2	University of Virginia: Darden	U.S.A.	5	1	1	1	14	4	15	3	2	4	30	29	16	48	40	46
	4	9	6	6	University of Chicago: Booth	U.S.A. / U.K.	3	3	3	9	12	3	7	6	4	22	21	19	5	16	16	33
	5	10	10	8	IMD Business School	Switzerland	8	13	8	12	4	17	21	10	3	1	15	3	9	33	13	1
	6	5	3	5	Center for Creative Leadership	U.S.A. / Belgium / Singapore	6	2	4	5	16	14	6	4	10	12	35	27	17	10	25	22
	7	7	12	9	IE Business School	Spain	18	11	20	13	17	12	1	11	22	10	41	13	4	4	5	6
	8	2	7	6	Iese Business School	Spain	13	19	15	26	23	18	4	17	17	14	36	7	6	2	1	2
	8	3	1	4	Northwestern University: Kellogg	U.S.A.	7	4	5	6	9	6	27	5	5	16	30	15	28	46	13	27
	10	11	11	11	Babson Executive Education	U.S.A.	22	10	13	2	15	19	24	18	9	9	34	16	15	28	7	28
	11	18	19	16	UCLA Anderson School of Management	U.S.A.	15	8	9	16	18	7	17	9	21	25	50	10	46	29	40	7
	12	6	4	7	Duke University: Fuqua	U.S.A.	4	5	7	7	10	10	33	12	6	6	20	36	45	39	40	36
	13	12	9	11	Columbia Business School	U.S.A.	14	7	12	8	3	9	30	8	12	24	24	12	50	9	35	22
	14	7	15	12	Insead	France / Singapore	24	20	16	17	5	31	29	16	31	13	18	2	19	5	6	5
	15	21	16	17	Queen's University: Smith	Canada	23	24	23	19	22	29	3	20	11	15	34	34	2	13	25	11
	15	24	12	17	Thunderbird School of Global Management	U.S.A. / Russia	10	15	19	20	11	34	26	25	38	37	37	1	11	1	40	3
	17	19	22	19	Fundação Dom Cabral	Brazil	12	12	21	30	25	13	8	23	13	3	24	47	40	6	2	41
	18	-	-	-	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	U.S.A.	19	34	10	10	6	11	32	7	14	26	26	17	29	34	25	33
	18	17	21	19	Western University: Ivey	Canada / China	17	23	17	14	21	28	18	24	15	30	43	4	26	2	18	15
	20	13	12	15	London Business School	U.K.	20	25	18	15	7	24	22	13	28	21	21	9	21	44	35	8
	21	15	16	17	Ipade Business School	Mexico	16	16	24	27	29	1	5	14	19	19	16	43	32	12	40	44
	22	22	25	23	MIT: Sloan	U.S.A.	21	26	14	11	8	20	45	27	16	35	16	25	18	39	16	12
	23	33	40	32	SDA Bocconi School of Management	Italy	28	18	22	21	38	23	9	29	24	7	38	39	39	42	21	8
	23	25	-	-	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	9	27	26	28	24	25	14	19	26	27	17	30	37	11	10	13
	25	20	18	21	Cranfield School of Management	U.K.	37	30	27	29	20	22	2	21	37	5	27	31	25	36	30	39
	26	26	33	28	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	11	17	11	18	33	16	39	22	20	43	38	28	43	14	24	16
	27	23	22	24	HEC Paris	France	26	22	28	24	31	8	16	15	48	32	26	14	33	18	19	17
	28	13	5	15	University of Michigan: Ross	U.S.A.	38	14	29	22	13	32	28	26	35	28	26	6	47	7	35	37
	28	26	27	27	Wisconsin School of Business	U.S.A.	25	21	25	25	34	27	20	28	7	34	35	48	7	47	40	46
	30	31	29	30	Essec Business School	France / Singapore	35	33	33	41	36	15	10	32	41	23	39	26	24	8	19	28
	31	30	28	30	Esade Business School	Spain	36	37	38	39	35	30	11	38	25	17	33	20	14	17	8	28
	31	26	30	29	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	27	29	32	38	37	35	25	31	29	29	29	46	8	27	12	22
	33	26	19	26	IAE Business School	Argentina	31	39	39	37	43	38	19	40	27	18	25	21	12	19	4	14
	34	38	43	38	ESCP Business School	France / U.K. / Germany / Spain / Italy	41	32	36	36	41	21	43	30	46	11	33	22	22	22	9	32
	35	31	32	33	AGSM at UNSW Business School	Australia	34	41	35	23	26	41	31	33	30	39	37	40	42	41	35	22
	35	42	-	-	EMLyon Business School	France	30	28	30	34	44	26	23	39	49	33	30	24	20	24	21	35
	37	35	38	37	Henley Business School	U.K.	44	35	41	32	19	36	36	34	34	40	36	37	31	45	25	40
	38	35	35	36	York University: Schulich	Canada	39	31	31	31	32	43	49	42	23	46	42	37	27	15	11	10
	39	38	38	38	Gordon Institute of Business Science at UP	South Africa	32	45	37	43	39	39	41	41	18	20	35	45	23	25	35	20
	40	42	42	41	Aalto University	Finland / S. Korea / Singapore	29	38	40	44	48	33	34	35	36	38	49	48	38	21	30	50
