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	Current rank	Rank '09^[1]	Rank '08^[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	ESCP Europe	France, U.K., Germany, Spain, Italy	Master in Management^[24]	66,591335	65,900358	29	5	821	6	97^[25]7	333	493	3613	668	706	432	3	1	2	910	17,400	18	675	No	1000
	21	1	3	2	Cems	See note^[26]	Masters in International Management	60,342764	60,210793	4	40	832	30	99^[27]4	351	481	263	991	922	943	5	4	2	801	9,806	12	791	No	1000
	31	2	1	2	HEC Paris	France	Master of Science in Management	75,2242,781	75,2293,124	27	15	822	8	81^[28]8	280	452	74	581	253	4111	10	10	2	990	23,800	18	557	No	1000
	4	-	-	-	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	Master in Strategy and International Management	80,800	80,800	1	46	91	3	96^[29]	13	27	18	61	75	9	7	12	2	65	SFr 3510	18	79	Yes	47
	51	6	7	6	EMLyon Business School	France	MSc in Management	54,840555	54,783483	48	12	791	32	98^[30]0	270	590	111	519	5313	8918	15	2	2	994	15,800	24	657	No	1000
	52	7	5	6	Grenoble Graduate School of Business	France	Master in International Business	60,4142,965	60,4142,965	9	10	843	56	93^[31]1	334	432	470	381	872	400	2	5	1	762	13,900	12	314	No	963
	73	4	4	5	London School of Economics and Political Science	U.K.	MSc in Management and Strategy	70,2311,031	70,2311,031	18	53	830	38	90^[29]3	332	516	437	737	1002	2114	4	64	0	960	19,224	12	51	No	016
	8	-	-	-	Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad	India	Post Graduate Programme in Management	92,693	92,693	10	28	88	2	100^[32]	13	15	17	0	1	0	43	43	0	97	n / a++	22	310	No	100
	94	-	-	-	Essec Business School	France	MSc in Management^[33]	63,332680	62,733338	49	22	831	7	89^[34]6	261	4812	83	432	2615	583	12	20	2	921	22,000	18	572	No	1000
	101	-	-	-	Esade Business School	Spain	Master in International Management^[33]	59,6413,708	59,6414,339	31	29	803	16	93^[35]4	302	2527	2517	192	9523	850	1	24	1	821	20,750	10	91	Yes	6433
	111	10	8	10	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in International Management	57,8671,826	57,8932,408	14	27	774	31	100^[36]0	161	4113	246	384	612	2112	49	3	2	1000	2,430	18	54	Yes	1000
	12	-	-	-	WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management	Germany	MSc in Management	87,205	84,918	8	25	87	1	94^[37]	15	18	16	3	2	16	51	14	1	55	18,900	17	57	Yes	100
	135	8	10	10	Mannheim Business School	Germany	MSc in Business Administration	73,074372	73,388686	3	21	823	29	93^[38]0	255	410	00	112	181	00	39	23	1	783	4,000	48	136	No	970
	143	11	9	11	Edhec Business School	France	Master in Management^[24]	56,1461,058	56,203794	51	19	772	35	88^[39]2	281	491	137	396	152	800	8	7	2	909	18,000	18	716	No	1000
	142	12	12	13	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	Masters in Business and Economics	69,1563,114	65,2943,103	5	31	862	13	94^[40]4	121	3413	330	152	4139	00	17	22	0	990	-	22	163	Yes	00
	162	18	17	17	ESC Toulouse	France	Masters in Management	56,7195,145	56,7025,501	34	4	734	39	85^[41]5	372	584	4010	333	242	200	21	9	2	805	12,700	20	660	No	1000
	172	15	15	16	City University: Cass	U.K.	MSc in Management	53,433856	53,433856	41	2	801	55	86^[42]2	284	514	446	654	852	504	14	38	0	910	17,000	12	175	No	00
	185	13	11	14	Audencia Nantes	France	Master in Management^[24]	52,7182,034	52,3912,291	47	18	760	28	85^[43]1	271	561	1717	422	206	5025	23	17	3	835	14,000	24	522	No	1000
