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Rankings of MBA Programs and Schools

Ostensibly the objective (of Rankings) is to inform the market about the standing and repute of programs and Schools. Unfortunately the criteria for the rankings differ so much and frequently are not declared, so such rankings can be rather misleading. Thus - for example - a ranking of Schools based on recruiters' opinions of the quality of their MBA output will be relevant for a School with a large full time program - but will say little about one which concentrates on part time, distance and executive programs. A ranking influenced by the average GMAT score of those entering the program will probably say less about programs outside of the USA. The ranking of AACSB programs will ignore most non American programs. Most major Business Schools and most major programs will appear in the top league on some ranking at some time or another. That's probably a better indicator of the standing of the School than any one 'league table' since the diversity of Schools and programs now is so large - that no single method of ranking will do justice to all types.

 

Depite their weaknesses, rankings are a fact of life in the management/business education world. They are published in all manner of publications in most parts of the world - and prospective MBA program participants want to know what they say about the standing, reputation, quality etc of either Schools or their Programs. Unfortunately most published rankings deal with American Schools and most take a broad based approach. There are relatively few which are specfic to other countries/regions or deal with specific aspects or types of program. However below we summarize some of the recent ones. We suggest that you look at them all - and don't attach particular importance to any-one of them. Just get an overall impression.
If you would like to participate in a rankings exercise yourself - you can do so, and also get some additional information on Business School rankings in the Graduate Schools section of http://www.Rateitall.com

If you are aware of any recently published rankings that we do not feature here - let us have the details and we will try to add a summary.

The Financial Times (UK), Sept 8th 2003

Top Full time MBA programs in Europe

(Based on 22 criteria covering employment/salaries of graduates, nature of faculty, 'internationalness', opinions of allumni, and research rating)

1- Insead; 2- London Bus School; 3- IMD; 4- IESE; 5- Instituto Empressa; 6- Rotterdam; 7- Cambridge,Judge; 8- Warwick; 9- Oxford,Said; 10- SDA Bocconi; 11- Machester Bus School; 12- Cranfield; 13- HEC Paris; 14- City Univ,Cass; =15- Edinburgh; =15- Nyenrode; =17- Helsinki School of Econs; =17- Imperial; 19- ESCP-EAP; 20- ESADE; 21- Bradford/Nimbas; 22- Trinity Dublin; 23- Univ Coll Dublin,Smurfit; 24- Bath; 25- ENPC France; =26- Ashridge; =26- Durham; 28- Strathclyde; 29- Lancaster; 30- Theseus; 31- Henley; 32- Nottinhgam Univ; 33- Birmingham; 34- EM Lyon; 35- Norwegian School of Mgt

The Financial Times (UK), Jan 20th. 2003

Top 100 International Full Time MBA Programs

(Based on 20 criteria covering employment/salaries of graduates, nature of faculty, 'internationalness', opinions of allumni, and research rating)

1- Pennsylvania, Wharton; 2- Harvard; 3- Columbia; 4- Stanford; 5- Chicago; 6- INSEAD; 7- London B School; 8- New York, Stern; 9- Northwestern, Kellogg; 10- MIT, Sloan; 11- Dartmouth, Tuck; 12- Yale; 13- IMD; 14- Virginia, Darden; =15- Duke, Fuqua; =15- Calif Berkeley, Haas; 17- Georgetown, McDonough; 18- IESE; 19- Cornell, Johnson; 20- UCLA, Anderson; 21- Toronto, Rotman; 22- Western Ontario, Ivey; =23- Carnegie Mellon; =23- North Carolina, Kenan Flagler; 25- Michigan; =26- Instituto de Empressa; =26- York, Schulich; 28- Rotterdam; 29- Emory, Goizueta; 30- Cambridge, Judge; 31- S Calif, Marshall; 32- Texas Austin, McCombs; 33- Maryland, Smith; 34- Warwick, =35- Oxford, Said; =35- Vanderbilt, Owen; 37- McGill; 38- Rochester, Simon; 39- Ohio State, Fisher; =40- Queen's; =40- Rice, Jones; =40- Calif Irvine; 43- Bocconi; 44- Manchester B School; =45- Indiana, Kelley; =45- S Carolina, Moore; 47- Purdue, Krannert; 48- Penn State, Smeale; =49- Illinois Urbana-Champaign; =49- Washington, Olin; 51- Brigham Young, Marriott; 52- Iowa, Tippie; 53- Southern Methodist, Cox; =54- Cranfield; =54- Notre Dame, Mendoza; 56- Coll of William and Mary; =57- Babson; =57- Thunderbird; 59- Hong Kong Sci and Tech; =60 Michigan State, Broad; =60- Virginia Tech, Pamplin; =62- Boston; =62- HEC; =64- Arizona State; =64- Case Western; =64- Melbourne; =64- Wake Forrest, Babcock; 68; City, Cass; =69- Aus Grad School; =69- Texas A & M, Mays; =69- Wisconsin-Madison; 72- Pittsburgh, Katz; =73- Edinburgh; =73- Nyenrode; =73- British Columbia; 76- Tulane, Freeman; 77- Chinese U of Hong Kong; =78- Helsinki S of Economics; =78- Imperial; =78- Georgia, Terry; 81- Minnesota, Carlson; 82- ESCP-EAP; =83- ESADE; =83- IPADE; 85- Bradford/NIMBAS; =86- Trinity Dublin; =86- Arizona, Eller; 88- IAE Argentina; 89- Dublin, Smurfit; 90- CEIBS; 91- Bath; 92- ENPC France; =93- Calgary; Haskayne; =93- Univ of Washington; =95- Ashridge; =95- Fordham; =95- Durham; 98- Strathclyde; 99- Coopwrad; 100- Alberta

