FT top european MBA schools

The FT (Financial Times) annually carries out a survey of MBA schools based on their full time MBA courses. While percentage increase in salary for graduates is the biggest single determinant of ranking it also takes into account internationality, research ratings, etc. The research is broadly similar to our own (based on recruiters and graduates views) including the presence of some schools where we think the rankings may be inflated by their reputation in other areas.

1   (7)   (9)       Insead (France)
2   (8)   (8)       LBS (UK)
3   (11) (11)     IMD (Switz)
4   (24) (25)     IESE (Spain)
5   (27) (29)     Rotterdam (Netherlands)
6   (31) (34)     Empresa (Spain)
7   (34) (n)       Said, Oxford (UK)
8   (36) (43)     Manchester (UK)
9   (39) (48)     SDA Bocconi (Italy)
10 (40) (59)     Warwick (UK)
11 (41) (35)     Cranfield (UK)
12 (50) (37)     Edinburgh U Business School(UK)
13 (52) (50)     HEC (France)
14 (60) (41)     University College, Dublin (Eire)
15 (61) (68)     ESCP-EAP (France)
16 (64) (74)     ESADE (Spain)
17 (64) (54)     Imperial (UK)
18 (67) (n)       IEP (France)
19 (67) (n)       Theseus (France)
19 (70) (73)     Njenrode (Netherlands)
21 (73) (66)     City (UK)
22 (81) (52)     Ashridge (UK)
23 (82) (n)       Nottingham University (UK)
24 (85) (n)       Strathclyde (UK)
25 (85) (72)     Bradford (UK)
26 (n)   (n)       NIMBAS (UK)
27 (88) (n)       Leeds (UK)
28 (90) (63)     Lancaster (UK)
29 (91) (n)       ENPC (France)
29 (93) (n)       EM Lyon (France)
31 (96) (n)       Bath (UK)
32 (97) (n)       Trinity College, Dublin (Eire)
33 (100) (n)     Norwegian School of Management (Norway)


Key: the first number refers to the school's rank within europe, the second its 2001 international ranking and the third its 2000 international ranking.
(n) = new entry to FT list (previous years lists have included only the top 75 schools).
For example Insead is the highest rated school in the 2001 research, ranking 7 among all international schools in 2001 and it was ranked 9 in the 2000 research.

You can also have a look at the rankings for last year for European schools from the Financial Times 2000 survey, on the page here TOP EUROPEAN MBA PROGRAMS 2000