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	Current rank	Rank '08^[1]	Rank '07^[1]	3 yr. rank^[1]	School name	Country	Prog. name	Salary today (US$)^[2]	Weighted sal. ($)^[3]	Value^[4]	Careers^[5]	Aims achieved^[6]	Placements^[7]	Employment^[8]	Wom. faculty^[9]	Wom. students^[10]	Wom. board^[11]	Intl. faculty^[12]	Intl. students^[13]	Intl. board^[14]	Intl. mobility^[15]	Intl. course^[16]	Languages^[17]	PhD Faculty^[18]	Fees^[19]	Prog. length^[20]	Enrolments^[21]	Degree^[22]	Internships^[23]
	12	3	2	2	Cems	See footnote^[24]	Masters in International Management	61,106318	61,003505	2^[25]	29	812	28	95^[26]2	340	491	297	980	941	971	1	4	2	791	0	12	720	-	1000
	21	1	1	1	HEC Paris	France	Master of Science in Management	72,4433,197	72,1052,852	20	11	801	7	89^[27]7	282	434	115	5716	284	307	7	5	2	997	â‚¬20,900	18	555	-	1000
	31	2	4	3	ESCP Europe	France, U.K., Germany, Spain, Italy	Master in Management^[28]	66,256381	65,542549	22	8	813	6	90^[29]4	302	460	233	583	641	415	4	2	2	914	â‚¬16,800	20	716	-	1000
	40	4	2	3	London School of Economics and Political Science	U.K.	MSc in Management	71,2621,404	71,2621,404	8	31	832	32	93^[30]4	319	572	3621	6613	981	712	2	31	0	962	Â£18,048	12	60	-	162
	51	6	5	5	Essec Business School	France	MSc Strategy and Management of International Business	62,6521,360	62,3951,672	23	6	840	1	95^[31]3	274	361	50	411	416	550	19	16	2	910	â‚¬15,500	14	111	-	1000
	61	7	6	6	EM Lyon Business School	France	MSc in Management	54,2851,172	54,300917	35	10	783	23	98^[32]0	272	592	120	423	4017	710	9	1	2	956	â‚¬15,800	24	545	-	1000
	72	5	7	6	Grenoble Graduate School of Business	France	Master in International Business	57,4496,556	57,4496,556	9	5	814	45	94^[33]7	375	451	4719	393	890	406	5	15	1	743	â‚¬12,600	12	298	-	9311
	82	10	15	11	Mannheim Business School	Germany	MSc in Business Administration	72,7024,176	72,7024,176	1	26	797	11	93^[34]3	201	411	020	130	191	00	31	17	1	812	â‚¬2,000	48	121	-	974
	97	16	11	12	Esade Business School	Spain	Master in International Management	55,9335,725	55,3026,997	6	25	772	3	89^[35]2	282	521	810	171	7215	856	21	12	2	813	â‚¬21,790	10	190	Yes^[36]	974
	102	8	10	9	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in International Management	56,0413,218	55,4852,587	14	23	737	17	100^[33]0	150	543	309	342	591	339	38	3	2	1000	â‚¬2,348	18	59	Yes^[36]	1000
	112	9	12	11	Edhec Business School	France	Master in Management^[28]	55,0881,322	55,4091,164	38	18	752	21	86^[37]2	290	501	202	337	131	807	6	9	2	811	â‚¬17,800	24	730	-	1000
	120	12	9	11	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	MSc in Business and Economics	66,042571	62,191336	4	42	842	8	98^[38]1	136	475	3322	174	21	00	15	29	1	991	0	24	301	-	00
	132	11	8	11	Audencia Nantes	France	Master in Management^[28]	50,6841,155	50,1001,152	41	13	765	12	86^[39]1	280	555	00	401	143	250	12	14	3	780	â‚¬16,500	24	509	-	1000
	141	13	18	15	Solvay Business School	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	51,576865	51,9034	17	39	763	2	91^[40]9	187	314	40	379	92	140	14	20	2	980	â‚¬1,518	24	185	Yes^[36]	952
	150	15	17	16	City University: Cass	U.K.	MSc in Management	54,2891,267	54,2891,267	30	14	793	40	84^[26]7	242	554	383	616	874	547	16	33	0	911	Â£17,000	12	156	-	00
	162	18	34	23	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	International Business Administration	52,852868	52,728869	13	27	754	50	94^[41]0	362	483	350	150	263	760	30	6	2	910	0	48	46	Yes^[36]	952
	173	14	-	-	ESC Lille	France	International Master in Management^[28]	47,1063,898	47,1063,898	46	9	783	38	84^[42]11	483	614	123	341	244	82	3	7	2	591	â‚¬16,644	24	84	-	1000
	181	17	24	20	ESC Toulouse	France	Masters in Management	51,574173	51,201333	32	4	694	31	90^[43]4	351	547	3013	3012	222	203	27	10	2	752	â‚¬12,700	20	612	-	1000
	197	26	24	23	Reims Management School	France	Master in Management^[28]	49,0432,422	49,1452,360	44	12	725	9	96^[44]0	490	474	3216	462	3425	260	24	18	2	703	â‚¬16,800	24	582	-	1000