ASIA INC (Hong Kong), Oct 2002

Top 25 Asian Business Schools (offering MBA programs)

(Based on 3 criteria- faculty resources, student quality and academic reputation)

1- Chinese Univ Hong Kong; 2- IIM Ahmedebad; 3- National Univ Singapore; 4- Hong Kong Univ of Sci and Tech; 5- Asia Instit of Mgt, Philippines; =6- Aust Grad School of Mgt; =6- Univ of Queensland; 8- Univ of Hong Kong; 9- IIM Bangalore; 10- Nanyang Tech Univ Singapore; =11- Melbourne Bus Sch; =11- IIM Calcutta; 13- CEIBS; 14- Chulalongkorn Univ Thailand, Sasin; =15- Chicago GBS Singapore; =15- City Univ Hong Kong; =17- Yonsai Univ S Korea; =17- IIM Lucknow; =17- Monash; 20- Int Univ Japan; =21- Macquarie; =21- Asia Inst of Tech Thailand; =23- Peking Univ; =23- National Inst of Devt and Admin Thailand; 25- Lahore UIniv of Mgt

Which MBA? (UK), Oct 2002

Ranking of Full Time MBA programs - top 50(from 100 ranked)

(based on 14 criteria covering new career opportunities, personal development and educational experience, and salary increase)

1- Northwesten, Kellogg; 2- Dartmouth, Tuck; 3- Duke, Fuqua; 4- Chicago; 5- Stanford; 6- Columbia; 7- UCLA, Anderson; 8- IMD; 9- Virginia, Darden; 10- Yale; 11- Henley; 12- Harvard; 13- Cranfield; 14- Penn, Wharton; 15- Cornell, Johnson; 16- Instituto Empresa; 17- York, Schulich; 18- Notre Dame, Mendoza; 19- Michigan; 20- U C Berkeley, Haas; 21- MIT, Sloan; 22- HEC Paris; 23- London Bus School; 24- Minnesota, Carlson; 25- Emory, Goizueta; 26- Carnegie Mellon; 27- Washington, Olin; 28- Illinois; 29- Edinburgh Univ; 30- Manchester Bus School; 31- New York, Stern; 32- Ohio, Fisher; 33- INSEAD; 34- North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler; 35- Iowa, Tippie; 36- E M Lyon; 37- Glasgow; 38- Case Western, Weatherhead; 39- Purdue, Krannert; 40- Western Ontario, Ivey; 41- Nyenrode; 42- Macquarie; 43- CEIBS; 44- Birmingham; 45- Aston; 46- Rochester, Simon; 47- Southern Calif, Marshall; 48- Sheffield; 49- Rice, Jones; 50- Indiana, Kelley

The Financial Times (UK), Oct 14th. 2002

Ranking of International Executive MBA programs (ie part time and modular programs for experienced managers in employment)

(Based on 16 criteria, including salary and career progress, internationalness and work experince of students)

1- Pannsylvania,Wharton; 2- Columbia; 3- New York, Stern; 4- London Bus School; 5- Instituto de Empresa; 6- Duke, Fuqua; 7- Univ of Chicago; 8- Northwestern, Kellogg; 9- GSBA Zurich; 10- Emory Univ, Goizueta; 11- Western Ontario, Ivey; 12- Imperial College, London; 13- Univ of Illinois- Urbana; 14- Australian GSM; 15- City Univ, Cass; 16- IESE; 17- Thunderbird; 18- U of Calif LA, Anderson; 19- Southern Calif, Marshall; 20- Chinese Univ - Hong Kong; 21- Univ of Texas - Austin; 22- ESCP-EAP; 23- Warwick; 24- Case Western, Weatherhead; 25- Baylor Univ; 26- Rotterdam; 27- Rochester, Simon; 28- North Carolina, Kenan-Flager; 29- Minnesota, Carlson; 30- Boston Univ; 31- Southern Methodist, Cox; 32- Purdue, Krannert; 33- Wisconsin-Madison; 34- Univ College Dublin, Smurfit; 35- Ashridge; 36- Cranfield; 37- Michigan State, Broad; 38- Bath; 39- Queens Canada; 40- Notre Dame, Mendoza; 41- Henley; 42- CEIBS China; 43- Univ of Calif Irvine; 44- Temple, Fox; 45- Washington, Olin; 46- Bradford/Nimbas; 47- ESSEC; 48- Stockholm Sc of Economics; 49- Wake Forest, Babcock; 50- Tulane, Freeman

