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Masters in Management 2011

	Current rank	Rank '10^[1]	Rank '09^[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]
	13	4	-	-	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	Master in Strategy and International Management	86,9286,128	86,9286,128	1	471	932	3	100 (77)4	112	325	117	665	714	5647	34	57	20	5213	SFr 3535	180	34	Yes	9447
	20	2	1	2	Cems	See table note	Masters in International Management	60,630288	60,650440	5	319	863	30	96 (46)3	323	480	348	981	942	973	50	31	20	9010	0†	120	892	No	1000
	32	1	3	2	ESCP Europe	France, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy	Master in Management^[24]	64,7341,857	64,4531,447	37	72	864	12	94 (62)3	352	463	382	682	711	412	74	10	20	910	€ 18477	180	702	No	1000
	41	3	2	3	HEC Paris	France	MSc in Management^[24]	74,460764	73,0852,144	27	114	864	9	95 (85)14	262	450	70	668	261	432	122	100	20	1001	€ 20400	180	583	No	1000
	50	5	6	5	EMLyon Business School	France	MSc in Management	57,0922,252	56,9552,172	46	102	834	33	98 (87)0	303	623	110	510	607	890	141	20	20	981	€ 15833	186	609	No	1000
	66	12	-	-	WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management	Germany	MSc in Business Administration	98,83811,633	97,63512,717	4	283	925	1	94 (100)0	205	213	193	96	64	2913	438	2713	01	638	€ 19800	170	34	Yes	1000
	71	8	-	-	Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad	India	Post-Graduate Programme in Management	103,52410,831	103,52410,831	21	291	891	2	100 (100)0	130	105	170	22	01	00	412	421	00	970	Rs 809000	220	380	No	1000
	81	9	-	-	Essec Business School	France	MSc in Management^[24]	67,5954,263	67,7355,002	26	4220	874	7	89 (53)0	282	502	80	441	271	580	93	146	20	931	€ 16367	180	587	No	1000
	94	5	7	7	Grenoble Graduate School of Business	France, Singapore	Master in International Business	55,5144,900	55,5144,900	25	55	884	42	90 (74)3	321	430	503	435	861	444	20	72	10	793	€ 16790	120	297	No	951
	101	11	10	10	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in International Management	60,9643,097	61,4633,570	8	1611	825	32	96 (98)4	160	476	213	371	592	174	3316	41	20	1000	€ 2543	162	59	Yes	1000
	112	13	8	11	Mannheim Business School	Germany	MSc Business Administration	76,0462,972	76,2062,818	2	147	897	24	93 (86)0	316	432	2020	110	126	2020	4910	185	10	780	€ 4000	480	306	No	981
	122	10	-	-	Esade Business School	Spain	Master in International Management	65,0085,367	65,0085,367	18	5324	833	16	94 (96)1	228	338	316	267	914	883	10	4420	10	842	€ 19696	100	88	Yes	3925
	1314	27	33	24	Imperial College Business School	UK	MSc Management	63,5297,157	63,5297,157	32	2230	853	20	95 (73)6	286	5919	404	835	916	505	2010	610	00	941	£ 19806	120	174	No	00
	147	7	4	8	London School of Economics and Political Science	UK	MSc Management and Strategy	63,7116,520	63,7116,520	28	3815	863	35	100 (67)10	352	4011	430	752	946	298	106	631	00	960	£ 18577	120	68	No	00
	151	14	11	13	Edhec Business School	France	Master in Management^[24]	56,354208	56,076127	34	910	836	31	94 (76)6	291	427	130	467	2510	800	179	136	20	944	€ 10640	162	726	No	1000
	161	17	15	16	City University: Cass	UK	MSc in Management	54,5381,105	54,9511,518	41	11	844	51	91 (94)5	262	565	431	605	861	577	217	402	00	954	£ 17000	120	159	No	00
	173	14	12	14	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	Masters in Business and Economics	63,8965,260	62,9822,312	7	256	882	21	90 (62)4	186	5723	330	2510	383	00	2912	3816	11	990	SKr 0	220	150	Yes	00