	41	-	35	-	Macquarie Business School	Australia	40	40	34	33	27	37	46	37	40	50	48	40	34	32	40	38
	42	34	30	35	Hult Ashridge Executive Education	U.K.	43	43	42	40	28	47	37	45	32	31	31	17	44	38	40	4
	42	40	43	42	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia	33	36	43	42	45	40	35	36	33	42	38	22	36	19	40	49
	44	45	34	41	Melbourne Business School, Mt Eliza	Australia	46	42	45	35	30	45	42	44	39	41	30	31	35	48	25	20
	45	41	41	42	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	42	44	44	45	49	42	38	43	44	47	20	50	1	48	40	44
	46	-	-	-	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	45	46	47	47	46	46	40	48	42	36	31	34	49	35	30	42
	46	-	-	-	USB Executive Development	South Africa	47	47	46	48	47	44	48	46	45	44	28	33	13	23	40	43
	48	-	-	-	Wits Business School	South Africa	48	49	48	46	42	48	50	49	47	48	31	40	10	30	30	18
	49	-	-	-	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	49	48	49	49	40	49	47	47	50	45	37	10	48	36	21	48
	50	-	-	-	Lagos Business School	Nigeria	50	50	50	50	50	50	44	50	43	49	22	43	3	43	30	31
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Table notesAlthough the headline ranking figures show changes in the data year to year, the pattern of clustering among the schools is equally significant. Some 300 points separate the top school from the school ranked number 50. The top nine schools, from Harvard Business School to the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, form the elite group of outstanding providers of open enrolment programmes. The second group runs from Babson Executive Education to the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which are jointly ranked 28. Sixty points separate these top and bottom schools. The third group is headed by Essec Management Education, which scored over 170 points more than the school ranked 50.

Footnotes

1. These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

2. The provision of advanced information on programme content and the participant selection process.

3. The flexibility of the course and appropriateness of class size, structure and design.

4. Contemporary and appropriate teaching materials and a suitable mix of academic rigour and practical relevance.

5. The quality of the teaching and the extent to which teaching staff worked together to present a coherent programme.

6. The extent to which other participants were of the appropriate managerial/academic level, the international mix of the class and the interaction between course participants.

7. The relevance of new skills to the workplace, the ease with which they were implemented and the extent to which the course encouraged new ways of thinking.

8. The level of follow-up offered after participants returned to their workplace and networking opportunities with other participants.

9. The degree to which participant and company expectations were met.

10. The quality of food and accommodation.

11. The quality of teaching accommodation and IT and library facilities.

12. The percentage of female participants.

13. Amalgamates the percentage of participants from outside the business school's base country and its region (e.g. North America, Europe, Asia etc.).

14. Amalgamates growth in income and percentage of repeat business.

15. Programmes run outside the business school's base country and its region.

16. The quantity and quality of programmes taught in conjunction with other business schools.

17. The mix of faculty by nationality and gender.

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