FINANCIAL TIMES MBA 2007

The top full-time European MBA programmes

Alumni career progress Diversity Idea generation

Employed at three months (%)

International experience rank

3 year average European rank

Faculty with doctorates (%)

International mobility rank
Salary percentage increase

International students (%)

Alumni recommend rank

International faculty (%)

International board (%)

Placement success rank
2007 Global MBA rank

Weighted salary (US$)

Value for money rank

Career progress rank

Women students (%)

2007 European rank

2007 European rank

Women faculty (%)
Salary today (US$)

Aims achieved (%)

Women board (%)

FT doctoral rank

FT research rank
School name

Languages**
Audit year*
Country
1 1 5 London Business School U.K. 2004 135,221 135,522 122 96 26 83 66 96(98) 5 14 28 15 77 88 56 5 10 1** 99 17 11 1
2 2 7 Insead France/Singapore 2003 140,238 140,551 94 8 19 82 69 90(95) 6 11 22 16 89 87 78 3 5 2 97 29 11 2
3 4 11 Instituto de Empresa Spain 2003 111,587 113,450 149 20 1 81 27 91(89) 36 31 36 25 45 76 85 25 20 1 88 n/a 89 3
4 4 13 IMD Switzerland 2003 150,157 153,148 91 3 8 82 30 94(99) 17 9 18 9 100 98 75 1 48 2 96 n/a 70 4
5 10 15 University of Cambridge: Judge U.K. 2007 127,259 127,418 121 6 10 84 58 81(72) 41 25 31 28 51 92 43 17 79 0 96 16 51 5
6 4 16 Iese Business School Spain 2003 107,519 104,284 136 75 9 80 29 98(95) 19 13 24 9 36 78 88 4 2 1** 97 42 51 6
7 8 18 HEC Paris France 2003 109,840 111,223 125 34 5 82 26 85(90) 39 21 29 12 34 81 32 6 4 2 88 54 89 7
8 7 19 University of Oxford: Saïd U.K. 2004 127,966 127,966 107 15 11 83 65 89(89) 32 18 21 24 51 95 35 11 31 0 100 65 51 8
9 10 22 Manchester Business School U.K. 2004 108,615 106,913 128 43 13 82 53 85(91) 30 30 24 0 29 90 0 13 6 0 81 2 73 9
10 9 24 Esade Business School Spain 2003 97,982 97,982 136 51 3 76 64 95(91) 38 28 29 11 17 76 78 10 13 2** 76 38 91 10
11 11 28 Lancaster University Management School U.K. 2004 102,957 102,957 114 4 4 79 45 95(97) 79 23 33 40 31 89 40 23 28 0** 89 11 86 11
12 9 30 RSM Erasmus University Netherlands 2006 103,840 104,062 105 35 24 73 82 99(81) 40 12 25 18 26 96 36 9 3 1 100 5 81 12
13 15 36 Warwick Business School U.K. 2004 105,001 97,965 102 13 29 78 94 93(90) 27 38 33 24 41 82 24 27 14 1 94 13 81 13
14 15 37 Cranfield School of Management U.K. 2004 119,274 119,688 97 10 7 82 70 94(100) 25 25 25 50 34 69 40 43 58 1 71 36 86 14
15 13 42 SDA Bocconi Italy 2003 92,403 90,521 108 32 44 67 86 83(93) 48 44 35 47 23 50 24 24 11 1** 85 3 73 15
16 19 54 Edinburgh University Management School U.K. 2004 102,306 102,306 97 23 20 76 93 90(93) 75 23 36 25 39 88 33 35 30 1** 84 66 91 16
17 15 56 Imperial College London: Tanaka U.K. 2004 111,503 112,238 85 28 15 75 54 95(83) 60 20 14 44 73 54 44 42 72 0 93 35 73 17
18 18 70 Bradford School of Management/TiasNimbas Business School U.K./Netherlands/Germany 2007 87,954 87,954 107 11 65 75 73 81(72) 89 30 25 21 55 93 21 19 49 0 84 63 91 18
18 22 70 Trinity College Dublin Ireland 2005 118,297 118,297 90 2 17 82 99 62(54) 85 28 43 24 17 65 6 7 46 0 69 82 91 18
20 17 73 City University: Cass U.K. 2007 103,956 103,956 83 27 18 73 74 96(96) 63 21 35 16 46 71 30 32 57 0 92 24 86 20
20 - 73 University of Bath School of Management U.K. 2007 100,850 100,850 85 17 22 77 90 94(86) 77 25 43 19 35 63 14 40 41 0 97 57 58 20
22 22 78 Birmingham Business School U.K. 2007 87,705 87,705 97 9 16 69 59 63(55) 98 30 38 42 30 95 69 31 91 0** 87 46 96 22
23 - 85 Nyenrode Business Universiteit Netherlands 2006 100,865 100,865 98 16 61 74 71 43(57) 97 17 39 0 19 72 56 8 8 0 81 77 96 23
24 - 93 Leeds University Business School U.K. 2004 94,755 94,755 78 22 52 71 83 95(95) 87 22 35 9 31 79 22 29 73 0 91 50 73 24
24 - 93 Nottingham University Business School U.K. 2007 88,961 88,961 89 19 14 64 98 90(88) 90 26 39 60 34 75 30 67 59 0 79 48 73 24
26 24 96 University of Durham Business School U.K. 2007 90,766 90,766 72 26 2 65 92 87(78) 91 20 36 10 57 92 40 50 78 1 85 56 62 26
27 23 98 University College Dublin: Smurfit Ireland 2007 100,817 100,817 72 21 30 71 79 94(95) 88 25 27 14 33 30 53 16 51 0** 92 75 91 27
28 - 100 Eada Spain - 77,188 77,188 109 18 6 69 57 88(100) 100 26 25 25 33 86 8 18 23 0** 23 n/a 99 28
Footnotes: See top 100 table