	192	21	28	23	Louvain School of Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	53,1931,977	53,1222,048	20	16	763	19	94^[36]0	202	335	00	205	81	140	27	11	2	1000	1,535	24	143	Yes	1000
	206	14	13	16	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	52,535959	52,492589	24	33	771	5	93^[37]2	171	332	40	352	101	140	18	27	2	980	1,518	24	212	Yes	950
	212	19	26	22	Reims Management School	France	Master in Management^[24]	49,310267	49,353208	58	14	742	15	91^[44]5	512	503	375	460	362	326	28	16	2	744	17,104	24	585	No	1000
	220	22	22	22	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	MSc in Generel Management	60,2292,164	60,2292,156	6	9	826	60	75^[32]16	311	430	180	262	404	00	29	37	0	890	-	24	553	Yes	80
	230	23	20	22	Rouen Business School	France	Master in Management^[24]	49,5291,048	49,609915	55	23	764	20	90^[39]0	492	491	200	376	263	250	20	15	2	737	15,000	24	595	No	1000
	248	16	18	19	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	Masters in International Management	54,0071,155	53,9861,258	15	48	761	64	83^[45]11	360	6921	350	150	4014	760	37	13	2	921	-	48	67	Yes	896
	254	29	25	26	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	MSc International Business	58,6022,980	58,8102,963	2	30	792	44	74^[46]13	161	413	4215	484	663	6712	19	57	1	760	1,672	12	443	No	1010
	252	27	32	28	University of Strathclyde Business School	U.K.	MSc Business and Management	47,5803,516	47,5803,516	36	3	810	48	93^[47]3	392	319	330	321	923	3320	11	55	0	749	12,000	12	59	No	08
	276	33	-	-	Imperial College Business School	U.K.	MSc in Management	56,3725,229	56,3725,229	45	52	822	11	89^[48]7	223	409	360	784	854	550	30	61	0	931	19,250	12	152	No	00
	270	27	20	25	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	Master of Global Management	48,6431,334	48,6431,334	21	6	835	25	97^[35]0	241	526	140	30	3825	1000	40	49	0	1000	7,000	10	92	No	684
	29	-	-	-	Skema Business School	France	MSc in Management	46,846	46,846	60	26	78	26	87^[49]	45	59	27	38	22	50	26	6	1	66	16,500	24	649	No	100
	301	31	36	32	Aalto University	Finland	MSc in Economics and Business Administration	54,314882	55,1151,223	12	24	783	51	98^[50]2	310	491	433	91	115	2929	60	25	3	763	156	18	447	Yes	124
	304	26	23	26	Euromed Management	France	Master in Management	44,174734	44,7781,088	63	32	723	50	82^[51]8	263	481	223	411	412	115	9	8	2	882	15,500	24	552	No	1000
	306	36	-	-	Kozminski University	Poland	Master in Management	44,9723,404	44,9723,404	44	1	811	17	88^[52]2	311	433	176	231	311	758	57	31	2	887	16,800 Zlotys	21	98	No	101
	33	-	-	-	Università Bocconi	Italy	MSc in International Management	50,877	50,877	23	44	78	12	95^[53]	28	45	0	17	35	38	13	26	1	80	365	22	93	No	100
	3411	23	-	-	HEC Montreal	Canada	MSc in Administration	55,907927	55,907927	17	41	811	14	75^[54]16	303	526	72	362	362	4412	48	60	1	904	C$3,102	16	286	Yes	1313
	353	32	31	33	Bem Bordeaux Management School	France	MSc in Management^[24]	47,982115	48,05734	56	11	712	40	85^[37]7	292	508	153	4910	343	51	31	19	2	734	15,160	24	557	No	1000
	35	-	-	-	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	MSc in Management	52,026	52,026	22	43	77	62	93^[43]	26	52	16	74	34	16	24	40	1	100	SFr 2,320	24	93	Yes	74
	3717	20	27	28	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Master in General Management	51,3721,790	51,6121,551	19	34	770	22	94^[55]1	325	313	152	275	1411	1000	47	47	0	953	9,500	10	154	No	1000
	38	-	-	-	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Germany	MSc in Management	78,603	78,603	25	64	90	9	67^[56]	28	36	0	3	14	0	58	18	1	36	22,500	18	42	Yes	98