The Financial Times (UK) , Sept 9th. 2002

Ranking of UK and Irish full time MBA Programs

(Based on 21 criteria, including MBA salaries and employment, faculty quality and research)

1- London Bus School; 2- Cambridge,Judge; 3- Oxford,Said; 4- Warwick; 5- Cranfield; 6- Manchester Bus School; 7- Univ College Dublin,Smurfit; 8- Trinity Coll Dublin; 9- Edinburgh Univ; 10- City Univ,Cass; 11- Imperial Coll; 12- Bath; 13- Strathclyde; 14- Durham; 15- Ashridge; 16- Bradford; 17- Leeds Univ; 18- Aston; 19- Lancaster; 20- Henley; 21- Nottingham Univ; 22- Birmingham Bus School

'Best Graduate Schools - 2002 Graduate Guide', US News and World Report (USA), pub 2002

Ranking of American Graduate Business Schools (2002)

(Based mainly on full time MBA programs - eg recruiters opinions, GMAT scores, employment and salaries on graduation, acceptance rates into program)

1- Stanford; 2- Harvard; 3- Pennsylvania,Wharton; 4- MIT,Sloan; 5- Northwestern Kellogg; =6- Duke,Fuqua; =6- Chicago; 8- Columbia; 9- Dartmouth,Tuck; =10- UC Berkeley; =10- Virginia,Darden; =10- U of Michigan; =13- New York,Stern; =13- Yale; 15- UCLA,Anderson; 16- Cornell; 17- North Carolina, Kenan Flagler; =18- Carnegie Mellon; =18- Texas Austin; 20- S Calif, Marshall; 21- Indiana; 22- Emory,Goizueta; 23- Rochester,Simon; =24- Georgetown; =24- Ohio State; =24- Michigan State; =24- Minnesota,Carlson; 28- Purdue; =29- Brigham Young; =29- Vanderbilt; =31- Arizona Stare; =31- Rice,Jones; =31- Washington,Olin; =34- S Methodist,Cox; =34- Arizona, Eller; =34- Georgia,Terry; =34- Iowa; =34- Notre Dame IN; =39- Boston College,Carroll; =39- Georgia Inst,DuPree; =39- Tulane,Freeman; =43- Penn State; =43- Florida; =43- Maryland; =46- Illinois Urbana; =46- Wake Forest; =49- Texas A and M; =49- U of Washington

Ranking of US Part Time MBA programs (2001)

(Based mainly on reputation as judged by academics and recruiters)

1- New York, Stern; 2- Chicago; 3- Northwestern, Kellogg; 4- DePaul U; 5- Georgia State; 6- U of Calif - Los Angeles; 7- U of Michigan- Ann Arbor; 8- U of Calif, Berkeley; 9- U of Southern Calif; 10- Babson; 11- Pace U; =12- Arizona State; =12- Duke, Fuqua; =12- Fordham U; =12- Loyola U - Chicago; =12- Minnesota, Carlson ;

Top 5, from 23, US Executive MBA programs (2002)

(Based mainly on reputation as judged by academics and recruiters)

1- Northwestern,Kellogg; 2- Pennsylvania,Wharton; 3- Duke,Fuqua; 4- U of Chicago; 5- Columbia

Canadian Business (Canada), 2002

Ranking of Canadian MBA Programs

(Based on salary increases of Graduates, and several other criteria including average GMAT scores)

1- York,Schulich; 2- Queen's; 3- McGill; 4- Simon Fraser; 5- British Columbia; 6- Saint Mary's; 7- Michael de Groote; 8- Victoria; 9- New Brunswick; 10- New Brunswick, St John; 11- Calgary; 12- Memorial; 13- Alberta; 14- Asper, Manitoba; 15- HEC Montreal; 16- Dalhousie; 17- Wilfrid Laurier; 18- Concordia; 19- Windsor; 20- Laval; 21- Ottawa; 22- Saskatchewan; (NB Toronto, Moncton and Western Ontario not included)

The Wall Street Journal (USA), 2002

Ranking of International Business Schools' MBA Programs

(Based on recruiters views only, on 27 criteria relating to MBA programs)

1- Dartmouth, Tuck; 2- Michigan; 3- Carnegie Mellon; 4- Northwestern, Kellogg; 5- Wharton; 6- Chicago; 7- Texas Austin, McCombs; 8- Yale; 9- Harvard; 10- Columbia

