10 Top Business Schools in Europe

Ten Top Business Schools in Europe 2007 2008

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Financial Times (FT) has come out with a ranking of Europe’s top business schools for the 2007/2008 academic year.

If you aspire to take an MBA to add your marketability and enhance your career, these are the schools that you need to be aiming at. Many of the institutions to date have produced recognized business leaders and their country’s decision makers.

The ranking is determined by a number of factors and perimeters such as the position in the European school list, the average MBA salary, the MBA salary increase and the business programs and courses offered.

The top 10 business schools in the list as below:

1. HEC Paris (France)
Established in 1881 by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, The HEC Paris School of Management stands tall as a prestigious school with impressive production line capability. Many of HEC’s top graduates went on to become recognizable faces in the business and politics world, such as country ministers, the President of International Monetary Fund (IMF), the director of World Trade Organization (WTO), and CEO’s of top Fortune global companies.

The school also holds reputation to producing ground breaking research and findings, high quality programs and respectable student body. HEC offers various courses that include Master’s Degree, MBA (both full time and part time), PhD, Executive MBA and other programs. It maintains its top ranking for the 3rd consecutive years.

2. London Business School, LBS (United Kingdom)
Belonging to the University to the University of London constituent, LBS is known for its ability to attract world class students and executives alike. More than half of the students enrolling with the London Business School comes from outside of the UK. At the moment, about 800 students are enrolled with the school. Among major courses offered are in the field of Marketing, Finance, Strategy, Economics, Accounting, Technology Management, Corporate Social Responsibility and so on.

The school has consistently been ranked as one of the top business institutions in Europe and the UK. It is also well-known to produce many of the world’s familiar faces and business leaders such as Sir David Bell (Chairman, Financial Times Group), Tony Wheeler (founder, Lonely Planet), Richard Thomas (Deputy Director, UK Ministry of Defense), Dyfrig John (CEO, HSBC Bank) and many others.

3. INSEAD (France)
Apart from the main campus in France, INSEAD also has campuses based in Singapore and Middle East. The school differentiates itself from the rest with the presence of multi-cultural diversity and global reach. The MBA programs offered cover a myriad of fields including Finance, Economics, Organizational Behavior, Statistics, Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Corporate Strategy and so on.

All applicants wishing to enter INSEAD will have to face a pretty tough screening process. Every applicant needs to have a minimum Degree, and as a pre-requisite, he or she will be required to submit a long essay which supports their case of admission. Another two rounds of interview will follow upon the successful short listing of the initial stage. Their schools alumni come from more than 160 countries worldwide.

4. IMD (Switzerland)
A not-for-profit business school, IMD or International Institute for Management Development is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was born in January 1990 after two management education centers decided to combine and merge into one business school. The school places its emphasis and focus on training and development of general management and nurturing of leadership skill.

IMD has to date produced countless of CEOs and Chairmans for leading corporations such as Nestle, Standard Chartered, McKinsey & Co., Novartis, Telenor and so on. On average, the school admits not more than 100 students per intake, while the curriculum designed is tailored towards getting the students ready for the real business experience and world.

5. IE Business School (Spain)
IE, a private educational institution is the number 1 ranked business school in Spain. It houses approximately 1,500 students coming from various countries and continents at one time, and enroll in various programs including Master’s Degree, MBA, Executive Degrees and PhD. With its main campus located in Madrid, the school also has offices and representatives in 17 countries.

IE works closely with a number of top business schools in the US including Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Babson College as well as the Wharton School to offer partnership courses to the students. More than 20% of the IE graduates ended up opening their own successful companies and businesses.

6. IESE Business School (Spain)
Another top business school from Spain, with campuses in Barcelona and Madrid. IESE, which stands for Institute of Higher Business Studies (English) is widely recognized to offer prestigious MBA and Executive programs. It is also one of the earliest tertiary institutions to have offered collaborative educational experience with a number of business schools in the United States.

There are currently more than 30,000 alumni who are working and living in more than 100 countries worldwide. The history of IESE started in 1957 when the management team of the University of Navarra felt the need of a graduate business school which led to the setting up of its first campus in Barcelona.

