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	Rank '08	Rank '07^[1]	Rank '06	3 yr. rank^[1]	School name	Country^[2]	Prog. name^[1]	Salary today ($)^[3]	Weighted sal. ($)^[4]	Value^[5]	Careers^[6]	Aims achieved^[7]	Placements^[8]	Employment^[9]	Wom. faculty^[10]	Wom. students^[11]	Wom. board^[12]	Intl. faculty^[13]	Intl. students^[14]	Intl. board^[15]	Intl. mobility^[16]	Intl. course^[17]	Languages^[18]	PhD faculty^[19]	Fees^[20]	Prog. length^[21]	Enrolments^[22]	Internships^[23]	Degree^[24]
	1	1	1	1	HEC Paris	France	Master of Science in Management	75,640	74,957	10	23	79	5	96 (73)	26	47	6	41	24	37	5	4	2	92	€16,400	18	487	100	-
	2	4	3	3	ESCP Europe	France, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy	Master in Management (Grande École programme)	66,637	66,091	21	14	78	6	94 (72)	28	46	20	55	63	36	3	2	2	87	€16,000	20	707	100	-
	3	2	2	2	Cems	See footnote	Masters in International Management	60,788	60,498	1	35	79	27	97 (30)	34	50	36	98	93	96	2	3	2	80	0	12	609	100	-
	4	2	8	5	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom	MSc Management	72,666	72,666	7	39	81	40	97 (58)	40	55	15	53	97	19	4	32	0	94	£17,352	12	91	18	-
	5	7	4	5	Grenoble Graduate School of Business	France	Master in International Business	64,005	64,005	3	7	77	47	87 (68)	42	46	28	42	89	34	1	22	1	71	€11,220	12	287	82	-
	6	5	6	6	Essec Business School	France	MSc Strategy and Management of International Business	61,292	60,723	24	6	84	1	98 (76)	23	37	5	40	35	55	11	15	2	91	€14,400	14	114	100	-
	7	6	5	6	EM Lyon Business School	France	MSc in Management	53,113	53,383	36	13	75	16	98 (65)	25	57	12	39	23	71	8	1	2	89	€15,800	24	537	100	-
	8	10	13	10	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in Management	52,823	52,898	16	28	66	20	100 (100)	15	51	21	32	60	42	43	5	2	100	€2,307	18	47	100	Yes
	9	12	7	9	Edhec Business School	France	Master in Management (Grande École programme)	53,766	54,245	39	17	73	21	88 (80)	29	49	18	26	12	73	6	9	2	82	€17,100	24	716	100	-
	10	15	-	-	Mannheim Business School	Germany	MSc in Business Administration	68,526	68,526	2	32	72	18	96 (85)	19	42	20	13	18	0	34	19	1	79	€2,000	48	235	93	-
	11	8	10	10	Audencia Nantes	France	Master in Management (Grande École programme)	51,839	51,252	37	8	71	10	85 (72)	28	60	0	41	11	25	14	13	3	78	€14,400	24	506	100	-
	12	9	8	10	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	MSc in Business and Economics	66,613	61,855	5	38	82	15	97 (54)	19	42	11	21	3	0	20	24	1	98	0	40	300	0	Yes
	13	18	14	15	Solvay Business School	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	52,441	51,907	14	33	73	3	100 (97)	25	35	4	28	11	14	17	17	2	98	€1,518	24	161	93	Yes
	14	-	23	-	ESC Lille	France	International Master in Management (Grande École programme)	43,208	43,208	49	3	75	11	95 (95)	51	65	9	35	20	6	7	8	2	60	€16,644	24	99	100	-
	15	17	-	-	City University: Cass	United Kingdom	MSc in Management	53,022	53,022	34	9	76	44	91 (68)	26	51	41	55	91	47	16	44	0	90	£17,000	12	185	0	-
	16	11	11	13	Esade Business School	Spain	Master in International Management	50,208	48,305	30	24	75	2	91 (98)	26	51	18	16	57	91	23	11	2	78	€20,750	15	279	93	Yes
	17	24	30	24	ESC Toulouse	France	Masters in Management	51,401	50,868	33	4	65	30	94 (61)	34	47	17	42	20	17	25	10	2	73	€12,400	24	479	100	-
	18	13	-	-	Aston Business School	United Kingdom	MSc in International Business	47,686	47,686	20	1	66	42	76 (69)	31	58	47	48	83	47	37	26	0	83	£7,900	10	108	0	-
	18	34	30	27	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	International Business Administration	51,984	51,859	15	40	71	50	94 (75)	34	51	35	15	23	76	27	6	2	91	€1,454	48	475	93	Yes
	20	13	15	16	Rouen Business School	France	Master in Management (Grande École programme)	48,901	49,188	39	16	69	7	92 (80)	53	51	12	31	20	12	22	14	2	64	€15,000	24	425	100	-