Ranking of European Business Schools' MBA Programs

1- IMD; 2- ESADE; 3- INSEAD; 4- Instituo de Empressa; 5- London B School

Business Week (USA), 2002

Top 35 Executive MBA Programs

(Based on survey of Graduates and Directors of Schools in 2001)

1- Northwestern,Kellogg; 2- Chicago; 3- Pennsylvania,Wharton; 4- Duke,Fuqua; 5- UNC,Kenan Flagler; 6- U Southern Calif,Marshall; 7- NYU,Stern; 8- Emory U;Goizueta; 9- Georgetown; 10- UCLA,Anderson; 11- Pepperdine; 12- Texas Austin; 13- IMD; 14- Purdue,Krannert; 15- Western Ontario; 16- Washington,Olin; 17- Vanderbilt,Owen; 18- Columbia; 19- Southern Methodist,Cox; 20- Georgia State; 21- Thunderbird; 22- Boston U; 23- London Bus School; 24- Queen's U; 25- Minnesota,Carlson; 26- Wake Forest; 27- Michigan State; 28- Tulane; 29- Case Western; 30- Arizona State; 31- Pittsburgh,Katz; 32- U of Calif Irvine; 33 Chinese U Hong Kong; 34- Rotterdam; 35- Illinois Urbana

UK University Research Rating (UK), Dec 2001

Official Research Rating of UK Universities by subject area - Business and Management Studies. www.rae.ac.uk

(A measure of the 'scholarship' of the UIniversity Business Schools, based on quality and volume of their research output)

Top rated Schools:- London Business School; Warwick; Lancaster. Second rated:- Oxford-Said; Manchester B School; UMIST; London School of Economics; Imperial College; City Univ; Nottingham Univ; Leeds Univ; Univ of Bath; Aston Univ; Cambridge Third rated:- Cranfield; Edinburgh Univ; Strathclyde; Bradford; London Birkbeck; Univ of Birmingham; Brunel; Exeter; Hull; Keele; London Kings; Loughborough; Portsmouth; London Royal Holloway; Sheffield; Surrey; Glasgow; Sterling; Queens Belfast. (All other Universities rated lower)

Real Business Education Ltd (India), circa 2002

Ranking of degree offering Indian Management Colleges

(Taken from ranking published by Business Today. Top 25 shown here - full list at www.rbeindia.com/topbschools.htm)

1- Indian Institute of Management,Bangalore; 2- IIM, Ahmedabad; 3- IIM, Kolkata; 4- IIM, Lucknow; 5- Inst of Rural Mgt,Anand; 6- XLRI,Jamshedpur; 7- Mgt Dev Inst,Gurgaon; 8- Ind Inst of Mgt,Indore; 9- SP Jain Inst of Mgt and Research,Mumbai; 10- Ind Inst of Foreign Trade,Delhi; 11- Narsee Monjee Inst,Mumbai; 12- Int Mgt Inst,Delhi; 13- Fore Sch of Mgt,Delhi; 14- Inst of Mgt Tech,Ghaziabad; 15- Jamnalal Bajaj Inst,Mumbai; 16- Xavier Inst,Bhubaneshwar; 17- TA Pai Mgt Inst,Manipal; 18- Xavier Inst,Bangalore; 19- Faculty of Mgt Studies,Delhi; 20- Loyola Inst of Bus Admin,Chennai; 21- Vinod Gupta Sch,IIT Kharagpur; 22- Symbiosis Center,Pune; 23- NITIE,Mumbai; 24- Nirma Inst,Ahmedabad; 25- KJ Somaiya Inst,Mumbai

AmericaEconomia, 2001

Ranking of Spanish Language MBA Schools in Central and South America

(Criteria not known)

1- ITESM Monterrey,MEX; 2- INCAE,CR; =3- Univ Catolica de Chile; =3- Fundacion Getulio Vargas, BR; 5- ITAM, MEX; =6- Univ Adolfo Ibanez,CH; =6- IAE,AR; 8- Univ de Chile,Tulane,CH; 9- Univ de Sao Paulo,BR; 10- Univ de Chile,ESADE,CH; 11- Coppead,BR

Careerdynamo.com (UK), 2001

Ranking of UK MBA Programs: undertaken Oct - Nov 2000

(Based largely on opinions of recruters and graduates)

1- London Bus School; 2- Cranfield; 3- Manchester Bus School; 4- Imperial; 5- Warwick; 6- City; 7- Oxford; 8- Cambridge; 9- Ashridge; 10- Henley; 11- Edinburgh U; 12- Leeds; 13- Sheffield U; 14- Bristol; 15- Lancaster; 16- Bradford; 17- Strathclyde; 18- Kingston; 19- Oxford Brookes; 20- Bath; 21- Newcastle; 22- Durham; 23- Exeter; =24- Manchester Metro; =24- Nottingham Trent; =24- Southampton; =24- Sheffield Hallam

