<p>I’m curious, how does your scholarship perceive the The Economist Ranking? [Which</a> MBA?: A ranking of the world’s best MBA programmes | The Economist](<a href=“http://www.economist.com/business-education/whichmba/]Which”>WhichMBA?)</p>
<p>The Economist and FT, as print/media, are as equally respected. Don’t you think?</p>
<p>I have not seen an opportunity that has referenced The Economist yet. </p>
<p>The Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship authority in my country have higher ups from a lot of the top US universities so they use the US News exclusively, copy paste the rankings. “If you get into top 30 you get a scholarship” based on the major you are pursuing. </p>
<p>The MBA Scholarship authority also controls the wealth fund of the nation which has offices in Europe and most of the higher ups have exclusive exposure to European schools so they use the FT exclusively, again, copy paste the rankings.</p>
<p>A lot of banks in the nation refer to US News especially for jobs requiring business majors for job opportunities.</p>
<p>The oil sector refers to US News.</p>
<p>The investment sector refers to FT.</p>
<p>So the rankings used depend really on the alma mater of the majority in charge.</p>
<p>Just look at the methodology of the Economist MBA rankings:
[Which</a> MBA? rankings: Methodology | The Economist](<a href=“http://www.economist.com/business-education/whichmba/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14488732]Which”>Methodology)</p>
<p>Besides, the proof is in the pudding, does anyone believe that Haas is the no. 1 MBA program in the US?</p>
<p>Just ask yourself why RML loves to bring up the Economist ranking and claims that the FT is “garbage”. (p.s. Haas is ranked no. 28 this year by FT).</p>
<p>RML, your bias is totally obvious.</p>
<p>the prestige, I’m siding neither ranking game (though I admit I tend to agree with The Economist’s criteria and methodology than FT’s.) I brought it up to clarify on something with aalba. It’s obvious that you do have a very dirty mind. For me, US News is the most reliable ranking, when it comes to MBA ranking. But even US News isn’t perfect. For example, Whilst I thought Yale-SOM is a fantastic business school, I seriously don’t think that it is superior to Duke-Fuqua or Michigan-Ross, thus isn’t deserving of the #10 placement. </p>
<p>aalba, thanks for answering my question. I’d list down MBA schools that run for one year (next time) so we can compare them. As it stands, INSEAD and IMD are the best choices. Said and Judge -should- fall right below them. But since your list is long, let’s try to look at the others. As a head start: A friend of mine who went to the Norwegian School thought it wasn’t a great business school. But I’ll post about those 1-year MBA programs soon.</p>
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<p>Geez, I thought that I had cleared my browser history… huh??? Are you insane?</p>
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<p>Really. Why?</p>
<p>RML, thanks for the advice. I think you are right with INSEAD, IMD, Oxford and Cambridge on the top of my list. Hoping Cambridge moves up and Oxford stays within the top 20 when i end up applying.</p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
<p>I am in a difficult spot as I am US student that applied to Said as I felt it was one of the highest ranking schools I could get into. Does anyone know if its considered a top finance school? I know they have a pretty hardcore Masters in Finance which is what originally drew me to this school.</p>
<p>Here’s the list for the top 30 business schools based on The Economist: [Which</a> MBA?: A ranking of the world’s best MBA programmes | The Economist](<a href=“http://www.economist.com/business-education/whichmba/]Which”>WhichMBA?)</p>
<p>1 IESE Business School - University of Navarra Spain
2 IMD - International Institute for Management Development Switzerland
3 California at Berkeley, University of - Haas School of Business United States
4 Chicago, University of - Booth School of Business United States
5 Harvard Business School United States
6 Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business United States
7 Stanford Graduate School of Business United States
8 London Business School Britain
9 Pennsylvania, University of - Wharton School United States
10 Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgium
11 Cambridge, University of - Judge Business School Britain
12 York University - Schulich School of Business Canada
13 New York University - Leonard N Stern School of Business United States
14 HEC School of Management, Paris France
15 Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management United States
16 IE Business School Spain
17 Melbourne Business School - University of Melbourne Australia
18 Cranfield School of Management Britain
19 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management United States
20 Columbia Business School United States
21 Henley Business School Britain
22 Warwick Business School Britain
23 INSEAD France / Singapore
24 Virginia, University of - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration United States
25 Michigan, University of - Stephen M. Ross School of Business United States
26 Mannheim Business School Germany
27 Yale School of Management United States
28 Duke University - Fuqua School of Business United States
29 ESADE Business School Spain
30 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology - School of Business and Management Hong Kong</p>
<p>Here’s the top 30 business schools based on FT: <a href=“http://rankings.ft.com/exportranking/global-mba-rankings/pdf[/url]”>http://rankings.ft.com/exportranking/global-mba-rankings/pdf</a></p>
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<li>London Business School<br></li>
<li>University of Pennsylvania: Wharton</li>
<li>Harvard Business School<br></li>
<li>Stanford University GSB</li>
<li>Insead<br></li>
<li>Columbia Business School </li>
<li>IE Business School, Spain</li>
<li>MIT Sloan School of Management<br></li>
<li>University of Chicago: Booth </li>
<li>Hong Kong UST Business School</li>
<li>Iese Business, Spain </li>
<li>Indian School of Business<br></li>
<li>New York University: Stern<br></li>
<li>Dartmouth College: Tuck </li>
<li>IMD, Switzerland<br></li>
<li>Yale School of Management</li>
<li>University of Oxford: Sa</li>
</ol>
<p>Based on average for the The Economist and FT rankings:</p>
<p>4 Harvard
4.5 London Business School
5.5 Penn: Wharton
5.5 Stanford
6 Iese, Spain
6.5 Chicago
8.5 IMD
9.5 Dartmouth: Tuck
11 IE, Spain
12.5 NYU: Stern
13 Columbia
13.5 MIT: Sloan
14 Insead
15.5 Berkeley: Haas
**16 Cambridge: Judge
16 HEC Paris<a href=“16-month%20programme”>/b</a>
18.5 Northwestern: Kellogg
20 HKUST
21.5 Yale SOM
22 Cranfield
24 Esade, Spain
23 Duke: Fuqua
26.5 Michigan: Ross</p>
<p>OP, I guess you should look at these schools, as these are the only ones that made in the top 30 for both league tables. The ones in bold letters are those schools whose MBA program is run for one year only. Please take note that they’re all in Europe.</p>