	20	26	-	-	Universiteit Antwerpen Management School	Belgium	Master of Global Management	45,917	45,917	17	21	75	13	95 (95)	23	52	14	0	57	100	19	35	1	100	€5,770	10	114	83	-
	22	21	18	20	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	Master of Science in General Management	57,809	58,020	6	18	72	49	92 (93)	28	42	27	18	36	0	39	29	0	89	0	24	540	6	Yes
	23	22	-	-	Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management	France	Master in Management	42,996	43,016	45	15	62	35	91 (90)	26	53	19	29	42	6	15	7	2	80	€15,100	24	443	100	-
	24	31	35	30	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	Finance and Accounting	54,805	54,744	8	31	74	25	100 (25)	52	60	7	1	5	0	32	27	1	78	0	18	133	33	-
	25	28	-	-	Maastricht University	Netherlands	MSc in International Business	53,034	53,082	4	44	72	22	83 (28)	18	42	27	48	52	55	12	39	0	86	€1,538	12	395	11	-
	26	24	28	26	Reims Management School	France	Master in Management (Grande École programme)	46,621	46,785	44	22	67	14	96 (70)	49	51	16	44	9	26	29	16	2	67	€16,300	24	508	100	-
	27	16	12	18	Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School	Belgium	Master in General Management	49,514	49,514	12	19	72	32	80 (96)	37	27	14	30	10	100	26	43	0	98	€8,250	10	117	100	-
	28	20	15	21	IAG-Louvain School of Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	46,853	46,853	23	25	68	34	90 (71)	18	39	0	15	6	10	28	12	2	100	€1,650	36	100	100	Yes
	29	-	-	-	Ceram Business School	France	Master in Management	44,659	45,091	42	10	65	29	94 (56)	42	50	16	23	17	28	13	20	1	76	€15,000	24	481	100	Yes
	29	32	-	-	ICN Business School	France	Master in Management (Grande École programme)	44,354	44,048	43	5	61	9	100 (46)	38	55	16	30	4	4	10	23	2	55	€14,130	24	326	100	-
	31	-	-	-	Bem Bordeaux Management School	France	MSc in Management	45,347	45,499	41	11	62	31	94 (63)	32	50	11	32	28	6	18	18	2	64	€14,630	24	539	100	-
	32	-	33	-	University of Strathclyde Business School	United Kingdom	MSc in Business and Management	43,880	43,880	35	2	75	46	91 (78)	35	28	45	24	95	55	36	36	0	70	£11,850	12	79	0	-
	33	34	21	29	NHH	Norway	MSc in Economics & Business Administration	53,533	51,772	11	45	69	12	100 (34)	17	41	55	22	13	0	45	25	1	93	NKr 1,600	22	429	7	Yes
	34	23	19	25	Durham Business School	United Kingdom	MA in Management	47,696	47,696	22	41	68	39	91 (85)	19	54	14	59	74	36	44	49	0	88	£8,000	12	72	0	-
	35	29	22	29	Nottingham University Business School	United Kingdom	MSc International Business	43,182	43,182	25	20	61	41	92 (77)	28	50	67	30	71	33	30	38	0	81	£7,500	12	72	0	-
	36	27	24	29	Helsinki School of Economics	Finland	Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration	50,425	50,336	13	30	67	37	97 (95)	33	41	40	5	5	0	47	34	3	60	€128	45	533	9	Yes
	36	33	17	29	University of Cologne, Faculty of Management	Germany	Master of Science in Business Administration	59,357	56,802	9	37	61	38	70 (89)	30	43	20	3	14	10	42	30	1	68	€2,640	48	844	77	-
	38	40	30	36	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	Master of Business Studies	48,414	48,414	19	48	71	45	100 (71)	30	39	16	44	19	61	24	47	0	96	€11,500	12	77	0	-
	39	39	-	-	ESC Tours-Poitiers (ESCEM)	France	Master in Management	41,454	41,966	46	12	56	19	96 (59)	29	54	11	24	15	28	38	21	2	65	€14,800	24	533	100	-
	40	30	27	32	University of Bath School of Management	United Kingdom	Masters in Management	41,626	41,626	28	47	71	28	89 (36)	21	72	19	39	88	19	35	33	0	98	£7,900	12	137	0	-
	41	-	-	-	IAE Aix-en-Provence Graduate School of Management	France	Masters in General Management	41,826	41,826	18	36	67	43	87 (71)	28	32	5	9	13	18	9	46	1	91	€3,700	12	165	100	-
	41	18	26	28	Lancaster University Management School	United Kingdom	MSc in Management	40,332	40,332	27	46	76	33	87 (46)	22	50	23	34	81	38	31	37	0	90	£7,000	12	68	56	-
	43	36	25	35	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	MSc in Business Administration	44,542	44,149	26	27	66	36	92 (67)	39	58	5	5	3	39	41	42	1	77	Ft 620,000	20	683	0	Yes
