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Masters in management 2005

	Current rank	School name	Country	Prog. name	Sal today ($)^[1]	Weighted sal. ($)^[2]	Salary today (€)^[3]	Weighted sal. (€)^[4]	Value^[5]	Careers^[6]	Aims achieved^[7]	Placements^[8]	Employment	Wom. faculty^[9]	Wom. students^[10]	Wom. board^[11]	Intl. faculty^[12]	Intl. students^[13]	Intl. board^[14]	PhD faculty^[15]	Intl. mobility^[16]	Intl. course^[17]	Languages^[18]	Course fee (€)	Prog. length^[19]	Additional notes
	1	HEC Paris	France	HEC Master of Science in Management	66,472	60,945	57,714	52,915	14	17	86	2	83^[20]	19	39	10	29	21	40	83	4	4	2	14,860	18	-
	2	ESCP Europe	France / U.K. / Spain / Germany / Italy	ESCP-EAP Master / Grande Ecole Programme	54,160	54,864	47,024	47,635	18	15	86	8	85^[21]	25	52	7	36	43	73	75	5	1	2	14,800	24	-
	3	Cems	See footnote^[22]	Cems MIM (Master in International Management)	56,192	54,471	48,788	47,294	1	16	85	n/a^[23]	80^[24]	35	51	33	14	58	83	71	3	2	2	0	12	An undergraduate degree in management or business is required.
	4	London School of Economics and Political Science	U.K	MSc Management	53,800	53,800	46,711	46,711	17	6	86	24	n/a^[25]	14	61	n/a	79	94	n/a	93	2	17	0	22,590	12	-
	5	Bradford University School of Management	U.K.	MA in Management	54,205	54,205	47,063	47,063	5	1	73	11	100^[26]	37	57	18	29	96	27	73	9	24	0	10,063	12	-
	6	Esade Business School	Spain	Master in Management	45,507	45,015	39,511	39,084	10	7	85	1	86^[27]	21	47	33	19	46	100	72	14	6	2	17,500*	10	Undergraduate degree in management or business required to enter the programme from September 2006. From September 2007, students of any discipline considered.
	7	Essec Business School	France	MS in Strategy and Management of International Business	51,920	51,920	45,079	45,079	20	12	78	9	85^[28]	20	25	15	28	16	8	90	6	8	1	13,300	14	-
	8	Grenoble Graduate School of Business	France	Master in International Business	48,486	48,486	42,098	42,098	19	3	86	23	80^[29]	37	59	17	38	91	31	54	1	25	1	9,400	24	-
	9	EMLyon Business School	France	MSc in Management	45,673	46,932	39,655	40,748	23	13	79	6	86^[20]	25	51	13	27	12	63	81	12	3	2	14,830	24	-
	10	University of Cologne, Faculty of Management	Germany	Masters in Management / Economics	59,471	59,471	51,635	51,635	2	20	81	14	92^[30]	24	43	0	7	21	0	63	8	16	0	0	48	Undergraduate degree in management or economics is required.
	11	Aston Business School	U.K.	MSc Business Studies / MSc International Business	41,020	41,020	35,615	35,615	16	4	86	7	78^[31]	28	49	27	38	73	47	84	10	21	0	10,286	11	-
	12	Edhec Business School	France	Edhec Grande Ecole - Master in Management	45,572	48,097	39,567	41,760	22	18	77	4	93^[31]	26	47	20	26	11	70	60	7	9	2	15,500	24	-
	13	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	Master of Science in Management / Master en Ingéniorat de Gestion	43,587	43,587	37,844	37,844	13	10	74	5	96^[32]	19	32	4	24	11	4	78	13	5	2	1,500	24	Undergraduate degree is usually required
	14	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	MSc in Economics and Business Administration / MSc in Business, Language and Culture	51,445	54,796	44,667	47,576	3	24	78	19	62^[33]	30	43	23	11	20	15	75	20	11	0	0	24	Undergraduate degree in economics or business is required.
	15	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	The Master of Science Program (MSc) in Economics and Business	44,326	45,684	38,486	39,665	9	11	81	13	81^[34]	16	41	21	12	10	14	95	11	12	0	0	48	Limited access at masters level. An undergraduate degree in economics and / or business is required.
	16	Audencia Nantes	France	Audencia Master in Management (Grande Ecole programme)	42,758	44,140	37,124	38,325	21	9	78	10	73^[35]	24	55	0	30	11	20	76	18	7	2	12,200	24	-
	17	University of Bath School of Management	U.K.	MSc in Management	39,908	39,908	34,650	34,650	15	5	83	21	86^[36]	28	64	19	33	83	14	93	19	19	0	9,013	12	-
	18	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	Master of Business Studies	47,728	47,728	41,439	41,439	8	25	75	16	96^[37]	24	44	12	32	21	57	91	21	15	1	8,550	11	Undergraduate degree in management or business is required.
	19	NHH	Norway	Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration	49,102	49,831	42,632	43,265	6	23	79	11	92^[38]	17	37	55	12	9	0	89	25	13	1	195	22	1.5 years of studies in business administration or economics required.
	20	Aalto University	Finland	Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration	44,098	47,897	38,288	41,586	7	22	76	17	86^[39]	32	45	36	6	3	0	75	22	14	2	250	48	Undergraduate degree with some business / economics is required.
	20	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in Business Administration	41,576	45,385	36,098	39,405	4	21	72	15	92^[40]	12	31	33	21	34	33	91	15	10	0	1,500	12	Those with any non management degree are eligible for an extended 2-year masters programme.
	22	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	Degree Program in Business Administration	45,033	45,033	39,099	39,099	11	8	79	20	n/a^[25]	38	51	20	11	20	20	66	16	18	1	2,907**	48	New masters programmes will be introduced in October 2007.
	23	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	Master of Sciences in Business Administration	38,228	44,397	33,191	38,547	12	19	80	18	87^[41]	39	54	0	1	1	36	82	23	20	1	1,760	20	Undergraduate degree in economics or business is required.
	24	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	Master of Science in Management	42,457	48,780	36,863	42,352	25	14	80	3	50^[29]	20	25	0	27	8	69	82	24	23	0	23,700	16	-
	25	University of Strathclyde Business School	U.K.	MSc in Business and Management	31,744	31,744	27,561	27,561	24	2	72	22	96^[41]	36	37	45	17	82	55	61	17	22	0	14,700	12	-
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Footnotes

