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	Rank in 2013	Rank in 2012	Rank '11	3 yr. rank	School name	Country	Programme name	Salary today (US$)^[1]	Weighted sal. ($)^[2]	Value^[3]	Careers^[4]	Aims achieved^[5]	Placements^[6]	Employment^[7]	Wom. faculty^[8]	Wom. students^[9]	Wom. board^[10]	Intl. faculty^[11]	Intl. students^[12]	Intl. board^[13]	Intl. mobility^[14]	Intl. course^[15]	Languages^[16]	PhD Faculty^[17]	Course fee^[18]	Prog. length^[19]	Enrolments^[20]	Relevant degree	Internships^[21]
	1	1	10	11	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	Master of Arts in Strategy and International Management	80,0811,915	80,0811,915	10	5237	1	20	100 (71)0	100	398	250	771	931	670	82	51	11	761	SFr6,028	180	5418	Yes	1000
	2	2	30	20	ESCP Europe	France, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy	ESCP Europe Master in Management	64,9001,016	64,8001,203	324	2620	10	90	88 (62)1	361	461	393	662	720	430	94	10	20	952	€18,280	180	7059	No	1000
	3	-	6	-	WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management	Germany	Master of Science in Management	97,050	97,050	7	4	3	1	95 (94)	18	26	15	18	23	22	53	24	0	100	€22,400	17	104	Yes	100
	4	4	40	40	HEC Paris	France	HEC Master of Science in Management	78,390114	76,1301,102	244	185	4	41	96 (47)0	270	414	145	650	367	6218	113	144	21	1000	€21,650	180	60813	No	1000
	5	7	100	72	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in International Management	68,1435,543	68,4525,407	53	329	8	233	89 (100)3	203	406	344	435	611	281	25	31	20	1000	€2,656	160	623	Yes	851
	5	6	-	-	IE Business School	Spain	Master in Management	79,0766,630	79,0766,630	1611	229	15	215	94 (88)1	330	406	242	551	6411	810	248	413	10	950	€28,200	100	30325	No	325
	7	3	20	42	Cems	See table note	Masters in International Management	62,3831,558	62,6722,101	30	422	13	332	88 (47)7	330	491	282	991	940	952	40	63	20	900	€5,938	120	99184	No	1000
	8	5	80	70	Essec Business School	France	Master of Science in Management	73,2901,040	73,4241,571	214	136	11	102	92 (71)0	290	504	91	472	323	525	121	110	20	962	€17,050	213	64941	No	1000
	9	11	190	1310	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Germany	Master of Science in Management	88,4022,479	88,4022,479	202	1023	2	72	95 (100)5	257	283	60	2511	199	110	601	272	21	1000	€25,000	243	546	Yes	8218
	10	7	120	100	Esade Business School	Spain	MSc in International Management	66,2402,536	66,2402,536	1011	293	9	249	92 (92)3	271	419	187	333	5243	821	10	1012	02	910	€16,390	122	17665	Yes	904
	11	9	50	82	EMLyon Business School	France	Master of Science in Management	55,170718	55,159654	487	318	27	267	95 (78)2	331	542	110	511	663	890	184	20	20	1002	€16,678	246	66119	No	1000
	12	14	130	135	Imperial College Business School	UK	MSc Management	61,4301,793	60,557852	6023	720	17	151	82 (82)7	280	511	386	843	844	506	104	692	00	962	£19,950	131	16930	No	00
	13	13	90	123	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France	Master in International Business	55,7831,304	56,216999	491	120	31	4413	89 (74)6	422	440	530	430	925	536	74	313	10	801	€17,900	210	29552	No	903
	14	17	160	161	City University: Cass	UK	MSc in Management	55,5672,884	56,1332,801	388	1411	7	3116	72 (90)3	252	4710	385	683	923	464	141	364	00	951	£18,000	120	10216	No	12
	14	12	150	140	Edhec Business School	France	Edhec Master in Management	57,028455	56,580396	5410	2011	21	196	96 (92)1	295	488	172	4111	351	832	238	131	20	886	€22,097	182	950149	No	1000
	16	14	110	141	Mannheim Business School	Germany	MSc Business Administration	73,9273,160	75,9704,243	20	488	5	343	93 (78)2	352	460	200	165	205	200	562	235	10	845	€506	2424	3005	No	889
	17	23	260	225	Università Bocconi	Italy	Master of Science in International Management	58,539204	58,539204	577	4422	41	166	96 (62)1	381	586	50	281	324	436	64	163	20	902	€22,979	220	12538	No	1000
	18	10	70	124	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	India	Post Graduate Programme in Management	93,9427,078	94,3136,930	6931	61	35	32	100 (100)0	141	176	92	02	00	99	616	525	00	991	Rs1,550,000	220	3819	No	1000