	186	24	16	19	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	Masters International Business Administration	54,236229	54,177191	12	435	826	63	92 (98)9	371	627	350	172	6121	760	325	112	20	902	€ 99	480	66	Yes	890
	1919	38	-	-	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Germany	MSc in Management	82,5723,969	82,5723,969	20	4816	922	8	93 (100)26	324	288	00	52	86	00	613	246	21	6428	€ 22500	180	40	Yes	944
	204	16	18	18	ESC Toulouse	France	Masters in Management^[24]	51,8974,822	52,2634,439	48	62	796	39	81 (45)4	381	591	400	385	339	3010	254	81	20	844	€ 12826	200	775	No	1000
	213	18	13	17	Audencia Nantes	France	Master in Management^[24]	53,191473	52,756365	53	235	826	25	88 (73)3	358	571	170	431	155	3317	285	192	30	841	€ 14120	240	615	No	1000
	2213	35	-	-	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	MSc in Management	53,2921,266	53,2921,266	15	507	836	55	95 (69)2	315	542	142	677	395	511	816	355	10	1000	SFr 2320	240	116	Yes	795
	223	19	21	21	Louvain School of Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	54,6741,481	54,6021,480	16	215	837	15	96 (89)2	200	285	1414	200	2012	2915	4013	165	20	1000	€ 2340	240	159	Yes	982
	221	23	23	23	Rouen Business School	France	Master in Management^[24]	50,6681,139	50,7301,121	51	185	826	19	91 (71)1	472	512	255	414	293	250	191	172	20	763	€ 12500	240	732	No	1000
	255	20	14	20	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	54,1301,595	53,8571,365	14	374	814	14	98 (95)5	214	4310	73	2510	122	140	224	234	20	980	€ 1406	240	181	Yes	1005
	261	25	27	26	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	MSc Business and Management	52,3884,808	52,3884,808	30	30	843	52	93 (55)0	423	354	330	375	942	330	47	541	00	731	£ 12000	120	68	No	00
	267	33	-	-	Università Bocconi	Italy	MSc in International Management	52,6941,817	52,6941,817	57	495	824	6	95 (69)0	346	549	00	225	314	391	112	215	21	855	€ 16338	220	78	No	1000
	287	35	32	32	Bem Bordeaux Management School	France	MSc in Management^[24]	48,07088	48,266209	40	2716	787	37	93 (97)8	272	566	4429	6314	351	4439	354	127	20	752	€ 7875	240	565	No	1000
	283	25	29	27	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	MSc International Business	58,68482	58,591219	3	300	856	47	94 (23)20	193	421	420	524	624	589	234	570	10	793	€ 2171	120	620	No	64
	300	30	26	29	Euromed Management	France	Master in Management	44,608434	45,540762	56	320	797	38	85 (80)3	304	491	202	410	329	132	156	91	20	891	€ 11340	240	558	No	1000
	318	39	30	33	Aston Business School	UK	MSc International Business	49,5382,749	49,5382,749	39	43	839	43	86 (70)9	332	4910	364	474	901	363	279	454	00	844	£ 13102	120	80	No	00
	323	29	-	-	Skema Business School	France	MSc in management	47,078232	46,962116	59	5226	813	27	89 (85)2	450	563	270	362	231	500	188	60	10	759	€ 14720	240	660	No	1000
	333	30	31	31	Aalto University	Finland	MSc in Economics and Business Administration	54,518204	55,13116	11	177	835	49	97 (96)1	301	512	430	112	101	290	591	1510	21	760	€ 180	180	498	No	153
	3312	21	19	24	Reims Management School	France	Master in Management^[24]	49,420110	49,602249	62	122	806	17	95 (72)4	483	491	325	424	333	320	262	226	20	740	€ 17304	240	567	No	1000
	355	30	36	34	Kozminski University	Poland	Master in Management	46,8471,875	46,8471,875	43	21	854	13	83 (84)5	292	412	170	241	292	750	581	301	20	880	Zloty 16243	210	95	No	2010
	352	37	20	31	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Master in General Management	54,9763,604	54,9113,299	10	331	814	18	100 (94)6	275	332	205	234	195	1000	514	461	11	923	€ 9050	100	165	No	1000