	399	30	18	29	Aston Business School	U.K.	MSc in International Business	46,7891,519	46,7891,519	30	7	741	52	77^[40]10	314	396	406	430	910	335	36	41	0	801	8,950	12	92	No	00
	405	35	33	36	NHH	Norway	MSc in Economics & Business Administration	56,066865	54,758597	13	45	784	24	99^[44]0	201	385	4510	210	121	99	61	30	1	920	NKr 1,800	22	509	Yes	112
	417	34	40	38	University of Bath School of Management	U.K.	Masters in Management	40,5481,599	40,5481,599	43	54	781	34	92^[55]1	364	575	205	492	8112	136	46	36	0	934	8,650	12	120	No	00
	423	39	36	39	University of Cologne, Faculty of Management	Germany	Master of Science in Business Administration	63,9624,028	63,2074,170	7	17	745	57	54^[57]18	365	487	200	40	2611	100	56	39	1	633	2,830	24	250	Yes	3240
	432	41	29	38	ICN Business School	France	Master in Management^[24]	44,49650	44,36574	62	37	758	23	69^[29]3	455	479	185	283	72	95	16	21	1	607	15,020	24	419	No	1000
	43	-	35	-	Nottingham University Business School	U.K.	MSc in International Business	41,501	41,501	35	36	78	33	90^[38]	34	50	13	30	50	27	35	50	0	85	7,900	12	50	No	2
	45	-	41	-	IAE Aix-en-Provence, Aix-Marseille University GSM	France	Master in General Management	47,096	47,096	16	8	76	41	59^[58]	36	35	38	10	17	6	25	54	0	79	3,950	11	94	No	100
	469	37	-	-	Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai	China	MSc in Management	43,144108	43,144108	40	39	850	18	100^[32]0	301	5318	50	11	88	400	62	33	1	801	RMB 24,500	30	38	No	1000
	471	46	46	46	ESC Clermont	France	Master in Management^[24]	42,9803,045	43,1682,752	59	13	726	36	74^[28]9	341	431	80	211	135	150	38	32	2	768	13,800	21	440	No	1000
	470	-	-	-	National Chengchi University	Taiwan	MSc in Management (Technology and Innovation)	49,5217,220	49,5217,220	33	47	748	4	95^[32]5	280	500	66	151	1310	444	63	42	0	992	-	24	54	No	8945
	47	-	24	-	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	Masters in Finance and Accounting	55,586	55,791	11	49	81	49	100^[59]	51	44	8	1	3	23	52	46	0	75	-	24	663	No	51
	50	-	-	-	Eada	Spain	International Master in Management	46,574	46,574	54	61	86	53	92^[60]	35	42	29	43	93	43	22	34	0	41	18,500	12	57	No	26
	51	-	-	-	Aarhus School of Business	Denmark	MSc in Economics and Business Administration	54,166	54,166	57	57	87	65	73^[41]	40	36	13	23	56	13	6	44	0	59	DKr 150,000	24	135	Yes	0
	5210	42	39	44	ESC Tours-Poitiers (ESCEM)	France	Master in Management	43,6911,262	43,7151,136	64	20	683	45	83^[58]14	270	483	115	240	211	330	44	28	2	640	17,000	24	660	No	1000
	5313	40	44	46	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	Master of Science in Management	50,746260	50,678478	65	35	823	21	84^[29]13	334	321	00	189	110	670	53	45	0	6721	24,634	16	132	No	1000
	544	50	45	50	Bradford University School of Management	U.K.	MSc in Management	38,8201,628	38,8201,627	42	38	744	46	84^[61]6	331	4710	385	305	963	80	34	62	0	801	7,500	12	237	No	00
	55	-	-	-	Tilburg University, TiasNimbas	Netherlands	MSc in International Business Administration	50,949	50,949	39	60	79	58	91^[56]	12	40	33	50	48	17	50	63	0	96	20,800	12	65	No	0
	5613	43	34	44	Durham University Business School	U.K.	MA in Management	45,9261,839	45,9261,839	28	58	751	63	91^[38]9	251	3916	332	651	806	332	59	58	0	9510	8,000	12	80	No	00
	57	-	-	-	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	MSc in Management	34,895	34,895	61	59	76	10	93^[42]	26	61	33	30	7	25	42	29	0	100	6,600	18	259	No	39
