MBA Review

ased upon data readily available in the public domain from various benchmarking sources, the International Graduate Forum (IGF) has developed a Global MBA Table of leading business schools.

hese are schools which attain, on a regular basis, very high scores in numerous ranking tables. Indeed, CEO Magazine has identied many of these schools

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over the years as being some of the very best, and with good reason. Typically, they boast high quality faculty, their reputation, over the years, has opened many a door for graduates, and their track-record speaks for itself. However, as corporate funding declines, return on investment and recovery of opportunity cost become increasingly important considerations. This, coupled with the need for greater exibility, ready access to faculty, smaller class sizes, career services, and faculty with real-world business experience, has led many MBA applicants, and the IGF, to look beyond the instantly recognisable global providers. With this in mind, the IGF set about identifying business schools capable of meeting the expectations of hungry applicants the results were impressive. Schools which were selected for inclusion into the European, North American, and Australian MBA ranking tables not only demonstrated the qualities todays MBA applicants look for, they were, and are, capable of challenging the established, globally recognised MBA providers. In keeping with the IGFs commitment to greater transparency, and in line with the changes that have been made to the IGFs ranking process this year, schools listed in the European, North American, and Australian MBA tables have been ranked numerically.
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Faculty with Business Backgrounds

8% 12%
Faculty with PhDs

8% 12%
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10% 10% 12%

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IGF GLOBAL MBA RANKINGS

Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 =8 =8 10 = 11 = 11 13 = 14 = 14 = 14 = 14 = 14 = 14 = 20 School
ESADE Business School ENPC School of International Management La Salle University Ashridge Business School University of Wollongong Sydney Business School IE Business School Rochester-Bern Copenhagen Business School Macquarie University Graduate School of Management Australian Institute of Business Lynchburg College IESE Lancaster Management School Paris School of Business The University of Queensland Business School University of Sydney Business School Melbourne Business School Fordham University Gabelli School of Business Porto Business School CEU Business School Australian Catholic University

Score 87 83.5 82 81 79 78 77 76 76 75 74 74 73 72 72 72 72 72 72 71

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...the IGF set about identifying business schools capable of meeting the expectations of hungry applicants the results were impressive...

EUROPEAN MBA RANKINGS

Ranking 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 =9 =9 11 12 13 = 14 = 14 = 14 17 18 19 20 School ESADE Business School ENPC School of International Management Ashridge Business School IE Business School Rochester-Bern Copenhagen Business School IESE Lancaster Management School Paris School of Business Porto Business School CEU Business School Reykjavik University EIPM Lorange Institute of Business Zurich SBS Swiss Business School ISEG Reims Management School *The Lisbon MBA (Nova and Catlica-Lisbon) ISCTE Hochschule Darmstadt Score 87 83.5 81 78 77 76 74 73 72 72 71 69.5 68.5 66 66 66 64 61 60 60
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PORTUGAL SPOTLIGHT MBA RANKINGS

Ranking 1 2 3 4 School Porto Business School ISEG The Lisbon MBA (Nova and Catlica-Lisbon) ISCTE Score 72 66 61 60

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NORTH AMERICAN MBA RANKINGS

Ranking 1 2 3 4 =5 =5 =5 8 9 = 11 = 11 13 14 15 16 = 17 = 17 18 19 20 School La Salle University Lynchburg College Fordham University Gabelli School of Business Willamette University Atkinson School of Graduate Management University of Rochester Simon School of Business Colorado Technical University Queens University of Charlotte McColl School of Business Northwest Missouri State University Booth College of Business Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Wake Forest University Schools of Business Kent State University UCI Merage School of Business University of Washington Foster School of Business Washington University in St. Louis Carnegie Mellon University Tepper School of Business The Rady School of Management at UC San Diego University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business Boston College Carroll School of Management University of Denver Daniels College of Business McNeese State University College of Business Score 82 74 72 70 66 66 66 64 63 62 62 60 59 57* 56 55 55* 53* 51 50

AUSTRALIAN MBA RANKINGS

Ranking 1 2 3 =4 =4 =4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 School University of Wollongong Sydney Business School Macquarie University Graduate School of Management Australian Institute of Business The University of Queensland Business School University of Sydney Business School Melbourne Business School Australian Catholic University The University of Adelaide Queensland University of Technology Graduate School of Business University of Ballarat University of Western Australia Graduate School of Management Swinburn University of Technology Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship RMIT University Graduate School of Business and law Monash University Victoria University Graduate School of Business University of Technology Sydney Deakin University University of Western Sydney Murdoch University Business School Southern Cross University Score 79 76 75 72 72 72 71 69 68 65.5 66 65 63 61 60 59 57 56 53.5 37*

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