Forbes (USA), 2001

Ranking of Large American MBA Programs

(Based on return on financial investment - ie salary gain on graduation compared to cost of program)

1- Harvard; 2- Pennsylvania,Wharton; 3- Columbia; 4- Dartmouth; 5; Univ of Chicago; 6- Yale; 7- Cornell; 8- MIT, Sloan; 9- Kellogg, Northwestern; 10- Stanford; 11- Duke, Fuqua; 12- UCLA, Anderson; 13- Virginia, Darden; 14- Carnegie Mellon; 15- UC Berkeley; 16- North Carolina, Kenan Flagler; 17- Southern Methodist, Cox; 18- Emory; Goizueta; 19- Michigan; 20- Washington U, Olin; 21- Rochester, Simon; 22- NYU, Stern; 23- Indiana, Kelley; 24- Georgetown; 25- Vanderbilt,Owen

Ranking of MBA Programs outside USA

(Based on return on financial investment - ie salary gain on graduation compared to cost of program)

1- IMD; 2- INSEAD; 3- London Bus Sch; 4- Cranfield; 5- Western Ontario,Ivey; 6- IESE; 7- Manchester Bus Sch; 8- York,Schulich; 9- Rotterdam; 10- HEC; 11- ESADE, 12- Aus Grad School.

Business Week (USA), 2nd October 2000

Ranking of American Business Schools

(Survey of 82 Schools. Ranking based mainly on opinions of Graduates of and Recruiters from MBA Programs)

1- U of Pennsylvania, Wharton; 2- Northwestern, Kellogg; 3- Harvard; 4- MIT, Sloan; 5- Duke U, Fuqua; 6- U of Michigan at Ann Arbor; 7- Columbia; 8- Cornell; 9- Virginia U, Darden; 10- Chicago; 11- Stanford; 12- U of Calif, Los Angeles; 13- New York U, Stern; 14- Carnegie Mellon; 15- U of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler; 16- Dartmouth; 17- U of Texas at Austin; 18- U of Calif, Berkeley; 19- Yale; 20- Indiana U; 21- Rochester, Simon; 22- Vanderbilt; 23- Washington U, Olin; 24- U of Southern Calif, Marshall; 25- Purdue; 26- Georgetown; 27- Maryland; 28- Emory, Goizueta; 29- Michigan State; 30- Georgia Tech;

Ranking of European and Canadian Business Schools

(Survey of 15 Schools. Ranking based mainly on opinions of Graduates of and Recruiters from MBA Programs)

1- INSEAD, France; 2- London Business School; 3- IESE, Spain; 4- IMD, Switzerland; 5- Western Ontario, Canada; 6- Rotterdam, Netherlands; 7- Toronto,Canada

Long Range Planning Journal (UK), Vol 33, 2000

Ranking of European Business Schools

(Based on Academic Reputation as indicated by their research publications)

1- London Bus School; 2- INSEAD; 3- Tel Aviv. 4- Warwick; 5- Manchester B School; 6- Cambridge; 7- Erasmus; =8- City; =8- Cranfield; =10- London School of Economics; =10- Stockholm, Economics; =12- Katholeke, Belgium; =12- Tilburg; 14- Limburg; =15- Oxford; =15- Reading; =17- Carfiff; =17- Lancaster; =17- Leeds; 20- Groningen; =21- IMD; =21- Nottingham; 23- Hebrew; 24- Strathclyde; =25- Ashridge; =25- Sheffield; =25- Wales,Swansea; =28- Bath; =28- HEC, Paris; =28- Norwegian Mgt; =31- Birmingham; =31- Henley; =31 Southampton; =31- Technion; =35- Amsterdam; =35- Copenhagen; =35- U C Dublin; =38- Aston; =38- Bradford; =38- Cyprus; =38- ESSEC; =38- Free U, Belgium; =38- Haifa; =38- Toulouse; =38- Wageningen

Best Education (USA), 2000

Top US Business Schools

(Based on full time MBA starting salaries, GMAT scores, Work experience of students, M/F mix, and 'Quality of life' at School)

1- Harvard; 2- Stanford; 3- Pennsylvania,Wharton; 4- Univ of Chicago; 5- Kellogg, Northwestern; 6- Sloan, MIT; 7- Columbia; 8- Univ of Michigan; 9- Tuck,Dartmouth; 10- Darden, Virginia

Top European Business Schools

(Based on full time starting salaries, GMAT scores, Work experience of students, M/F mix, and 'Quality of life' at School)

1- IMD; 2- INSEAD; 3- IESE; 4- London Bus School; 5- Rotterdam; 6- ISA Paris; 7- Manchester Bus School; 8- Bocconi; 9- UBI, Belgium; 10- Nyenrode

Top Asia/Pacific Business Schools

(Based on full time starting salaries, GMAT scores, Work experience of students, M/F mix, and 'Quality of life' at School)