	58	-	-	-	University of Economics, Prague	Czech Republic	Master in Business Economics and Management	34,686	36,096	37	55	78	42	96^[62]	44	67	41	5	16	12	54	35	1	71	-	24	590	No	8
	59	-	-	-	Brunel Business School	U.K.	MSc in Management	42,857	42,857	26	56	78	43	n/a	30	45	29	41	93	29	32	64	0	79	5,990	12	42	No	0
	60	-	41	-	Lancaster University Management School	U.K.	MSc in Management	35,802	35,802	50	63	80	37	64^[42]	29	43	31	32	71	38	33	53	0	89	7,000	12	58	No	2
	6022	38	38	45	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	MSc in International Business / Management	45,503661	45,503661	32	65	761	61	69^[51]31	276	425	204	433	327	615	41	56	0	971	11,900	12	96	No	00
	6218	44	43	50	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	MSc in Business Administration	38,6573,819	38,5863,692	52	42	742	47	88^[63]6	421	593	50	50	11	424	55	51	0	835	Ft 1,030,000	20	461	Yes	00
	6315	48	49	53	National Sun Yat-sen University	Taiwan	Master of Business Administration	41,817225	41,817225	46	51	702	27	100^[50]0	232	312	2520	101	00	257	64	59	1	950	T$108,710	24	36	No	00
	6416	48	48	53	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	MSc in Business and Economics	49,8252,636	49,8182,564	38	50	744	59	97^[48]6	250	4210	380	170	147	00	65	48	0	6611	NKr 115,200	24	161	Yes	00
	65	-	-	-	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	Master in Management Engineering (Como Campus)	30,681	30,681	53	62	62	54	90^[64]	23	43	31	3	85	69	45	52	0	57	800	22	112	No	23
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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 230 points separate the top programmes, ESCP Europe, from the school ranked number 65. The top 11 participants, from ESCP Europe to Rotterdam School of Management, form the top group of Masters in Management providers. The second group, headed by WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, spans schools ranked to 33rd, a range of some 44 points in total. Differences between schools are small within this group. The 18 Schools within the third group are similarly close together. Bem Bordeaux Management School, which heads this group, is some 40 points above ESC Tours-Poitiers (Escem), the last school in the third group. The remaining 13 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.
Alumni career progress

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.

20. The length of the Masters programme (in months).

21. The number of students who enrolled on the first year of the Masters programme in the past year (May 1, 2009 – May 1, 2010).

22. Indicates whether an undergraduate degree in management, business or economics is required to enter the Masters programme.

23. The percentage of the last graduating class that completed company internships as part of the Masters programme.

24. Grande École programme

25. (62)

26. The Cems programme was taught in 17 different countries in 2007.

27. (43)

28. (77)

29. (64)

30. (86)

31. (73)

32. (100)

33. Taking part with a different programme in 2010

34. (61)

35. (89)

36. (91)

37. (95)

38. (85)

39. (71)

40. (60)

41. (54)

42. (65)

43. (74)

44. (66)

45. (72)

46. (14)

47. (88)

48. (53)

49. (80)

50. (94)

51. (84)

52. (87)

53. (63)

54. (83)

55. (97)

56. (98)

57. (40)

58. (67)

59. (15)

60. (90)

61. (30)

62. (81)

63. (57)

64. (56)

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