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Executive Education - Customised - 2020

	Rank in 2020	Rank in 2019	Rank in 2018	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	1	1	10	Iese Business School	Spain / US	21	30	42	20	32	64	31	51	42	31	10	24	355	20	10	41 (3)
	2	6	5	42	HEC Paris	France	39	27	26	13	25	57	14	67	69	25	252	117	2613	303	70	46 (3)
	3	5	12	74	Essec Business School	France	11	14	14	36	11	12	26	93	16	51	165	134	6520	102	171	36 (3)
	4	2	2	31	Duke Corporate Education	US / UK / South Africa / Singapore / India	63	43	32	41	72	95	41	133	21	63	34	30	3720	72	90	45 (3)
	5	4	7	50	SDA Bocconi School of Management	Italy	82	51	51	105	40	32	51	101	51	10	246	385	308	3216	262	33 (3)
	6	13	6	81	Insead	France / Singapore / Abu Dhabi	76	77	75	78	105	1310	86	146	98	119	20	186	381	220	31	49 (3)
	7	3	3	41	IMD Business School	Switzerland / Singapore	103	119	96	54	166	280	76	168	148	40	44	61	3925	404	53	26 (3)
	8	10	27	155	Edhec Business School	France	50	60	113	92	63	41	111	20	102	130	8026	334	478	484	3530	34 (3)
	9	9	10	91	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	US	92	102	81	82	130	108	61	33	32	142	608	6634	495	3913	2710	28 (3)
	10	7	4	71	London Business School	UK	117	132	154	111	143	3110	132	182	163	2010	103	10	5135	30	83	46 (3)
	11	-	13	-	Renmin University of China Business School (RMBS)	China	14	14	14	17	9	2	16	15	8	10	62	40	19	6	64	33 (2)
	11	14	30	186	Esade Business School	Spain	171	170	121	153	171	140	143	127	124	170	95	161	7437	40	285	38 (3)
	13	16	16	152	Ipade Business School	Mexico	46	85	64	68	50	468	94	43	72	155	795	758	6934	484	605	31 (3)
	14	18	18	173	ESCP Business School	France / UK / Spain / Italy / Germany / Poland	158	213	172	166	152	125	156	203	227	97	132	70	165	184	1110	43 (3)
	15	8	14	121	Fundação Dom Cabral	Brazil	123	125	101	125	120	215	126	76	133	83	703	360	785	136	596	39 (3)
	16	12	8	121	Stanford Graduate School of Business	US	135	91	137	144	80	4511	101	83	112	246	194	7121	2831	484	6824	29 (3)
	17	11	11	131	University of Michigan: Ross	US	162	155	182	135	115	4130	197	110	157	2820	2314	3711	4310	164	412	34 (3)
	18	22	25	221	Hult Ashridge Executive Education	UK	193	184	201	201	201	1610	182	312	251	166	159	286	5224	331	1915	35 (3)
	19	18	23	203	ESMT Berlin	Germany	222	160	161	182	211	189	171	192	202	195	323	292	3347	126	4921	42 (3)
	20	20	28	235	University of Tennessee: Haslam	US	181	190	191	190	221	155	235	12	210	227	536	4312	3415	484	816	27 (3)
	21	21	31	249	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	256	290	224	225	180	2013	213	172	172	382	111	584	180	484	3211	24 (3)
	22	17	24	216	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	US	215	244	264	247	195	196	205	2713	184	216	173	3922	6719	232	333	18 (3)
	23	24	26	241	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	204	202	251	251	242	712	242	256	344	419	2812	197	5014	472	2015	31 (3)
	24	15	34	24	University of Arizona: Eller	US	238	227	236	218	329	82	278	5531	198	2312	352	91	422	441	133	20 (3)
	25	37	55	398	Ceibs	China / Switzerland / Ghana	2914	2511	279	3217	2616	327	2610	234	2819	359	252	651	763	2724	121	42 (3)
	26	35	37	338	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	2814	3310	2410	2913	3313	1710	3212	2817	2713	424	61	511	5620	467	102	26 (3)
	27	38	48	3811	Columbia Business School	US	3220	2712	345	2717	257	3736	309	2412	3820	1239	3121	322	1713	177	227	17 (3)
	28	29	44	341	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	247	233	218	316	283	245	283	264	292	183	465	103	8248	92	492	47 (3)
	29	36	43	365	EMLyon Business School	France / Morocco / India / China	2611	2819	321	235	2311	269	319	356	399	712	605	308	2150	484	342	27 (3)
	30	25	35	303	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia / Latvia	272	302	280	331	311	339	334	364	327	435	306	266	2213	10	779	46 (3)
	31	26	29	292	Incae Business School	Nicaragua / Costa Rica	3913	329	318	4011	297	4913	418	3813	3512	584	82	257	8013	4111	21	35 (3)