	3713	50	-	-	Eada	Spain	International Master in Management	53,3106,736	53,3106,736	42	565	893	46	89 (85)3	287	3210	4718	452	921	474	616	417	00	454	€ 18500	120	59	No	4519
	3816	22	22	27	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	MSc in Generel Management	57,9162,313	57,4262,803	9	3526	853	61	60 (27)15	310	441	180	293	433	00	245	325	00	901	DKr 0	240	596	Yes	113
	395	34	23	32	HEC Montreal	Canada	MSc in Administration	54,1911,716	54,6671,240	19	2615	792	28	76 (88)1	291	484	81	404	360	462	502	537	10	922	C$ 5008	160	369	Yes	3320
	405	45	-	-	IAE Aix-en-Provence, Aix-Marseille University GSM	France	MSc in Management	50,5743,478	50,5743,478	29	4133	804	23	91 (48)32	360	4510	2513	91	89	60	305	2529	11	9112	€ 4371	2413	261	No	1000
	416	47	47	45	National Chengchi University	Taiwan	MSc in Management (Technology and innovation)	52,8853,364	52,8853,364	31	407	839	5	100 (98)5	271	599	60	141	49	440	641	431	00	990	T$ 134780	240	49	No	5435
	4114	27	27	32	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	Master of Global Management	46,4402,203	46,4402,203	24	137	852	41	96 (92)1	195	542	140	118	402	1000	477	501	00	8713	€ 8000	100	85	No	9931
	433	40	35	39	NHH	Norway	MSc in Economics and Business Administration	54,6931,373	54,282476	13	450	835	29	97 (51)2	222	391	450	183	120	90	621	311	10	953	NKr 2720	220	583	Yes	92
	447	51	-	-	Aarhus School of Business	Denmark	MSc in Economics and Business Administration	59,1524,986	59,1524,986	55	552	881	64	72 (61)1	433	306	141	263	3719	2916	137	395	00	656	€ 20000	240	98	Yes	2929
	443	41	34	40	University of Bath School of Management	UK	Masters in Management	41,180632	41,180632	65	468	835	40	87 (97)5	382	603	3313	567	876	207	537	4711	00	952	£ 14510	120	150	No	00
	460	46	37	43	Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai	China	MSc in Management	54,99411,850	54,99411,850	23	363	861	11	100 (100)0	282	476	2520	21	08	832	653	4815	10	833	RMB 24500	300	32	No	955
	475	42	39	43	University of Cologne, Faculty of Management	Germany	MSc Business Administration	65,4451,483	65,7162,509	6	152	828	59	60 (39)6	1620	453	200	40	1511	100	571	372	10	696	€ 1856	240	244	No	7947
	481	47	46	47	ESC Clermont	France	Master in Management^[24]	44,5841,604	44,8771,709	60	196	808	50	78 (72)4	406	529	80	265	76	150	344	331	20	793	€ 13550	210	396	No	1000
	48	-	-	-	Warwick Business School	UK	Masters in Management	53,961	53,961	38	63	87	36	100 (66)	40	53	14	58	75	18	48	63	0	97	£ 16126	12	83	No	0
	503	47	-	-	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	Masters in Finance and Accounting	51,0454,541	51,0634,728	17	5910	843	48	100 (26)0	447	495	6456	21	30	3613	542	3610	11	9621	Zloty 0	240	719	No	510
	518	43	41	45	ICN Business School	France	Master in Management^[24]	44,56468	44,482117	63	447	805	26	76 (56)7	472	525	612	235	103	156	160	201	10	573	€ 13602	240	464	No	1000
	526	58	-	-	University of Economics, Prague	Czech Republic	Master in Business Economics and Management	41,2826,596	42,0245,928	33	514	835	62	99 (81)3	517	661	443	83	215	111	3816	341	10	683	€ 316	240	570	No	91
	531	52	42	49	ESC Tours-Poitiers (ESCEM)	France	Master in Management	44,8421,151	44,7301,015	49	200	768	44	95 (53)12	314	502	176	231	221	267	462	262	20	695	€ 7516	240	561	No	1000
	540	54	50	53	Bradford University School of Management	UK	MSc in Management	43,1984,378	43,1984,378	54	344	817	54	92 (51)8	330	470	457	282	971	91	313	584	00	791	£ 11212	120	206	No	00
