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European Business School Rankings 2021

Published
December 5 2021
Total Schools
95
Year
95Jonkoping International Business School
94Corvinus University of Budapest
93University of Antwerp Faculty of Business and Economics
92EM Strasbourg Business School
91University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam Business School
90Luiss University
89Lund University School of Economics and Management (Lusem)
88Rennes School of Business
86
EM Normandie Business School
86Louvain School of Management, UCLouvain
84University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business
84Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
83ZHAW School of Management and Law
82Burgundy School of Business
81University of Bath School of Management
80ICN Business School
79IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management
78Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
77Iscte Business School
75MBS (Montpellier Business School)
75Hanken School of Economics
73University of Liverpool Management School
73University Carlos III de Madrid
72University of Exeter Business School
70Tum School of Management
70Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management
69University of Zurich
68Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
67Sabanci Business School
66University of Porto – FEP | PBS
65Birmingham Business School
64Excelia Business School
63Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
62
IÉSEG School of Management
61Koç University Graduate School of Business
60HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
58TBS Education
58IBS-Moscow Ranepa
57St Petersburg University, Graduate School of Management
55NHH Norwegian School of Economics
55Prague University of Economics and Business
54
Kozminski University
53
University of Strathclyde Business School
52University of Edinburgh Business School
51HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne
50BI Norwegian Business School
49Moscow School of Management Skolkovo
48Skema Business School
46Hult EF Corporate Education
46Antwerp Management School
45Durham University Business School
44Neoma Business School
43Lancaster University Management School
41Nyenrode Business Universiteit
41WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
40Kedge Business School
39Vlerick Business School
38Aalto University
37Politecnico di Milano School of Management
36Grenoble Ecole de Management
34Cranfield School of Management
34Henley Business School
33
Alliance Manchester Business School
32Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business School
31
Audencia
30Tias Business School, Tilburg University
29Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics
28University College Dublin: Smurfit
27Nova School of Business and Economics
26
Copenhagen Business School
25
Eada Business School Barcelona
24Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
23
City, University of London: Bayes (formerly Cass)
22Stockholm School of Economics
21
Mannheim Business School
20WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
19EMLyon Business School
18Warwick Business School
17
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
16
Imperial College Business School
15University of Cambridge: Judge
14
ESCP Business School
13Esade Business School
12
IE Business School
10IMD Business School
10
Edhec Business School
9
University of Oxford: Saïd
8Essec Business School
7
ESMT Berlin
6University of St Gallen
5
SDA Bocconi/Università Bocconi
4
Iese Business School
3
Insead
2
London Business School
1
HEC Paris
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Table notes

Footnotes: # Figure in brackets refers to data from separate joint programme for schools with more than one degree ranked. † Salary increase in the three years from completion to now for Masters in Management. For MBA and EMBA, the average difference in alumni salary is between before the degree and now, three years after completion. ‡ Faculty data are provided for information — taken from surveys for the 2021 tables. A school that only featured in Executive Education has provided faculty data, as of September 2021. * School was ranked outside the final table in 2021 for MBA, EMBA or Masters in Management, or for Custom and Open in 2020. ** School participated in this ranking on the basis of a joint programme only. Underlying score based on proportion of total score. Some 157 points separate the top programme, at the HEC Paris, from the school ranked 95. 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 8 schools from HEC Paris to Essec Business School. Tier ll includes schools from University of Oxford: Saïd, ranked 9th, to Hult EF Corporate Education in joint 46th position. Tier lll, headed by Skema Business School spans schools ranked 48 to 78. Tier lV includes schools from IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management in 79th place to Jönköping International Business School at 95.

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