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Executive Education 2019

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Executive Education - Customised - 2019

	2019	2018	2017	Three-year average rank	School	Country	Preparation^[1]	Prog. design^[2]	Teaching	Faculty^[3]	Skills^[4]	Follow-up^[5]	Aims achieved^[6]	Facilities^[7]	Value^[8]	Future use^[9]	Intl. clients^[10]	Intl. progs.^[11]	Growth	Partner schools^[12]	Fac. diversity^[13]	Total Responses
	1	10	10	1	Iese Business School	Spain / US	11	31	21	21	10	20	20	43	20	21	10	64	304	20	10	39 (3)
	2	20	30	2	Duke Corporate Education	US / UK / Africa / Asia	31	11	11	31	90	41	35	105	30	34	73	30	1723	51	92	44 (3)
	3	30	20	3	IMD Business School	Switzerland	74	21	32	10	108	289	10	85	62	43	82	51	1439	3611	23	27 (3)
	4	70	40	5	SDA Bocconi	Italy	61	44	43	55	48	12	47	90	42	115	300	334	2215	169	241	27 (3)
	5	120	170	11	Essec Business School	France	24	56	57	97	24	314	86	1214	716	64	214	90	4512	82	183	28 (3)
	6	50	70	6	HEC Paris	France	124	93	80	41	74	124	52	131	154	73	231	44	1318	279	71	42 (3)
	7	40	60	6	London Business School	UK	43	118	117	128	116	212	116	161	135	3011	135	10	1616	35	52	45 (3)
	8	140	160	13	Fundação Dom Cabral	Brazil	93	70	94	75	121	1610	64	11	106	50	677	362	737	197	535	43 (3)
	9	100	120	10	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	US	110	127	71	62	130	1839	71	62	10	122	5210	324	5418	524	376	28 (3)
	10	270	220	20	Edhec Business School	France	516	611	1426	118	317	520	1020	220	1217	1312	541	296	557	524	655	31 (3)
	11	110	200	14	University of Michigan: Ross	US	140	103	162	85	62	112	120	119	84	82	376	2620	3322	206	399	38 (3)
	12	80	130	11	Stanford Graduate School of Business	US	83	81	61	101	82	569	92	54	94	1810	1519	5010	5946	524	4411	33 (3)
	13	60	90	9	Insead	France / Singapore / Abu Dhabi	133	144	123	159	151	234	145	209	174	209	20	2412	3911	223	41	46 (3)
	14	300	290	24	Esade Business School	Spain	1817	1718	1321	1814	1617	1424	1716	1919	1622	1721	49	1525	3727	41	232	34 (3)
	15	340	-	-	University of Arizona: Eller	US	1511	1516	1716	1311	2316	637	1917	249	1113	1135	3324	815	446	4511	160	12 (2)
	16	160	190	17	Ipade Business School	Mexico	103	131	100	143	52	5425	130	73	52	1012	749	676	3510	5217	558	35 (3)
	17	240	400	27	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	US	1613	2010	222	1712	1410	133	1514	1411	1421	1515	141	179	487	217	363	18 (3)
	18	230	110	17	ESMT Berlin	Germany	203	160	154	161	208	95	168	174	229	2419	356	2712	8017	181	2828	40 (3)
	18	180	240	20	ESCP Europe	France / UK / Germany / Spain / Italy	231	243	191	227	172	1736	215	238	293	162	113	73	214	141	218	30 (3)
	20	280	360	28	University of Tennessee: Haslam	US	175	195	187	197	2114	108	184	35	214	296	5916	550	1910	524	7510	21 (3)
	21	310	460	33	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	1912	2925	2610	2716	1811	75	2416	153	1914	3622	129	621	181	524	431	19 (3)
	22	250	230	23	Ashridge Executive Education at Hult	UK	2210	2211	212	211	197	2619	206	331	268	229	244	223	284	343	3412	33 (3)
	23	160	100	16	Center for Creative Leadership	US / APAC / EMEA	213	250	203	233	250	81	255	267	201	255	313	281	277	524	334	28 (3)
	24	260	260	25	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	243	181	242	261	2612	191	227	3117	306	326	161	125	6422	497	355	37 (3)
	25	350	380	33	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia / Latvia	297	3213	289	328	3012	243	2912	3215	253	3810	361	206	933	10	6816	46 (3)
	26	200	140	20	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore	302	335	254	257	297	404	261	217	242	2310	183	4617	5626	3021	206	42 (3)
	26	290	250	27	Incae Business School	Costa Rica / Nicaragua	261	236	235	296	221	623	339	2511	234	546	60	180	671	521	31	37 (3)
	28	220	300	27	Emory University: Goizueta	US	259	219	273	206	246	209	235	4415	184	414	6910	676	475	524	5722	17 (3)
	29	440	330	35	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	3112	2613	2913	3714	3119	2917	3113	3012	3113	213	414	133	3441	716	470	49 (3)
	30	460	350	37	Henley Business School	UK	2810	2819	3217	3521	2721	313	3412	5112	2715	5011	94	454	4320	528	1430	32 (3)
	31	330	180	27	Mannheim Business School	Germany	277	275	312	310	282	387	274	225	381	4013	7018	143	5333	173	742	28 (3)
	32	390	320	34	Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU	US	410	371	4414	306	332	2234	3222	509	638	551	36	3437	291	523	132	20 (3)