1- Melbourne; 2- Aus Grad Sch of Mgt; 3- IIM Ahmedabad; 4- Int Univ of Japan; 5- Asian Inst of Mgt, Phil; 6- Chinese Univ of Hong Kong; 7- Nat Univ of Sing; 8- IIM Calcutta; 9- Aus Nat Univ; 10- Nanyang Tech Univ

Financial Mail (South Africa),July 21st, 2000

Ranking of MBA Programs run in South Africa

(Based on opinions of 274 employers and recruiters)

1- Wits University; 2- Univ of Cape Town; 3- UNISA; 4- Stellenbosh Univ; 5- Univ of Pretoria; 6- Henley Management College/GIMT; 7- RAU; 8- Bond Univ; 9- Univ of Potchestroom; 10- Univ of Wales; 11- De Montford Univ; 12- Heriot Watt Univ; 13- Dimension Data; 14- Univ of Durban Westville; 15- Millpark Bus School; 16- Univ of Southern Queensland

Asiaweek, May 5th 2000

First ever ranking of Asia's MBA Business Schools

(Based on academic reputation as judged by the Schools, Asian companies and some International Schools. NB Approx 30 Schools chose not to participate)

1- Indian Inst of Mgt, Ahmedabad; 2- Nat Univ of Singapore; 3- Asian Inst of Mgt, Philippines; 4- Melbourne B School; 5- Indian Inst of Mgt, Bangalore; 6- Seoul Nat Univ; 7- Sasin Grad Inst,Thailand; 8- Chinese Univ of Hong Kong; 9- Nanyang B School,Singapore; 10- Intl Univ of Japan; 11- U of Hong Kong; 12- Waseda U, Japan; 13- China Europe Int B School, China; 14- Asian Inst of Tech, Thailand; 15- Macquarie Grad School of Mgt, Aus; 16- Monash Mt Eliza, Aus; 17- Cheng-chi U, Taiwan; 18- Korea Adv Inst of Sci and Tech; 19- Hitotsubashi Univ, Japan; 20- Indian Inst of Tech, Bombay; 21- City U of Hong Kong; 22- Univ of Queensland; 23- Lahore Univ of Mgt, Pakistan; 24- Univ of Philippines; 25- Taiwan U of Sci and Tech; 26- RMIT Univ, Aus; 27- U of Tech, Sydney, Aus; 28- Birla Inst of Tech and Sci, India; 29- De La Salle Univ, Philippines; 30- Queensland U of Tech, Aus; 31- Univ of Adelaide; 32- Univ of Malaya; 33- Curtin U of Tech, Aus; 34- T A Pai Mgt Inst, India; 35- Univ of Dhaka; 36- Aoyama Gakuin U, India; 37- Narsee Monjee Ins of Mgt Studies, India; 38- Int Mgt Institute, India; 39- U of Waikato, N Zealand; 40- U of Southern Aus; 41- Bharathidasan Ins of Mgt, India; 42- Univ of Putra Malaysia; 43- Univ Sains Malaysia; 44- Chungnam Nat Univ, S Korea; 45- Ritsumeikan Univ, Japan; 46- Mahanakorn Univ of Tech, Thailand; 47- Open U of Hong Kong; 48- B K School, Gujaret Univ, India; 49- Khon Kaen Univ, Thailand; 50- Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Inst opf Sci, Paksitan

Top 20 Full Time MBA Programs from the above Schools

(Based on Academic Reputation, Student Selectivity, Resources, Links etc)

1- Melbourne B School; 2- Indian Inst of Mgt, Ahmedabad; 3- Asian Inst of Mght, Philippines; 4- Asian Inst of Tech, Thailand; 5- Nat U of Singapore; 6- Chinese U of Hong Komg; 7- Korea Adv Inst of Sci and Tech; 8- Macquarie; 9- Nanyang; 10- Sasin; 11- Monash Mt Eliza; 12- IIM, Bangalore; 13- Int U, Japan; 14- China Europe Int B School; 15- Cheng-chi; 16- Waseda; 17- Queensland U of Tech; 18- Lahore U; 19- U of Queensland; 20- Seoul U

Top 20 Part Time MBA Programs from the above Schools

(Same criteria)

1- Melbourne; 2- Chinese U, HK; 3- Nat U of Sing; 4- U of H K; 5- Korea Adv Inst; 6- Monash Mt Eliza; 7- Nanyang; 8- Macquarie; 9- Int Mgt Inst, India; 10- U of Philippines; 11- I Inst of T, Bombay; 12- Queensland U of Tech; 13- City U, HK; 14- Narsee Monjee; 15- U of Queensland; 16- U of Tech, Sydney; 17- Curtin; 18- Khon Kaen; 19- U of Adelaide; 20- U of Malaya

Top Distance Programs from the above Schools

(Same criteria)