	32	30	46	361	Henley Business School	UK	3810	379	364	361	358	398	395	492	336	6414	72	472	2320	484	184	43 (3)
	33	-	19	-	Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai	China	33	31	30	37	30	11	34	53	24	46	78	63	70	48	73	22 (2)
	34	28	22	281	Emory University: Goizueta	US	316	265	336	266	3410	277	252	431	235	5716	645	758	6417	484	8528	22 (3)
	35	-	-	-	Washington University: Olin	US	40	34	35	30	27	74	22	21	26	55	66	75	36	48	67	9 (1)
	36	34	44	386	Aalto University	Finland	344	353	291	385	360	529	366	295	313	278	686	248	6634	451	7012	38 (3)
	37	26	20	288	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore	377	4512	3712	349	3910	444	359	3918	3713	4421	213	6418	615	377	4424	41 (3)
	38	31	33	347	Mannheim Business School	Germany	303	369	387	354	3810	402	292	220	6022	6121	722	173	2429	152	795	23 (3)
	39	54	42	452	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	3521	4419	3920	4616	3717	517	3823	4713	4415	3414	136	5214	6816	245	247	59 (3)
	40	33	49	414	Western University: Ivey	Canada / China	427	388	500	284	529	7018	371	400	5215	470	275	540	1131	387	2919	36 (3)
	41	48	64	519	Lagos Business School	Nigeria	4310	4610	469	4115	467	353	4013	3023	366	252	759	684	6357	313	717	39 (3)
	42	64	73	6010	Imperial College Business School	UK	4119	4225	637	4917	5023	813	4720	571	648	603	371	1510	553	2615	42	27 (3)
	43	61	79	6113	Skema Business School	France / Brazil / China / South Africa / US	682	656	644	618	5112	2311	569	800	703	494	125	452	31	142	62	42 (3)
	44	-	-	-	Moscow School of Management Skolkovo	Russia	47	39	42	50	57	64	50	44	47	59	39	22	4	20	62	16 (1)
	45	41	36	411	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	467	409	438	5515	434	3611	427	6418	719	6318	436	813	3242	484	3810	43 (3)
	46	39	21	3510	Georgetown University: McDonough	US	4512	5615	5311	4810	455	4227	436	589	454	662	349	5012	1211	216	554	23 (3)
	47	63	53	544	University of Chicago: Booth	US / Hong Kong / UK	5014	5212	5213	477	4723	737	5210	335	302	684	188	4611	4524	485	510	30 (3)
	48	-	38	-	Universidad de los Andes School of Management	Colombia	49	41	41	45	41	61	66	41	40	53	76	48	25	48	37	16 (2)
	49	40	31	409	Cranfield School of Management	UK	364	549	6620	5819	424	547	6019	7211	5910	525	209	122	6252	82	3617	29 (3)
	50	32	39	406	Thunderbird School of Global Management at ASU	US / Russia / Switzerland / UAE	6625	5922	6723	399	6128	3412	5523	428	7815	7722	52	340	5425	484	141	24 (3)
	51	62	54	564	York University: Schulich	Canada	523	570	474	564	566	5811	634	628	492	672	2212	692	4632	55	3010	36 (3)
	52	57	59	561	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	India	536	519	4410	448	4414	7612	469	349	461	302	743	7317	1511	488	780	61 (3)
	53	47	52	511	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	440	499	481	432	405	536	589	652	585	298	676	709	603	1913	5712	44 (3)
	54	52	62	563	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	567	531	403	511	599	8013	482	563	662	318	452	598	853	480	424	51 (3)
	55	58	78	64	Sabanci Business School	Turkey	6110	583	582	6211	672	487	531	740	484	267	827	758	263	484	6626	56 (3)
	56	51	67	585	University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business	South Africa	595	475	497	603	492	432	516	7614	5714	376	8220	7522	4016	484	6828	34 (3)
	57	70	71	665	Yonsei University School of Business	South Korea	5810	6710	6214	5213	6016	2512	4917	596	5011	744	6411	1427	2741	484	826	17 (3)
	58	64	75	665	Porto Business School, University of Porto	Portugal	548	4811	4513	4219	489	673	594	489	653	3316	541	747	8326	484	755	44 (3)
	59	-	-	-	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	US	69	64	69	65	55	68	64	54	61	54	29	53	9	48	46	16 (1)
	60	-	77	-	IAE Business School	Argentina	48	71	59	54	53	83	70	46	62	45	63	75	6	48	48	16 (2)
	60	45	51	526	Gordon Institute of Business Science at UP	South Africa	5115	6115	6517	6820	5813	577	5411	6611	428	3913	593	2710	7772	2512	657	27 (3)
