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Global MBA Ranking 2021

Published
February 7 2021
Total Schools
100
Year
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100
Queen's University: Smith
99
Hult International Business School
98
Copenhagen Business School
97
Western University: Ivey
96
Lancaster University Management School
94
UCT Graduate School of Business
94
Indian Institute of Management Indore
93
Miami Herbert Business School
92
Fordham University: Gabelli
91
McGill University: Desautels
90
EMLyon Business School
89
William & Mary: Mason
87
Melbourne Business School
87
University of Georgia: Terry
86
Rutgers Business School
85
Texas A & M University: Mays
84
Ipade Business School
83
Wisconsin School of Business
82
The Lisbon MBA Catolica | Nova
81
Essec Business School
80
ESMT Berlin
79
AGSM at UNSW Business School
78
Eada Business School Barcelona
76
University of Pittsburgh: Katz
76
Edhec Business School
75
University of Toronto: Rotman
74
Durham University Business School
73
University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal
71
Brigham Young University: Marriott
71
University of Minnesota: Carlson
69
University of Notre Dame: Mendoza
69
University of Connecticut School of Business
68
George Washington University
67
Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management
66
SMU: Cox
64
University of St Gallen
64
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics: College of Business
63
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
62
Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business
61
Bayes Business School (formerly Cass)
60
University of Rochester: Simon Business School
58
Mannheim Business School
58
Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian
57
Arizona State University: WP Carey
56
Ohio State University: Fisher
55
Boston College: Carroll
54
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
53
Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai
52
University of Maryland: Smith
51
Boston University Questrom School of Business
50
Emory University: Goizueta
48
CUHK Business School
48
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
47
Pennsylvania State University: Smeal
46
Babson College: Olin
44
Imperial College Business School
44
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
43
Michigan State University: Broad
42
University of California at Irvine: Merage
40
University of Texas at Austin: McCombs
40
University of Florida: Warrington
39
IE Business School
38
Indiana University: Kelley
37
Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore
35
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
35
Sungkyunkwan University GSB
32
Rice University: Jones
32
Warwick Business School
32
Fudan University School of Management
31
Vanderbilt University: Owen
30
Alliance Manchester Business School
29
HKU Business School
28
University of Washington: Michael G Foster
27
Carnegie Mellon: Tepper
26
University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler
25
Washington University: Olin
24
University of Southern California: Marshall
23
Indian School of Business
22
HKUST Business School
21
University of Michigan: Ross
20
Esade Business School
19
IMD — International Institute for Management Development
17
Georgetown University: McDonough
17
University of Oxford: Saïd
16
University of Cambridge: Judge
15
Cornell University: Johnson
14
National University of Singapore Business School
13
New York University: Stern
12
SDA Bocconi School of Management
11
University of Virginia: Darden
10
Dartmouth College: Tuck
9
Duke University's Fuqua School of Business
7
Ceibs
7
HEC Paris
6
Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
4
Iese Business School
4
Yale School of Management
3
University of Chicago: Booth
2
London Business School
1
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Table notes

Footnotes: * KPMG reported on the results of obtaining evidence and applying specified audit procedures relating to selected survey data provided for the Financial Times 2021 MBA ranking for selected business schools. Enquiries about the assurance process can be made by contacting Lori Huber of KPMG at lahuber@kpmg.ca. The specified audit procedures were carried out between October and November 2020. The audit date published denotes the survey for which the specified audit procedures were conducted. ** Data in this column are for information only and are not used in the rankings. † No data available. Some 202 points separate the top programme, at Insead, from the school ranked 100. The schools are divided into four tiers. Business schools in tiers l and ll score above the average for the cohort, and tiers lll and lV are below it. The difference in scores between schools ranked consecutively is greater within tiers l and lV than in tiers ll and lll. Tier l includes 14 schools from Insead to National University of Singapore Business School. Tier ll includes schools from Cornell University: Johnson, ranked 15, to Babson College: Olin in 46th position. Tier lll, headed by Pennsylvania State University: Smeal, spans schools ranked 47 to 82. Tier lV includes schools from Wisconsin School of Business in 83rd place to Queen's University: Smith at 100.

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