1- City U, HK; 2- Curtin; 3- Queensland U of Tech; 4- Birla; 5- U of Southern Aus; 6- Open U of HK

'Die Besten MBA-Programme in Europa' (Germany), 2000

Ranking of best European MBA Programs by William H Cox (Book in Greman)

(Based mainly on authors opinion)

1- INSEAD; 2- London Business School; 3- IMD; 4- Manchester Business School; 5- Instituto de Empressa; 6- GSBA Zurich; 7- Cranfield; 8- Nijenrode; 10- WHU Koblenz; 11- Henley; 12- SDA Bocconi; 13- Rotterdam School of Management; 14- Wirtschaftuniversitat Wein; 15- HEC-ISA; 16- E M Lyon; 17- Ashridge; 18- Cambridge; 19- ESADE; 20- Heksinki School of Economiccs

The MBA Career Guide (USA and UK), Fall 1999

List of top International Business Schools

(Based on the opinions of those who recruit MBA graduates internationally)

Top 10 International Schools in Asia-Pacific (alphabetical order)

Australian Grad School of Mgt (New South Wales); Australian National University; Asian Institute of Management; Chinese Univ of Hong Kong; Hong Kong Univ of Science and Technology; Indian Institute of Management (location not specified); Melbourne Business School; Nanyang Univ (Singapore); National Univ of Singapore: University of Otago

Top International Schools in USA (alphabetical order)

Dartmouth (Tuck School); Arthur D Little; Babson; Bentley; Univ of Calif - Berkeley; Boston Univ; Carnegie Mellon; Chicago; Columbia; Cornell; Darden (Univ of Virginia); DePaul; Emory Univ; Fuqua School (Duke Univ); Georgetown Univ; Harvard; Indiana; Kellogg School (Northwestern Univ); Michigan Univ; MIT (Sloan School); N Y Univ (Stern School); Purdue; Rochester Univ; South Carolina Univ; Stanford; Southern Methodist Univ; Thunderburd; Univ of Calif - Irvine; UIniv of Calif - Los Angeles; Wharton

Top International Schools in Europe (alphabetical order)

Bath Univ; Bocconi Univ; Cambridge Univ (Judge School); City Univ; Cranfield Univ; Dublin - Trinity Coll; Durham Univ; EAP; EM Lyon; EN Ponts et Chaussees; ESADE; HEC; Henley; IESE; IMD; Imperial College (London); INSEAD; Instituto de Empresa; Koblenz; KU Leuven; London Bus School; Lancaster; Manchester Bus School; Nijenrode; Nottingham School of Mgt; Oxford (Said School); Rotterdam School of Mgt; Sci Po; Solvay; Strathclyde; Warwick

Business Week (USA),October 1999

Ranking of American Executive MBA Programs (ie normally accelerated and/or part time/modular programs for experienced managers)

(Based on a survey of the opinions of 100 Business School Deans)

1- Case Western; 2- Chicago; 3- Columbia; 4- Duke; 5- Emory; 6- Georgia State; 7- Illinois(Champaign): 8- Minnesota; 9- New York(Stern): 10- North Carolina; 11- Northwestern; 12- Pennsylvania(Wharton); 13- Pepperdine; 14- Pittsburg(Katz); 15- Purdue; 16- Southern California(Marshall); 17- Southern Methodist(Cox); 18- Texas(Austin); 19- UCLA(Anderson); 20- Washington(Olin)

Computerworld (USA), 9th Sept 1999

Top Techno-MBA Programs

(Annual Survey of American MBA programs with a technology emphasis, based on recruiters opinions and graduate placement rates)

1- Northeastern U, Boston; 2- U of Texas, Austin; 3- U of Maryland; 4- U of Alabama; 5- U of Calif, Irvine; 6- U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaigne; 7- Purdue U; 8- Southwest Missouri State U; 9- Carnegie Mellon U; 10- U of Florida; 11- U of Minnesota; 12- U of Pennsylvania; 13- U of Southern Calif; 14- Temple U; =15- Arizona State U; =15- Boston U; 16- Bentley College; 17- Georgia Inst of Tech; 18- U of Georgia; 19- Northern Illinois U; 20- Brigham Young U; 21 - U of Virginia; 22- Texas A and M Univ; 23- U of Connecticut; 24- Miami U, Ohio; 25- Calif State U, Sacramento;

International Herald Tribune (Europe), 2 November 1998

Ranking of European MBA Programs (conducted by Cox Communications for Audimax magazine, Germany)

(Based on views of Students. European Schools only)

1- INSEAD; 2- London Business School; 3- IMD; 4- (equal) Instituto de Empressa; Grad School of Bus Admin, Zurich; 7- Cranfield; 8- IESE, Spain; 9- Nijenrode; 10- WHU Koblenz; 11- Henley; 12- SDA Bocconi; 13- Rotterdam; 14- Wirtschaftsuniversitaet, Wein; 15- ISA-HEC, France; 16- Groupe ERSC Lyon; 17- Ashridge; 18- Cambridge; 19- ESADE, Spain; 20- Helsinki School of Economics

