London: Which are the best Business Schools in the world considering Employability, Entrepreneurship and Alumni Outcomes, Thought-Leadership, Diversity and other factors? QS Quacquarelli Symonds, international business school specialists with nearly three decades’ sectoral experience, have recently released a new annual portfolio of four business Master’s rankings.
At the global levels, HEC Paris (France) was crowned as the best institute in Masters in Management Rankings category, followed by London Business School (UK) at number two and ESADE (Spain) at number three.
The suite includes a first-of-its-kind global evaluation of the best schools at which to study a Master’s in Business Analytics, alongside two new specialized Master’s rankings (Master’s in Management and Master’s in Finance), and a new Global MBA Ranking offering unique insight into the relationship between business school choice and entrepreneurship. The portfolio seeks to respond to intensifying international interest in specialized business Masters programs.
Nunzio Quacquarelli, QS’s CEO, said: “Nearly three decades of close interaction with the business education sector have left us strongly-placed to provide the insights of most value to aspiring MBA students. We’re confident that our new portfolio offers a novel, needed perspectives on business school performance, and that our student audience will find the granular data complimentary to that provided by other sources.”
Master’s in Business Analytics
| QS World University Rankings 2018: Master’s in Business Analytics (Top 5) | ||
| Rank | Institution | Country |
| 1 | MIT (Sloan) – Masters of Business Analytics | United States |
| 2 | Texas (McCombs) – Master of Science in Business Analytics | United States |
| 3 | USC (Marshall) – Master of Science in Business Analytics | United States |
| 4 | Minnesota (Carlson) – Master of Science in Business Analytics | United States |
| 5 | Melbourne – Master of Business Analytics | Australia |
| Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2017 | ||
| QS World University Rankings 2018: Master’s in Management (Top 5) | ||
| Rank | Institution | Country |
| 1 | HEC Paris – MSc Strategic Management | France |
| 2 | London Business School – Masters in Management | United Kingdom |
| 3 | ESADE – MSc in International Management | Spain |
| 4 | ESSEC – Strategy & Management of International Business | France |
| 5 | Imperial – MSc in Management | United Kingdom |
| © QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2017 | ||
| QS World University Rankings 2018: Master’s in Finance (Top 5) | ||
| Rank | Institution | Country |
| 1 | London Business School – MSc in Finance | United Kingdom |
| 2 | MIT (Sloan) – Master of Finance | United States |
| 3 | HEC Paris – Master in International Finance | France |
| 4 | Oxford (Said) – MSc Financial Economics | United Kingdom |
| 5 | UC Berkeley (Haas) – Master of Financial Engineering | United States |
| Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2017 | ||
| QS World University Rankings 2018: Global MBA (Top 5) | ||
| Rank | Institution | Country |
| 1 | Harvard | United States |
| 2 | INSEAD | France |
| 3 | HEC Paris | France |
| 4 | Stanford | United States |
| 5 | London Business School | United Kingdom |
| Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2017 | ||
QS adopt a unique methodology for this rankings suite, combining proprietary data with indicators not used for any other MBA ranking: emphases are employability and entrepreneurship. The five metrics used are:
- Employability, utilizing over 40,000 responses to the world’s largest employer survey;
- Entrepreneurship and Alumni Outcomes – an indicator not found in any other comparable table;
- Return on Investment;
- Thought–Leadership;
- Diversity
For full rankings, interest candidates should visit www.TopUniversities.com.
