<p>Any idea, anyone?</p>
<p>I would say that they're good, but not elite. At least not yet. The reason is simple - the programs are both very young and it takes time for MBA programs to really get off the ground and establish themselves, and especially to build a strong alumni network. For the same reason, this is why the MBA program at Yale is considered to be good, but not yet elite, chiefly because it is so young. I believe the Yale School of Management is only about 30 years old, and so is one of the youngest (and probably THE youngest) of all the top-25 US business schools. </p>
<p>Nevertheless, still, Oxford, Cambridge, and Yale offer still quite strong business programs - stronger than most of the other ones out there. They do offer the resources of the greater university as well as a large wealth of alumni contacts to the greater university. There won't be a huge number of strong MBA alumni contacts, but alumni contacts to the greater university are still useful. </p>
<p>Obviously if you can get into one of the super-elite US "M7" programs (HBS, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, Sloan, Columbia, Chicago), you should probably do that. Or if you want to go to Europe, you should probably prefer something like INSEAD or IMD. However, Oxford or Cambridge are still pretty decent choices.</p>
<p>It seems like if you wanted to go to Europe, the London School of Economics would be a good choice. That's merely my uneducated speculation, though.</p>
<p>Except for the 'small' problem that LSE doesn't offer a standalone MBA, although LSE does participate in several joint MBA programs with other schools.</p>
<p>"Taught programmes lead to the award of Master of Science (MSc), Master of Arts (MA), Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Public Administration (MPA), Master of Philosophy (MPhil), Master of Research (MRes) and various postgraduate diplomas. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) is an executive MBA."</p>
<p>From what I've gathered, an MBA IS in fact offered at LSE. Am I mistaken or...?</p>
<p>LSE has an excellent rep for politics and economics (at undergrad and post-grad levels), however, it doesn't offer an MBA (as Sakky stated) - unless one is referring to an Executive MBA.</p>
<p>In Europe, an Oxford MBA is (again as Sakky said) the English equivalent to a Yale MBA - that is, a B-School riding largely off of the reputation of the institution rather than the program itself. In other words, the students, faculty and subsequently recruiting strength will fall short of the "elite" b-schools in the States (or in Oxford's case, < INSEAD / IMD)</p>
<p>That is not to say that these programs will gain strength over time, they most certainly will off of the back of its reputation, ability to attract top professors, access to funding and research, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if Yale breaks into the top 10 in about 10 years time.</p>
<p>As for now in Europe, INSEAD / IMD is clearly > Oxbridge.</p>
<p>Fourstar23, like Ivy_Grad, if you dig deeper, you will notice that the LSE "MBA" is not only an executive MBA (which isn't a 'normal' MBA), but that this MBA is actually offered as through the Trium program as a 'joint' MBA between 3 schools - LSE, HEC Paris, and NYUStern.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.triumemba.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.triumemba.org/</a></p>
<p>I suppose, technically speaking, you could call this an LSE MBA. However, it certainly isn't a normal or standard MBA program the way that most people think of such things.</p>