	33	490	530	45	Western University: Ivey	Canada / China	3519	3019	5011	2414	439	5229	3811	4013	3714	477	225	547	4227	319	109	38 (3)
	34	440	550	44	Aalto University	Finland	387	383	305	339	364	4315	305	340	282	3515	6210	163	3245	466	5811	36 (3)
	35	370	520	41	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	422	433	3412	428	465	2711	441	454	400	466	52	523	3642	3928	125	23 (3)
	36	430	440	41	EMLyon Business School	France	3710	478	336	285	3413	355	4013	291	4811	192	5511	226	7130	524	321	25 (3)
	37	550	480	47	Ceibs	China	4313	3621	3619	4912	4220	3916	3621	2722	4719	442	276	666	703	515	111	36 (3)
	38	480	610	49	Columbia Business School	US	5211	393	391	443	322	733	398	368	5812	5121	106	3028	43	2432	153	17 (3)
	39	210	150	25	Georgetown University: McDonough	US	3318	4119	4215	3810	403	1511	3720	4932	4123	6817	431	388	232	1514	593	14 (3)
	40	310	210	31	Cranfield School of Management	UK	407	4519	465	3916	382	6110	419	6111	4912	574	297	103	102	60	191	29 (3)
	41	360	420	40	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	399	318	353	4010	3912	2516	3514	463	620	458	496	211	7423	5210	2812	42 (3)
	42	600	510	51	Insper	Brazil	4512	3414	3813	3414	3717	7415	4510	183	502	599	2837	676	340	3818	6125	27 (3)
	43	-	-	-	AGSM at UNSW Business School	Australia	32	35	41	43	49	77	28	36	39	9	40	44	40	50	24	4 (1)
	44	560	600	53	City, University of London: Cass	UK	3415	494	477	3619	515	4616	480	3530	4618	5226	257	1914	758	4115	307	24 (3)
	45	510	410	46	Gordon Institute of Business Science at UP	South Africa	361	4610	482	483	4510	5016	436	553	349	266	629	376	561	1311	725	29 (3)
	46	390	500	45	Warwick Business School	UK	478	440	403	473	484	334	505	4813	3610	628	462	1114	6260	524	4918	24 (3)
	47	520	580	52	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	449	403	494	4111	3510	5915	4910	671	533	377	615	6139	6311	3217	4513	43 (3)
	48	640	680	60	Lagos Business School	Nigeria	5313	568	5514	5612	5315	3216	5313	5311	4219	279	6610	649	64	2813	642	36 (3)
	49	570	630	56	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	India	502	621	533	460	6112	719	517	391	356	143	6814	4913	726	4213	799	21 (3)
	50	460	-	-	Audencia Business School	France	6721	612	631	556	441	3017	425	6319	573	4213	7311	601	85	524	387	18 (2)
	51	670	700	63	University of Cape Town: Graduate School of Business	South Africa	5417	5218	5612	639	4722	4514	5710	6218	4310	432	6216	5320	2446	524	404	38 (3)
	52	390	310	41	University of Virginia: Darden	US	464	5114	376	458	419	6917	4713	6911	3316	561	565	577	3816	331	677	24 (3)
	52	620	620	59	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	4911	5411	4321	5013	509	672	4615	5914	644	395	4716	5118	6115	488	463	50 (3)
	54	420	450	47	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	565	6311	5915	628	545	5826	6111	609	5912	4815	197	3814	529	292	1711	59 (3)
	55	700	670	64	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	4816	5314	6113	5816	5512	3614	5814	5814	5217	6416	3817	626	7668	265	225	23 (3)
	56	610	540	57	Irish Management Institute	Ireland	632	429	576	596	5212	5314	604	734	743	313	454	408	1168	2333	545	37 (3)
	57	590	560	57	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	India	596	602	546	5212	587	646	557	4311	455	285	7114	564	2610	4024	786	60 (3)
	58	780	-	-	Sabanci University School of Management	Turkey	5127	5523	6017	5128	6519	4119	5219	7413	4421	3319	7513	676	6511	524	404	34 (2)
	59	730	710	68	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France	6116	737	6210	6710	5922	5721	5617	2840	6612	3435	502	3110	6025	5212	277	37 (3)
	60	630	660	63	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	575	488	527	535	561	6312	5411	5416	567	587	420	5822	7940	446	2454	38 (3)
	61	790	820	74	Skema Business School	France / Brazil / China / US	6615	7112	6816	6915	6312	3424	6514	808	6719	5329	1721	473	212	127	80	30 (3)
	62	540	390	52	York University: Schulich	Canada	550	571	511	600	624	4723	593	708	516	6920	3411	676	789	1038	4031	34 (3)
	63	530	340	50	University of Chicago: Booth	US / UK / Hong Kong	6412	6418	6517	5415	7019	802	6224	3818	3214	726	260	3514	6950	439	5110	23 (3)
	64	730	740	70	Imperial College Business School	UK	607	679	703	6616	735	7812	679	5618	7212	6312	389	2523	587	112	64	23 (3)
	64	750	750	71	Porto Business School	Portugal	6213	5914	5812	6110	5720	7013	6311	573	6812	4913	530	676	5725	5219	7010	56 (3)