	207	27	16	21	Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School	Belgium	Master in General Management	53,1623,648	53,1633,649	10	37	775	15	95^[45]15	370	281	173	228	37	1000	23	37	0	980	â‚¬8,750	10	118	-	1000
	217	28	20	23	IAG-Louvain School of Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	51,2164,363	51,0744,221	18	35	735	27	94^[46]4	180	2811	00	150	71	144	22	11	2	1000	â‚¬1,533	24	110	Yes^[36]	1000
	220	22	20	21	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	Master of Science in General Management	58,065256	58,07353	5	36	764	47	91^[47]1	302	431	189	246	360	00	33	32	0	890	0	24	537	Yes^[36]	82
	236	29	-	-	Ceram Business School	France	MSc in Management^[28]	48,0043,345	48,2683,177	43	3	727	29	88^[48]6	431	599	193	252	214	335	18	19	1	760	â‚¬16,000	24	501	Yes^[36]	1000
	23	-	-	-	HEC Montreal	Canada	MSc in Administration	54,980	54,980	15	19	82	18	91^[49]	27	46	5	34	34	32	40	45	1	86	C$ 2,960	16	274	Yes^[36]	0
	233	20	13	19	Rouen Business School	France	Master in Management^[28]	48,481420	48,694494	40	24	723	16	90^[33]2	512	501	208	310	233	2513	26	13	2	662	â‚¬15,000	24	530	-	1000
	263	23	22	24	Euromed Management	France	Master in Management	43,440444	43,690674	47	17	697	39	90^[31]1	233	476	190	4011	431	60	8	8	2	866	â‚¬15,300	24	482	-	1000
	277	20	26	24	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	Master of Global Management	47,3091,392	47,3091,392	16	22	783	19	97^[32]2	230	586	140	33	636	1000	34	42	0	1000	â‚¬5,800	10	134	-	7211
	275	32	-	-	University of Strathclyde Business School	U.K.	Master of Business and Management	44,064184	44,064184	36	2	816	42	90^[34]1	372	4012	3312	339	950	532	10	41	0	655	Â£12,000	12	60	-	88
	294	25	28	27	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	MSc in International Business	55,6222,588	55,8472,765	3	40	775	36	87^[50]4	171	384	270	444	6311	550	11	43	0	7610	â‚¬1,565	12	586	-	011
	3012	18	13	20	Aston Business School	U.K.	MSc in International Business	48,308622	48,308622	19	1	737	35	67^[29]9	354	4513	461	435	918	389	36	35	0	794	Â£8,500	10	101	-	00
	315	36	27	31	Aalto University School of Economics	Finland	MSc in Economics and Business Administration	53,4323,007	53,8923,556	12	30	758	37	96^[32]1	312	487	400	83	61	00	42	28	2	7313	â‚¬128	24	455	-	81
	321	31	-	-	Bem Bordeaux Management School	France	MSc in Management	47,8672,520	48,0912,592	42	7	697	30	92^[51]2	311	428	187	397	313	60	17	23	2	695	â‚¬15,160	24	521	-	1000
	33	-	-	-	Imperial College Business School	U.K.	MSc in Management	51,143	51,143	39	49	84	26	82^[29]	19	49	36	74	89	55	20	50	0	94	Â£19,250	12	156	-	0
	346	40	30	35	University of Bath School of Management	U.K.	MSc in Management	42,147521	42,147521	25	47	776	20	93^[52]4	3211	6210	256	478	935	190	35	27	0	971	Â£8,400	12	120	-	00
	352	33	34	34	NHH	Norway	MSc in Economics & Business Administration	55,2011,668	54,1612,389	11	41	745	10	99^[53]1	192	338	550	211	112	00	46	30	1	921	NKr 1,800	22	469	Yes^[36]	136
	36	-	-	-	Kozminski University	Poland	Master in Management	41,568	41,568	37	16	80	22	86^[46]	30	46	11	22	30	67	44	25	2	81	Zloty 16,600	21	82	-	9
	37	-	-	-	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai	China	Master of Science in Management	43,036	43,036	29	21	85	25	100^[54]	29	35	5	2	0	40	47	22	1	79	Rmb 24,500	30	34	-	100
	380	38	40	39	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	MSc in International Business / Management	46,1642,250	46,1642,250	21	48	754	44	100^[35]0	333	372	160	462	256	565	29	46	0	960	â‚¬11,500	12	57	-	00
	393	36	33	36	University of Cologne, Faculty of Management	Germany	Master of Science in Business Administration	59,934577	59,0372,235	7	38	698	49	72^[55]2	311	412	200	41	151	100	43	34	1	608	â‚¬2,800	24	623	Yes^[36]	725
	404	44	37	40	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	Master of Science in Management	51,006400	50,200461	50	32	795	14	71^[56]27	292	311	00	273	112	6716	39	36	0	8837	â‚¬24,000	16	123	-	1000