	44	37	28	36	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	Master of Science in Management	50,606	49,739	50	34	74	17	98 (46)	27	30	0	24	9	51	40	31	0	51	€23,900	16	153	100	-
	45	38	20	34	Bradford University School of Management	United Kingdom	MSc in Management	36,215	36,215	37	42	62	23	96 (34)	34	35	27	33	92	7	21	48	0	75	£7,200	12	168	0	-
	46	-	-	-	ESC Clermont	France	Master in Management (Grande École programme)	38,754	38,543	47	26	53	26	91 (47)	28	36	8	22	8	15	33	28	2	66	€13,200	21	312	100	-
	47	-	-	-	National Chengchi University	Taiwan	MS in International Business	45,428	45,428	29	50	57	4	95 (100)	28	34	0	16	5	36	49	40	1	96	T$ 125,568	24	38	27	-
	48	-	34	-	BI Norwegian School of Management	Norway	MSc in Business and Economics	49,834	49,499	30	43	61	48	98 (50)	25	33	40	15	7	10	48	45	0	56	NKr 107,200	24	150	0	Yes
	49	-	-	-	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Taiwan	Master of Business Administration	41,849	41,849	31	49	60	8	96 (92)	22	43	8	9	0	25	50	41	1	95	T$ 106,710	24	35	0	-
	50	-	-	-	University of Exeter Business School	UK	MSc International Management	33,526	33,526	46	29	74	24	n/a	27	68	20	42	80	33	46	50	0	85	£7,200	9	84	0	-
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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 210 points separate the top school, HEC Paris, from the school ranked number 50. The top 7 business schools, from HEC Paris to EM Lyon, form the top group of Masters in Management providers. The second group, headed by Rotterdam School of Management, spans schools ranked 8th to 20th, a range of some 28 points in total. Differences between schools are small within this group. The 14 Schools within the third group are similarly close together. The Copenhagen Business School, which heads this group, is some 10 points below the bottom school in the group above. The remaining 15 schools make up the fourth group.

Footnotes

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

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

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

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

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. The percentage of the most recent graduating class that were in employment three months after graduation. The figure in brackets shows the percentage of the class for which the school was able to provide employment data.

10. Percentage of female faculty.

11. Percentage of female students.

12. Percentage of female members of the advisory board.

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

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

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

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. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

20. The minimum programme fees in the currency of the country where the school is based. This includes all fees required to complete the programme but for the Masters portion only.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

21. The length of the Masters programme.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

22. The number of students who enrolled on the first year of the Masters programme in the past year (September 1, 2007 - September 1, 2008).
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

23. The percentage of the last graduating class that completed company internships as part of the Masters programme.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

24. Indicates whether an undergraduate degree in management, business or economics is required to enter the Masters programme.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

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