	62	46	39	494	Warwick Business School	UK	6013	6016	5414	5912	8032	5926	577	6012	5115	7513	406	209	4814	484	472	21 (3)
	63	43	-	-	AGSM at UNSW Business School	Australia	5725	7439	7534	7229	7425	858	4416	5115	5617	3627	411	6723	2911	2921	168	9 (2)
	64	76	-	-	Indian School of Business	India	5518	704	735	5719	6215	845	687	3210	4333	3228	723	4118	4126	3616	727	13 (2)
	65	-	-	-	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	India	63	43	57	53	77	29	77	67	41	51	77	61	71	48	84	8 (1)
	66	56	61	614	Irish Management Institute	Ireland	707	508	603	634	6311	563	622	829	722	5625	494	5616	143	3512	540	26 (3)
	67	68	68	681	Tias Business School, Tilburg University	Netherlands	674	682	559	674	654	3014	690	793	541	651	827	358	797	1114	398	56 (3)
	68	-	-	-	McGill University: Desautels	Canada	62	55	56	66	70	78	45	61	55	82	44	62	44	48	43	12 (1)
	69	59	73	671	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France	7312	796	686	7912	7314	625	7317	379	759	5016	511	2110	591	484	303	22 (3)
	70	-	90	-	Kedge Business School	France	78	83	77	73	71	47	71	71	77	48	58	55	10	48	56	34 (3)
	71	66	81	73	Universidad Adolfo Ibanez	Chile	657	6313	516	706	728	694	728	8413	632	698	386	758	7645	484	584	21 (3)
	72	55	70	662	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	6416	629	610	646	541	7236	657	6810	531	8420	4810	4913	859	4317	231	19 (3)
	73	50	46	56	Audencia Business School	France	7710	7615	8017	7722	6824	6535	7432	8320	7316	402	694	600	135	484	391	22 (3)
	73	75	87	783	Esan Graduate School of Business	Peru	722	802	825	750	665	384	751	5226	681	701	521	758	556	484	745	20 (3)
	75	60	63	663	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	7417	6618	7018	7118	7822	8219	6713	7016	7923	7921	475	571	727	484	251	33 (3)
	76	69	80	751	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Germany	8111	6911	726	6912	699	501	837	452	8510	783	3622	727	8169	484	833	29 (3)
	77	-	-	-	Neoma Business School	France	84	81	83	84	81	22	82	63	84	73	50	42	20	42	15	16 (1)
	78	74	69	747	UCLA Anderson School of Management	US	755	733	718	762	642	7711	617	6917	811	855	3314	444	588	343	533	28 (3)
	79	71	65	7210	Fundação Getulio Vargas — FGV EAESP	Brazil	711	724	765	814	757	6313	766	509	677	802	827	758	8483	484	612	34 (3)
	80	66	66	718	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	8015	788	789	8010	7912	6012	798	8115	6915	7611	719	53	3111	4813	807	34 (3)
	81	80	82	811	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	823	856	844	824	764	550	801	856	762	625	552	3111	5711	2819	633	30 (3)
	82	73	88	81	QUT Business School	Australia	838	827	818	834	839	7515	846	739	807	7110	816	463	533	484	520	48 (3)
	83	77	83	81	University of British Columbia: Sauder	Canada	791	778	747	746	845	666	818	750	825	834	564	758	7534	484	455	39 (3)
	84	72	-	-	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	767	7510	797	786	827	7911	786	786	743	818	417	758	7322	484	765	25 (2)
	85	-	-	-	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	85	84	85	85	85	71	85	77	83	72	57	23	1	48	21	20 (1)
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Table notesFootnotes ‡ 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 2018 or 2019 ranking but were not ranked in either or both. Some 320 points separate the top school, Iese Business School, from the school ranked number 85. The schools are divided into three groups, indicated by bold lines. The difference in score between schools ranked consecutively is greater within groups one and three than in group two. The top 16 business schools, down to Stanford Graduate School of Business, form the top group of custom providers. The second group, which is led by University of Michigan: Ross, spans schools ranked 17 to 67. The remaining 18 schools headed by McGill University: Desautels, at 68th, make up the third group.

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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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