	550	55	-	-	Tilburg University, TiasNimbas	Netherlands	MSc in International Business Administration	52,2581,309	52,2581,309	35	573	823	56	84 (98)7	120	477	258	3515	408	125	522	5211	00	971	€ 18106	120	60	No	00
	563	59	-	-	Brunel Business School	UK	MSc Management	43,9391,082	43,9391,082	50	848	802	45	n/a0	355	5611	227	443	985	1118	364	595	00	823	£ 11050	120	59	No	00
	57	-	-	-	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	MSc in Management	59,641	59,641	22	64	82	58	88 (55)	34	59	31	43	91	31	39	63	0	82	£ 14782	12	66	No	0
	58	-	44	-	Manchester Business School	UK	MSc International Business and Management	46,888	46,888	47	62	80	53	83 (43)	33	64	23	35	92	23	42	62	0	89	£ 12762	12	73	No	0
	593	56	43	53	Durham University Business School	UK	MA in Management	44,3501,576	44,3501,576	52	544	827	65	79 (80)12	272	478	4512	661	773	352	563	602	00	896	£ 11740	120	77	No	00
	600	60	38	53	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	MSc in International Business / Management	44,544959	44,544959	36	587	793	60	78 (92)9	261	411	182	421	320	556	454	560	00	970	€ 11900	120	80	Yes	00
	614	57	-	-	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	MSc in Management	36,7241,829	36,6801,785	61	601	751	10	84 (76)9	3812	5110	2211	273	169	223	375	290	11	8020	€ 6001	180	208	No	2316
	629	53	40	52	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	MSc in Management	54,0223,276	54,0903,412	45	2411	853	22	54 (59)30	396	266	66	180	110	2542	607	516	00	598	€ 22300	124	91	No	991
	633	60	-	-	Lancaster University Management School	UK	MSc in Management	39,0163,214	39,0163,214	58	612	811	34	77 (54)13	281	452	310	375	776	380	4411	552	00	881	£ 11194	120	62	No	02
	640	64	48	59	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	MSc in Business and Economics	52,3912,566	52,4572,639	44	3911	828	57	95 (56)2	250	411	380	192	95	00	632	491	00	704	NKr 125870	240	218	Yes	00
	65	-	-	-	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	MSc in Business	35,309	35,309	64	65	82	4	100 (99)	40	51	32	23	16	24	55	28	1	97	€ 7446	18	141	No	73
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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 programme, Universität St. Gallen, from the school ranked number 65. The top 10 participants, from Universität St. Gallen to Rotterdam School of Management, form the top group of Masters in Management providers. The second group, headed by Mannheim Business School, spans schools ranked to 31st, a range of some 43 points in total. Differences between schools are small within this group. The 15 Schools within the third group are similarly close together. Skema Business School, which heads this group, is some 28 points above Shanghai Jiao Tong, the last school in the third group. The remaining 19 schools make up the fourth group.

Footnotes

1. These data are for information only and do not form part of the ranking.

2. An average of salaries three years after graduation. The figure shown is in US Dollars (purchasing power parity equivalent). It is NOT used in the ranking.

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

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.
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 average 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, 2010 – May 1, 2011).

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

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