The FT publishes a ranking of the top 100 full-time MBAs but, of course, it has to consider more than 100 schools to find the best 100. In its European Business Schools ranking, published annually, it ranks the major MBA programmes, including around a dozen or so that didn't get into the top 100, but did have notable numbers of responses from alumni. https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/2954/european-business-school-rankings-2023
Many of these are world-class schools whose falling out from the top 100 may be short-term, such as Cranfield (which rejoined the top 100) and Edinburgh (which slipped out of the top 100). Admissions to these schools will generally be much easier after one or two years out of the top 100.
In the current European ranking, it uses the Global MBAs 2023 ranking's full-time MBA data. The schools that didn't get into the 2023 Global ranking are listed below. Before each school, you'll see the pan-European ranking.
At the bottom of the rankings, the schools are very tightly clustered. Overall ranking could be a better guide to the selectivity and quality of the schools than the small differences between their full-time programme scores in one year.
There are other schools which the FT does not show. Often these are schools with smaller MBAs that stuggle to get the high response numbers needed for its methodology. I think that includes ESMT and Lancaster.
# School
36 Politecnico di Milano School of Management
47 Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
67 University of Edinburgh Business School
77 University of Glasgow: Adam Smith
42 Nyenrode Business Universiteit
62 University of Strathclyde Business School
33 Grenoble Ecole de Management
66 Bologna Business School
53 University of Porto – FEP | PBS
PS I updated this list after the 2023 European ranking came out at the end of 2023.
Many of these are world-class schools whose falling out from the top 100 may be short-term, such as Cranfield (which rejoined the top 100) and Edinburgh (which slipped out of the top 100). Admissions to these schools will generally be much easier after one or two years out of the top 100.
In the current European ranking, it uses the Global MBAs 2023 ranking's full-time MBA data. The schools that didn't get into the 2023 Global ranking are listed below. Before each school, you'll see the pan-European ranking.
At the bottom of the rankings, the schools are very tightly clustered. Overall ranking could be a better guide to the selectivity and quality of the schools than the small differences between their full-time programme scores in one year.
There are other schools which the FT does not show. Often these are schools with smaller MBAs that stuggle to get the high response numbers needed for its methodology. I think that includes ESMT and Lancaster.
# School
36 Politecnico di Milano School of Management
47 Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
67 University of Edinburgh Business School
77 University of Glasgow: Adam Smith
42 Nyenrode Business Universiteit
62 University of Strathclyde Business School
33 Grenoble Ecole de Management
66 Bologna Business School
53 University of Porto – FEP | PBS
PS I updated this list after the 2023 European ranking came out at the end of 2023.
[Edited by Duncan on Dec 07, 2023]
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