1. An average of salaries three years after graduation. The figure shown is in US Dollars. It is NOT used in the ranking.

2. The ‘salary today’ figure adjusted for salary variations between industry sectors. The figure shown is in US Dollars.

3. An average of salaries three years after graduation. The figure shown is in Euros. It is NOT used in the ranking.

4. The 'salary today' figure adjusted for salary variations between industry sectors. The figure shown is in Euros.

5. The rank is calculated using alumni salaries three years after graduation and course costs. The length of the course is also taken into consideration.

6. The career status of alumni three years after graduation. Progression is measured according to level of seniority and the size of company in which they are employed.

7. The extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing a Masters in Management. This is measured as a percentage of total returns for a school.

8. Alumni who used the careers service at their business school were asked to rank its effectiveness in their job search.

9. Percentage of female faculty.

10. Percentage of female students.

11. Percentage of female members of the advisory board.

12. Percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment.

13. Percentage of students whose citizenship differs from the country in which they are studying.

14. Percentage of the board whose citizenship differs from the country in which the business school is based.

15. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

16. A measure based on changes in the country of employment of alumni between graduation and today.

17. Weighted average of four criteria that measure international exposure during the Masters programme.

18. Number of additional languages required on graduation from the Masters programme.

19. The length of the Masters programme.

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22. The Cems programme is taught in 17 different countries.

23. Cems has not sutdent placement office.

24. (34)

25. Data were not available.

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27. (90)

28. (64)

29. (43)

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31. (45)

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