7. ESCP-EAP European School of Management (France)
In 2000, two tertiary institutions, ESCP and EAP decided to merge to become one business school, The ESCP-EAP European School of Management, offering a wide range of business related courses including Masters, MBA, PhD and other customized programs. The history of the 2 schools dated back more than a century ago and both are rich with the achievements and accomplishments.

ESCP-EAP has five campuses around the European continent in Paris, Madrid, London and Turin. The school enroll approximately 3,500 students every year, who come from various countries and diverse culture.

8. Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands)
Better known as RSM Erasmus (as the school belongs to Erasmus University), the institution has been enjoying its status as a highly reputable business school in the region as well as in the world for more than 3 decades. Backed by one of the largest business school faculties, with more than 100 PhD students and over 250 researchers, it is consistently ranked as one of the top schools year in and year out.

With 10 research centers and over 100 partner schools, RSM can offer education to more than 1,000 executives, and 7,500 undergrads and postgrads every year. Based in the Rotterdam city, its various programs offered include Bachelor programs, Master’s, MBA, Doctoral, Executives and Research.

9. EM Lyon (France)
EM Lyon, which stands for Ecole de Management de Lyon (means Lyon Management School) was first established in 1872 by a number of local folks in the city of Lyon. Some of the distinguished programs offered by the school are Entrepreneurship, Executive, Doctoral, Masters in Management, European Business, as well as MBA (both full time and part time).

EM Lyon is the third ranked school in France, and frequently maintains its position in the top ten school ranking in the Europe. The school is proud with its triple accreditation from EFMD, AMBA and AACSB.

10. ESADE Business School (Spain)
ESADE is the associate of Spain’s top independent university, Ramon Llull which is based in Barcelona. ESADE contains not only a business school but also a law school, with strong 6,000 students enrolling in various courses and programs. More than 100 universities worldwide have collaboration with ESADE.

One unique characteristic of the school is the personalized Career Service it can offer to the students in terms of advisory, guidance and consultation. The office has also to date assisted more than 4,000 students getting internship and training all around the world. Graduates from ESADE are highly sought after by top companies and corporations.

10 Top Business Schools in Asia

Ten Top Business Schools in Asia 2007 2008

Below is the list of 10 top business schools in Asia for 2007/2008, as ranked by QS Top MBA, which is a UK-based career and education network.

QS conducts research on top business schools annually not only across the Asia continent but also cover the North America, Europe and Latin America regions.

Generally, business institutions in Asia are playing more and more important role in the management and business market, with increasing number of recruiters and companies showing interest in capturing talents from the region.

Most representatives on the top ten list come from Australia with 4 schools and Singapore with 3. Both countries are considered as the center of high quality education in the Asia. China, on the other hand, is now emerging as a new major player in management and business education.

Rank-School-Country

1. Australian GSM Australia
2. CEIBS China
3. HKUST Hong Kong
4. Indian IM, Bangalore India
5. INSEAD Singapore Singapore
6. Macquarie, MGSM Australia
7. Melbourne Business School Australia
8. Monash University GSB Australia
9. Nanyang Business School Singapore
10. NUS (National University of Singapore) Singapore

Beyond the 10th place, more institutions come from Hong Kong, India, Philippines, Australia and China.

In terms of recruiter’s preferences, the list goes according to the following rank: INSEAD (1st), Melbourne, AGSM, Macquarie, CEIBS, NUS Business School, Monash, HKUST, IIM and lastly Nanyang Business School (10th).

Top Business Schools in America

Top Business Schools in US 2007 2008

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1. Tuck, Dartmouth
Established in 1900, the Tuck Business School, which belongs to the Dartmouth College based in New Hampshire, is the world’s oldest business school. It is also the first institution to offer an MBA program. Tuck is one of the six Ivy League business schools and for many years has been consistently ranked among the country’s best business schools.

Tuck offers only 1 degree program, that is the prestigious full time MBA program, together with a range of executive education programs. Tuck business graduates are hired by top employers including McKinsey & Co., Bain, Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley.