	19	-	-	-	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	India	Post Graduate Programme	81,812	81,650	68	1	53	6	100 (100)	19	11	14	1	1	0	58	55	0	99	Rs1,350,000	22	462	No	100
	20	30	370	2910	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	Master in International Management	54,861515	54,861515	401	116	30	562	89 (88)1	321	461	5010	565	901	411	133	308	11	598	€20,500	120	596	No	10058
	20	-	-was 14	-was 12	London School of Economics and Political Science	UK	MSc Management	69,6285,250	69,6285,250	7041	7024	38	3012	92 (50)1	405	516	503	770	942	1419	36	4325	00	971	£41,808	2412	12661	No	100100
	22	22	180	210	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	International Business Administration	55,395592	55,180788	112	634	44	700	98 (96)0	333	684	336	181	570	726	2512	124	20	988	€61	480	725	Yes	871
	23	18	170	193	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	Master Program in Business and Management	59,8203,260	59,8892,945	147	3426	12	3912	100 (73)5	227	5515	1912	2813	285	00	407	354	01	990	SKr47,500	220	12049	No	88
	24	-	-	-	Iéseg School of Management	France	Master of Science in Management	48,787	48,104	52	54	66	49	78 (91)	35	47	0	83	30	62	19	8	1	96	€15,300	24	563	Yes	100
	25	28	350	292	Kozminski University	Poland	Master in Management	53,3332,445	53,5802,197	285	54	20	183	91 (84)0	310	499	181	250	2111	6411	670	344	11	880	Zloty20,200	210	848	No	323
	26	20	200	223	Toulouse Business School	France	Masters in Management	48,8503,565	49,0103,432	512	2818	61	473	88 (45)1	380	522	400	380	331	300	3114	70	20	915	€14,087	200	76681	No	1000
	27	20	220	233	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	Master of Science in Management	54,159510	54,159510	153	2115	29	4313	57 (72)39	292	449	182	773	467	5525	287	5411	00	1000	SFr2,320	240	10610	Yes	881
	28	29	220	263	Louvain School of Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	49,97284	50,658410	231	3315	37	284	95 (65)1	339	411	273	242	113	272	423	192	20	1000	€1,726	240	1946	Yes	1000
	29	32	350	323	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Masters in General Management	58,2202,609	58,6822,963	82	3010	51	111	95 (96)6	281	448	115	316	94	946	571	4913	10	912	€11,500	100	12326	No	1000
	29	27	320	290	Skema Business School	France, US, China	Global Master of Science in Management	47,846704	47,555868	588	5319	59	386	84 (75)3	450	510	270	380	283	500	151	41	10	750	€17,000	240	43820	No	1000
	31	25	250	274	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	53,570400	53,440184	193	497	25	172	99 (90)1	182	332	171	375	105	177	3411	285	20	980	€1,750	220	1887	Yes	1000
	31	23	210	254	Audencia Business School	France	Audencia Master in Management	53,162256	52,878158	475	479	18	291	91 (81)2	330	557	110	412	204	330	413	200	21	874	€14,920	240	65634	Yes	1000
	33	36	260	323	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	Strathclyde MBM	47,0382,388	47,0382,388	465	31	47	4615	93 (71)1	352	4415	350	335	943	4712	208	611	00	803	£13,900	120	5419	No	00
	34	41	-	-	Institut Mines-Télécom Business School	France	Integrated Masters in Management	49,437613	50,9421,357	353	2736	52	359	93 (64)9	501	5714	337	512	191	564	3012	252	10	761	€10,160	2412	35969	No	1000
	35	36	310	341	Aston Business School	UK	MSc International Business	51,7165,230	51,7165,230	4214	84	14	574	88 (65)3	310	3018	299	432	883	479	1718	571	00	831	£15,844	120	903	No	00
	36	49	-	-	Montpellier Business School	France	Master in Management	44,401915	44,434847	3623	4519	63	415	94 (97)2	4411	502	533	407	264	334	383	218	20	921	€5,634	3010	422129	Yes	1000
	36	-	-	-	Rennes School of Business	France	Master in Management	44,710	44,778	59	17	69	65	91 (79)	33	52	20	80	46	30	21	9	1	80	€16,400	21	465	No	100
	38	-	-	-	Kedge Business School	France	Master in Management	47,241	47,280	55	19	60	48	86 (81)	24	49	32	40	37	24	27	15	2	88	€15,960	24	1,357	No	100
	39	-	-	-	Neoma Business School	France	Master in Management	49,450	49,211	62	38	50	20	88 (85)	47	49	25	44	27	25	46	18	2	76	€13,900	24	1,529	No	100