Intermediar (Holland), 22 April 1999

Ranking of Part Time MBA Programs in the Netherlands

(Based on attitudes of Graduates)

1- Rotterdam School of Mgt-RSM; 2- Nijenrode; 3- Webster; 4- NIMBAS (Part time MBA); 5- MBA Arnhem-Zwolle; 6- Henley; 7- NIMBAS (Modular-EMBA); 8- HES- Rotterdam; 9- TSM- Rotterdam; 10- Erasmus University; 11- Business School Nederland; 12- Haarlem Business School; 13- TSM MBA vor de bouw; 14- Hoogeschool Utrecht

Sunday Business (UK), 9 August 1998

 

Ranking of Schools (data from AMBA, UK)

 

(Based on 'popularity' - eg number of applications)

Most Popular USA Schools

1- (equal) Harvard; Stanford; 3- (equal) Columbia; MIT; Univ of Pennsylvania; 6- (equal) Northwestern, Kellogg; Chicago; 8- (equal) Dartmouth College; U of Calif, Los Angeles; 10- Duke Univ

Most Popular UK Schools

1- Open Univ; 2- Cranfield; 3- Warwick; 4- City Univ; 5- Manchester Bus School; 6- London Business School; 7- Henley; 8- Bradford Univ; 9- Durham Univ; 10- Aston

'Success' magazine (USA), August 1998

Ranking Of American Business Schools for Entrepreneurs

(Based on opinions of a panel on curriculum, faculty, quality of students and provision of support for entrepreneurship)

1- U of Southern California, Marshall; 2- DePaul Univ, Kellstadt; 3- U of Pennsylvania, Wharton; 4- U of Calif, Los Angeles; 5- U of Arizona; 6- St Louis U; 7- U of Louisville; 8- U of Texas at Austin; 9- Case Western U, Weatherhead; 10- U of Illinois at Chicago; 11- Rensslaer Institute; 12- U of Washington; 13- U of Maryland; 14- Stanford; 15- Northwestern U, Kellogg; 16- U of Calif, Berkeley; 17- Ball State U, Indianapolis; 18- Brigham Young U; 19- Cornell; 20- MIT, Sloan; 21- Columbia; 22- U of Colorado at Boulder; 23- San Diego State U; 24- Babson College; 25- Harvard

Business Today (India), July 1998

Ranking of Indian Graduate Business Schools

(Ranking of Graduate -ie MBA providing- Schools based on student and faculty profiles; facilities; admissions and placement; recruiter, faculty, student and allumni opinion)

1- Ahmedabad; 2- IIM, Bangalore; 3- IIM, Calcutta; 4- Xavier Labour Relations Institute; 5- IIM, Lucknow; 6- Faculty of Mgt Studies, Delhi; 7- Jamnalal Bajaj Inst, Mumbai; 8- Management Development Inst, Gurgaon; 9- S P Jain Inst, Mumbai; 10- Narsee Monjee Inst, Mumbai; 11- Inst of Mgt Tech, Ghaziabad; 12- U of Punjab, Chandigarh; 13- Xavier Inst of Mgt, Bhubaneshwar; 15- T A Pai Mgt Inst, Manipal; 16- Symbiosis Inst of Business, Pune; 17- Symbiosis Centre for Mgt and HRD, Pune; 18- Sydenham Inst of Mgt and Research, Mumbai; 19- International Mgt Inst,Delhi; 20- K J Somaiya Inst of Mgt Studies, Mumbai

Gourman Report, 8th Edn, Princeton Review Publishing, New York (USA), 1998

Top MBA/Management Schools

(Ranking of 25 from list of top 50 American MBA Schools)

1- Harvard; 2- U of Pennsylvania; 3- Stanford U; 4- MIT, Sloan; 5- U of Chicago; 6- Columbia U; 7- Northwestern U; 8- U of Calif, Los Angeles; 9- U of Calif, Berkeley; 10- U of Virginia, Darden; 11- Indiana U - Bloomington; 12- U of Pittsburg; 13- Duke U; 14- Cornell U; 15- New York U; 16- Dartmouth College; 17- Carnegie Mellon U; 18- U of Michigan - Ann Arbor; 19- U of Illinois- Urbana Champaign; 20- U of North Carolina; 21- U of Texas-Austin; 22- Purdue U; 23- U of Washington; 24- U of S California; 25- Texas A and M U

The MBA: an introduction * Selecting an MBA Program * Choosing a Business School * Glossary of MBA terms
* Applying for an MBA program * Tips on taking the GMAT test * How the CAT Works ?
* 'Guest Opinion' feature on an MBA topic * Rankings of Programs and Schools * Funding (Grants & Loans)
* Books about MBAs * Pre-MBA program readings * Jobs and Careers

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