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QS World MBA Tour recently compiled a report on the world’s top 200 business schools according to employers. The findings are based on a survey of over 3,300 international recruiters for full-time MBA graduates. Employers that focus on domestic hiring only were not included. Employers were asked to identify those schools (out of a list of 500 global business schools) that they found attractive in regards to MBA hiring.

Employers chosen were spread across 20 major industries, with consulting and professional services representing the largest sector. This is followed by banking and financial services and then HR/recruitment services. Other industries include manufacturing FMCG, IT, and energy. (You can view the chart on page 18 of the report for more details. Please note that it is not clear what the minimum number of hires a recruiter had to have to be included in the report)

In terms of geographical distribution of the employers, the breakdown goes as follows:

• Latin America 33%
• Asia Pacific 29%
• Western Europe 20%
• Africa & Middle East 6%
• Eastern Europe 6%
• US & Canada 6%

The report categorizes the ranking in various ways, so we’ll present here a sampling. See the full report for the full rankings.

Elite Global 2012: North America (2011 rankings are in parentheses)

1. Harvard Business School (1)
2. Northwestern Kellogg (3)
3. Stanford Graduate School of Business (2)
4. Wharton (4)
5. Columbia Business School (5)
6. Chicago Booth (6)
7. MIT Sloan (7)
8. UC Berkeley Haas (8)
9. UCLA Anderson (9)
10. Duke Fuqua (10)

Elite Global 2012: Europe (2011 rankings are in parentheses)

1. INSEAD – France (1)
2. London Business School – UK (2)
3. IMD – Switzerland (8)
4. IE Business School – Spain (5)
5. IESE Business School – Spain (4)
6. Oxford Saïd – UK (3)
7. SDA Bocconi School of Management – Italy (6)
8. HEC MBA Program – France (9)
9. ESADE Business School – Spain (7)
10. The St. Gallen MBA – Switzerland (18)

Specializations: Finance

1. Wharton (1)
2. Chicago Booth (2)
3. London Business School (3)
4. Harvard Business School (5)
5. NYU Stern (4)
6. Columbia (6)
7. INSEAD – France (7)
8. IE Business School (8)
9. Stanford GSB (9)
10. Northwestern Kellogg (10)

Specializations: Entrepreneurship

1. Harvard (1)
2. Stanford (2)
3. Wharton (3)
4. IE Business School (5)
5. INSEAD – France (4)
6. MIT Sloan (7)
7. Babson College (6)
8. London Business School (8)
9. Northwester Kellogg (9)
10. Columbia (11)

Specializations: Corporate Social Responsibility

1. Harvard Business School (1)
2. Stanford GSB (2)
3. INSEAD – France (3)
4. Wharton (4)
5. IE Business School (11)
6. Columbia (8)
7. Dartmouth Tuck (5)
8. London Business School (15)
9. Northwestern Kellogg (7)
10. Michigan Ross (9)

Other specializations include Innovation, Information Management, International Management, Leadership, Marketing, Operations Management, and Strategy.

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