	40	43	380	406	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	Master of Science in General Management	57,9442,634	57,5152,817	92	3614	33	671	73 (98)16	301	430	279	322	460	90	323	443	00	900	€620	240	631144	Yes	90
	41	33	280	345	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	MSc in International Business	56,712906	56,9781,267	40	6118	26	545	92 (47)17	141	411	832	491	695	582	333	4510	10	860	€2,550	120	80856	No	41
	42	44	410	425	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	Master of Global Management	42,3311,450	42,3311,450	300	5022	48	2212	91 (79)5	3210	554	2020	217	553	904	488	2626	10	917	€9,200	122	6712	No	1000
	43	39	330	384	Aalto University	Finland	Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration	51,867257	51,538540	183	4111	36	521	92 (97)5	311	496	430	151	173	4314	631	324	11	9212	€190	180	53917	No	96
	44	58	-	-	Sun Yat-sen Business School	China	SYSBS Master in Management	56,3833,437	55,0322,195	261	3926	6	81	100 (84)2	330	401	00	71	62	507	700	399	10	930	Rmb47,600	240	10410	No	1000
	45	60	540	533	University of Bradford School of Management	UK	MSc Management	48,5297,450	48,5297,450	3132	2411	54	606	94 (45)0	314	475	365	316	926	3612	225	632	00	872	£10,938	120	15516	No	00
	46	66	580	57	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	MSc International Business and Management	46,464594	46,464594	4414	959	56	616	93 (44)15	321	601	212	353	923	141	4316	535	00	910	£13,300	120	9812	No	00
	47	45	460	460	Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai	China	Masters in Management	62,0082,615	62,0082,615	122	6513	28	51	100 (100)0	280	398	1114	31	55	3729	681	585	10	885	Rmb24,500	311	386	No	932
	48	36	390	415	HEC Montreal	Canada	Master of Science in Administration	54,501580	54,839491	223	599	58	257	77 (89)6	300	460	92	402	375	487	492	623	10	8211	C$5,307	160	46946	Yes	5719
	49	-	-	-	University of Sydney Business School	Australia	Master of Management	53,294	53,294	41	15	68	62	67 (61)	36	58	12	29	40	0	5	68	0	80	AU$41,250	12	48	No	100
	50	61	590	572	Durham University Business School	UK	MSc Management	44,9193,698	44,2463,025	566	621	40	5314	89 (74)1	310	540	470	682	9011	370	521	671	00	961	£15,967	120	238157	No	00
	51	54	440	504	University of Bath School of Management	UK	MSc in Management	37,6291,576	37,6291,576	653	2528	16	5113	75 (84)12	373	602	310	565	8714	127	547	471	00	991	£14,558	120	10412	No	01
	52	64	650	60	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	MSc in Business Administration	37,4702,397	37,4702,397	661	682	57	128	99 (99)1	322	515	301	322	273	201	595	222	21	1000	€9,690	144	1622	No	671
	53	54	550	541	Tias Business School, Tilburg University	Netherlands	International MSc in Business Administration	49,9071,431	49,9071,431	6421	5813	39	631	86 (93)0	203	519	178	460	531	012	358	643	00	961	€19,700	142	4517	No	00
	54	50	610	551	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	International Masters in Management	37,474914	37,498544	434	6911	67	132	84 (95)6	423	607	3513	339	303	616	473	173	20	970	€7,260	93	23227	No	493
	54	40	400	453	IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management	France	MSc in Management	49,0712,299	48,3872,983	250	4026	64	360	72 (84)21	400	593	250	90	72	60	371	481	10	910	€4,255	240	1623	No	1000
	56	51	600	561	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	MSc Business	47,5142,421	47,5482,387	293	644	65	587	72 (86)8	265	462	181	4910	548	542	293	603	00	1003	€13,010	120	674	Yes	00
	57	46	440	492	Aarhus BSS	Denmark	Master of Science in Finance and International Business	54,2413,689	54,2413,689	1315	3716	22	645	67 (30)10	379	2610	300	195	1912	600	4517	385	00	8117	0	231	10414	Yes	263
	58	70	-	-	Leeds University Business School	UK	MSc International Business	40,820904	40,820904	637	3532	32	4515	87 (79)24	342	515	360	404	917	360	501	662	00	816	£15,740	120	11911	No	55