	66	660	570	63	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	657	701	693	705	671	481	711	661	543	652	627	23	2014	3519	730	38 (3)
	66	810	-	-	Universidad Adolfo Ibanez	Chile	5815	5027	4538	6412	6421	6522	6419	7110	659	7713	3214	676	3127	524	622	14 (2)
	68	680	640	67	Tias Business School	Netherlands	713	660	641	711	696	449	691	763	555	662	757	435	720	256	3120	55 (3)
	69	800	780	76	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Germany	709	5817	669	5716	6014	4914	762	4731	7513	7510	580	659	1261	524	8010	27 (3)
	70	710	720	71	Yonsei University School of Business	South Korea	682	775	765	654	765	370	663	654	616	703	755	4132	681	524	7613	19 (3)
	71	650	490	62	Fundação Getulio Vargas - EAESP	Brazil	7213	688	7114	7720	6822	768	7018	4114	6012	7819	7513	676	188	524	635	22 (3)
	72	-	-	-	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	69	65	72	72	75	68	72	72	71	73	48	67	51	52	71	12 (1)
	73	880	-	-	QUT Business School	Australia	7511	7513	7315	798	7413	6011	7810	6411	7316	6126	7513	676	5010	524	520	32 (2)
	74	690	590	67	UCLA: Anderson	US	806	765	793	7412	665	667	685	527	808	806	1917	485	667	371	565	25 (3)
	75	870	810	81	Esan	Peru	7410	788	779	7513	715	4225	7415	787	6918	7115	510	676	4932	527	6913	20 (3)
	76	-	-	-	Indian School of Business	India	73	74	78	76	77	79	75	42	76	60	75	59	15	52	65	6 (1)
	77	830	-	-	University of British Columbia: Sauder	Canada	789	6910	6711	6815	799	7211	7313	7511	775	798	604	676	413	524	504	24 (2)
	78	840	800	81	Centrum PUCP Graduate Business School	Peru	776	807	755	806	727	5121	805	683	7013	7612	444	676	2565	524	7767	31 (3)
	79	720	730	75	Alberta School of Business	Canada	767	724	747	737	786	752	772	771	796	7410	729	676	7748	478	4812	31 (3)
	80	820	770	80	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	793	796	807	783	803	559	792	794	783	6712	5710	420	4612	911	6015	42 (3)
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Table notes‡ The first figure refers to the number of individual surveys completed by clients of the business school. The figure in brackets indicates the total number of years of survey data included in this ranking. Data are retained for those schools that participated in the 2017 or 2018 ranking but were not ranked in either or both. Although the headline ranking figures show changes in the data year to year, the pattern of clustering among the schools is equally significant. Some 330 points separate the top school, Iese Business School, from the school ranked number 80. The top 17 business schools, from Iese to University of Pennsylvania: Wharton, form the top group of custom providers. The second group, which is led by ESMT Berlin, includes 50 schools. The third group of 13 schools is led by Tias Business School, Tilburg University.

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1. The level of interaction between client and school, the extent to which purchasers’ ideas were integrated into the programme, and the effectiveness of the school in integrating its latest research.

2. The flexibility of the course and the willingness of schools to complement their own faculty with specialists and practitioners.

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

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

5. The extent and effectiveness of follow-up offered after the course participants returned to their workplaces.

6. The extent to which academic and business expectations were met, and the quality of feedback from individual participants to purchasers.

7. Rating of the learning environment’s quality and convenience, and of supporting resources and facilities.

8. Purchasers’ rating of the programme’s design, teaching and materials in terms of value for money.

9. The likelihood that clients would use the same school for future customised programmes, and whether they would use the school for the same programme.

10. The percentage of clients with headquarters outside the business school’s base country and region.

11. The international reach of the school’s customised programme teaching.

12. The quantity and quality of programmes developed or taught in conjunction with other business schools.

13. The mix of faculty by nationality and gender.

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