Rankings: Businessweek Top 20 International MBA Programs

I hope you didn’t think we were done with this year’s Businessweek rankings! Next up…the top 20 international MBA programs.

Here are some highlights:

• There are 2 new schools to the top 10 this year, both of which were unranked in 2012: ESMT (3^rd place) and Cambridge Judge (6^th place).

• ESADE fell dramatically from 6^th place in 2012 to 19^th place this year. The other school to fall from the top 10 this year was McGill Desautels, which dropped from 10^th place to 15^th

• Other schools taking a hit this year include Imperial College London (fell from 13^th to 23^rd); York Schulich (14^th to 24^th), Erasmus Rotterdam (17^th to 25^th), and Manchester (19^th to 26^th).

• New to the rankings this year are ESMT and Cambridge Judge (as mentioned above), as well as Cranfield (ranked at 13 this year), CEIBS (17^th place), Concordia Molson (20^th), Hult (21^st), National University of Singapore (22^nd), and Melbourne (27^th).

BW provides a comprehensive chart where you can look at the specific ways these schools were ranked, including Intellectual Capital Rank, Employer Survey Rank, and Student Survey Rank. These are all explained in the ranking methodology section.

For Linda’s analysis of the BW rankings and their increased volatility, please see “Businessweek Rankings 2014.”

Related Resources:

• Businessweek Rankings 2014
• MBA Rankings: Why Should I Care?
• Top 10 B-Schools with the Most Satisfied Graduates

Last updated on September 9, 2015.