2. Stanford University
Located about 40 miles away from San Francisco city, Stanford holds its reputation years after years as a highly respected private university. It is also commonly termed as The Farm by the local folks, students and teaching staff mainly due to its history of being first built in a horse farm.

Prominent landmarks such as Stanford Mausoleum, Angel of Grief, Hoover Tower, Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Memorial Church and so on make up the whole campus of the university, spanning across more than 8,000 acres of land size.

3. Harvard University
Founded in the 17th century, Harvard University is an independent tertiary institution based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. It is also one of the Ivy League members. During the 19th century, Harvard underwent a massive transformation from a traditional college into providing a modern and contemporary academic programs.

The university has a well-known library which to date has collected a massive number of 15 million volumes, making it the largest library in the academic world. At the moment, Harvard houses more than 18,000 students, who are enrolled in both undergraduate and graduate programs.

4. Darden, Virginia
The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration is the associate college of University of Virginia. Darden appears to be regularly ranked among the top business schools by many international magazines, news and global reports.

The institution is well known to provide a strong general management teaching experience. The 2-year MBA course offered by Darden is mainly implemented through case-based teaching methods, which is similar to the teaching methodology used in many prominent law schools.

5. Wharton, Pennsylvania
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania offers MBA (Masters in Business Administration), Bachelor of Science, PhD, Diploma and several other courses. Wharton ranks as one of the America’s best business schools for the past decade, and competes with the likes of Harvard and Stanford as its rivals.

Major subjects offered include Business and Policy, Accounting, Entrepreneurial Management, Finance, Health Care, Human Resource & Organizational Management, Risk Management, Business Ethics, Marketing, Multinational Management, Information System, Real Estate, Retailing, Statistics and many others.

6. Columbia
The Columbia Business School or its abbreviation CBS is owned by the Columbia University of New York, and is known as one of the most selective schools in the world. To date the school has produced 13 Nobel Prize winners in the field of economics such as Joseph Stiglitz, Edmund Phelps and Robert Mundell.

Columbia also belongs to the Ivy League clan. Its students come from more than 50 countries worldwide, speaking more than 40 diverse languages. Courses offered, among others, are Corporate Finance, Managerial Statistics, Leadership, Managerial Economics, Marketing Strategy, Operations Management and so on.

7. Chicago
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business is known with its short name Chicago CBS. Apart from its main campus in Illinois, United States, it also has representative campuses in London and Singapore. It has a unique MBA program which allows the students to spend their studies either in Chicago, London or Singapore campus.

Chicago CBS is known for its reputation offering world class business programs, particularly in the field of economics, finance, quantitative marketing and accounting. It offers full time, part time (weekend or evening classes), as well as executive MBA programs.

8. Yale
The Yale School of Management provides a best-in-class platform for education and research in myriad of business fields such as economics, leadership, operations management, entrepreneurship, marketing, organizational development and so on. Because of its reputable status, the admission process is naturally very competitive.

Many of Yale’s top graduates went on to become the country’s Presidents, Ministers and CEOs for top multinational corporations. Yale School of Management is based in Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

9. Kellogg, Northwestern
Another business school with base in Illinois, the Kellogg School of Management offers full time, part time and executive programs. Business Week, US News & World Report, as well as The Economist Intelligence Unit all have ranked Kellogg in the top position of US business school rank.

Apart from offering courses on its own, Kellogg also collaborates with a number of international institutions, such as from Hong Kong, China, India, Canada, Germany and Thailand in granting the MBA and PhD dissertation to its students.

10. Johnson, Cornell
The S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management is part of the Cornell University, with its main campus located in Ithaca. The school not only offers business program from business students and graduates, but also those with science background and technical degrees. Technical graduates can undergo an accelerated MBA program that lasts for 12 months.

Additionally, Johnson partners with international institutions and schools from Europe, Asia and Latin America to offer MBA exchange programs. Top employers have ranked Johson’s Career Management Center as one of the best in the United States, which was published in Business Week.