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Business school rankings

  • Masters in Business Administration
    • Online MBA
    • Global MBA
    • Global EMBA
  • Executive Education
    • Executive Education - Open programmes
    • Executive Education - Customised programmes
  • Masters in Finance
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European Business School Rankings 2021

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