	4112	29	32	34	ICN Business School	France	Master in Management^[28]	44,546192	44,439391	45	20	676	13	72^[44]28	402	3817	133	311	51	40	13	26	1	532	â‚¬14,616	24	319	-	1000
	423	39	39	40	ESC Tours-Poitiers (ESCEM)	France	Master in Management^[28]	42,429975	42,579613	49	15	659	34	97^[57]1	272	513	65	240	227	335	37	21	2	641	â‚¬16,000	24	638	-	1000
	439	34	23	33	Durham Business School	U.K.	MA in Management	44,0873,609	44,0873,609	24	44	746	48	82^[32]9	245	551	3521	645	740	351	45	49	0	853	Â£8,000	12	69	-	00
	441	43	36	41	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	MSc in Business Administration	42,4762,066	42,2781,871	27	33	726	43	94^[48]2	412	562	50	50	21	381	41	40	1	781	Ft 640,000	20	645	Yes^[36]	00
	44	-	-	-	Manchester Business School	U.K.	MSc in International Business and Management	40,617	40,617	28	50	79	24	78^[37]	34	53	14	39	89	43	25	47	0	82	Â£8,070	12	88	-	0
	460	46	-	-	ESC Clermont	France	Master in Management^[28]	39,9351,181	40,4161,873	48	28	6613	33	83^[38]8	357	448	80	220	80	150	32	24	2	682	â‚¬13,300	21	381	-	1000
	470	47	-	-	National Chengchi University	Taiwan	MSc in International Business	42,3013,127	42,3013,127	33	43	669	5	100^[45]5	280	5016	00	160	32	404	50	38	1	971	T$ 125,568	24	40	-	4417
	480	48	-	-	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	MSc in Business and Economics	52,4612,627	52,3822,883	26	34	709	46	91^[32]7	250	321	382	172	70	010	48	39	0	551	NKr 115,200	24	145	Yes^[36]	00
	481	49	-	-	National Sun Yat-Sen University	Taiwan	Master of Business Administration	42,042193	42,042193	31	46	688	4	100^[54]4	211	3310	4537	112	00	187	49	44	1	950	T$ 108,710	24	82	-	00
	505	45	38	44	Bradford University School of Management	U.K.	MSc in Management	37,192977	37,193978	34	45	708	41	90^[58]6	340	372	336	352	931	81	28	48	0	794	Â£7,200	12	180	-	00
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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 190 points separate the top programmes, Cems, from the school ranked number 50. The top 8 participants, from Cems to Mannheim Business School, form the top group of Masters in Management providers. The second group, headed by Esade Business School, spans schools ranked 9th to joint 23rd, a range of some 51 points in total. Differences between schools are small within this group. The 11 Schools within the third group are similarly close together. The Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management, which heads this group, is some 30 points above Kozminski University, the last school in the third group. The remaining 14 schools make up the fourth group.

Footnotes

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

2. An average of salaries three years after graduation. The figure shown is in US Dollars. It is NOT used in the ranking.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

18. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

19. 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.

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

21. The number of students who enrolled on the first year of the Masters programme in the past year (September 1, 2008 - September 1, 2009).

22. 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.

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. The Cems programme was taught in 17 different countries in 2006.

25. Average fee for Cems participant schools used in calculating 'value for money' criterion.

26. (46)

27. (56)

28. Grande École programme

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30. (70)

31. (81)

32. (83)

33. (69)

34. (84)

35. (94)

36. Limited access at masters level. Undergraduate degree in management, business or economics required.

37. (75)

38. (67)

39. (73)

40. (96)

41. (72)

42. (90)

43. (58)

44. (64)

45. (100)

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48. (61)

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50. (25)

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58. (34)

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