	59	46	470	516	University of Cologne	Germany	Master of Science Business Administration	64,599817	64,5761,037	60	5135	42	403	66 (30)6	267	509	200	40	132	100	620	461	10	654	€912	240	27510	No	772
	60	53	510	556	ICN Business School	France	Master in Management	43,666434	43,469300	618	578	55	272	67 (72)22	415	481	123	439	123	153	267	293	10	746	€15,891	240	42533	No	1000
	61	46	430	507	NHH Norwegian School of Economics	Norway	MSc in Economics and Business Administration	52,044834	51,965445	174	6612	19	422	98 (39)1	213	432	450	231	141	90	651	408	10	965	NKr1,960	220	63063	No	145
	62	68	-	-	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	Master of Science in Management Engineering	43,6994,385	43,6994,385	3420	2225	49	149	77 (66)12	231	453	382	10	667	6910	168	7013	00	582	€3,343	211	1139	No	347
	63	64	570	61	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	MSc in Management	42,4824,966	42,4824,966	677	5514	43	559	84 (55)2	355	5610	274	547	951	409	398	599	00	851	£18,490	142	636	No	00
	64	59	620	624	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	Master of Science in Management	57,010280	57,077312	4521	1621	24	377	86 (81)6	311	321	00	210	147	250	641	566	00	676	€16,700	164	806	No	970
	65	-	-	-	St Petersburg University GSOM	Russia	Master of International Business	36,982	36,982	50	43	34	50	35 (82)	48	59	12	0	12	34	44	33	1	98	Rub136,000	22	59	No	100
	66	63	520	602	University of Economics, Prague	Czech Republic	Business Economics and Management	36,740386	37,188806	375	232	62	693	94 (87)5	451	684	440	111	287	170	511	376	11	723	€301	240	53827	No	91
	67	61	630	643	Lancaster University Management School	UK	MSc Management	42,7521,030	42,7521,030	538	609	45	597	61 (45)39	290	7211	2510	422	898	256	3612	653	00	910	£13,950	120	10025	No	4444
	68	67	-	-	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	MSc in Management and Leadership	40,152544	40,141579	332	561	46	6827	84 (74)10	441	602	50	41	180	342	552	4213	10	816	Ft99,370	200	15935	No	00
	69	-	-was 50	-was 51	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	MSc in Management	40,8826,708	40,8826,747	274	4610	70	3216	83 (52)17	441	5711	706	10	75	404	699	508	10	940	Zloty0	240	236499	No	8634
	70	69	640	682	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	Master of Science in Business	52,2732,271	52,2732,271	3914	6710	23	663	89 (53)4	233	392	6224	224	102	1212	662	513	00	692	NKr144,300	240	24238	Yes	33
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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 200 points separate the top programme, University of St Gallen, from the school ranked number 70. The top 10 participants, from University of St Gallen to Esade Business School, form the top group of Masters in Management providers. The second group, headed by EMLyon Business School, spans schools ranked 11th to 31st. Differences between schools are small within this group. The 20 Schools within the third group headed by University of Strathclyde Business School are similarly close together. The remaining 18 schools make up the fourth group.

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1. 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.

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

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

4. 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.

5. The extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing a Masters in Management.

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

7. 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.

8. Percentage of female faculty.

9. Percentage of female students.

10. Percentage of female members of the advisory board.

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

18. Course fee in local currency

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

20. The number of students who enrolled on the first year of the Masters programme in the past year (May 1, 2012 – May 1, 2013).

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

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