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	Current rank	Rank '11^[1]	Rank '10^[1]	3 yr. rank^[1]	School name	Country	Prog name	Salary today (US$)^[2]	Weighted sal. ($)^[3]	Value^[4]	Careers^[5]	Aims achieved^[6]	Placements^[7]	Employment^[8]	Wom. faculty^[9]	Wom. students^[10]	Wom. board^[11]	Intl. faculty^[12]	Intl. students^[13]	Intl. board^[14]	Intl. mobility^[15]	Intl. course^[16]	Languages^[17]	PhD Faculty^[18]	Fees	Prog. length^[19]	Enrolments^[20]	Relevant degree	Internships^[21]
	10	1	4	2	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	Master of Arts in Strategy and International Management	81,9964,932	81,9964,932	10	1532	941	21	100 (56)0	101	4715	2514	7812	9423	6711	63	61	20	7523	SFr 6,228	180	362	Yes	1006
	21	3	1	20	ESCP Europe	France, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy	Master in Management	63,884850	63,597856	361	61	871	93	89 (61)5	350	471	362	680	721	432	52	10	20	932	€ 18,190	180	6966	No	1000
	31	2	2	20	Cems	See table note	Masters in International Management	60,825195	60,57179	32	4413	882	311	95 (47)1	331	480	304	980	940	970	41	30	20	900	€ 6,413	120	90715	No	1000
	40	4	3	41	HEC Paris	France	HEC Master of Science in Management	78,5044,044	77,2324,147	207	132	893	36	96 (67)1	271	450	92	651	293	441	84	100	11	1000	€ 21,096	180	59512	No	1000
	53	8	9	7	Essec Business School	France	Master of Science in Management	72,2504,655	71,8534,118	179	735	881	81	92 (70)3	291	464	102	451	292	571	112	113	20	941	€ 16,375	180	60821	No	1000
	6	-	-	-	IE Business School	Spain	Master in Management	85,706	85,706	5	31	93	26	93 (86)	33	34	26	56	75	81	32	44	1	95	€ 28,200	10	278	No	27
	75	12	10	10	Esade Business School	Spain	Master in International Management	63,7041,304	63,7041,304	213	3221	863	151	95 (100)1	286	321	256	304	954	817	10	2222	21	917	€ 19,507	100	11123	Yes	8647
	73	10	11	91	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc International Management	62,6001,636	63,0451,582	80	4125	875	2012	92 (95)4	171	461	309	381	623	2710	726	40	20	1000	€ 2,313	160	656	Yes	8416
	94	5	5	61	EMLyon Business School	France	Master of Science in Management	55,8881,204	55,8131,142	559	2313	852	330	97 (85)1	322	566	110	501	633	890	228	20	20	980	€ 16,678	180	64233	No	1000
	103	7	8	8	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	India	Post-Graduate Programme in Management	101,0202,504	101,2432,281	3817	524	872	11	100 (100)0	130	111	710	20	00	00	5514	475	00	981	Rs 976,000	220	3728	No	1000
	118	19	38	23	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Germany	Master Program in Management	85,9233,351	85,9233,351	182	3315	920	53	100 (78)7	1814	313	66	149	102	1111	610	251	11	10036	€ 25,000	213	488	Yes	1006
	123	15	14	141	Edhec Business School	France	Master in Management	57,4831,129	56,976900	4410	90	852	256	97 (88)3	345	5614	196	526	3611	811	152	121	20	940	€ 16,450	160	80175	No	1000
	134	9	5	92	Grenoble Ecole de Management	France, UK, Singapore, China	Master in International Business	57,0871,573	57,2151,701	4823	127	880	5715	95 (77)5	408	441	533	430	871	473	31	3427	10	790	€ 17,183	219	24354	No	932
	141	13	27	186	Imperial College Business School	UK	MSc Management	59,6373,892	59,7053,824	375	275	850	146	89 (85)6	280	509	444	812	883	566	146	676	00	940	£ 19,734	120	13935	No	00
	143	11	13	132	Mannheim Business School	Germany	MSc Business Administration	70,7675,279	71,7274,479	20	4026	890	3713	91 (89)2	332	463	200	110	153	200	589	180	10	791	€ 416	480	29511	No	971
	162	14	7	124	London School of Economics and Political Science	UK	MSc Management and Strategy	64,378667	64,378667	291	468	851	427	93 (72)7	350	5717	5310	772	922	334	91	685	00	960	£ 20,281	120	653	No	00
	171	16	17	171	City, University of London: Cass	UK	Masters in Management	52,6831,855	53,3321,619	465	32	873	474	75 (96)16	271	571	3310	655	959	4215	138	400	00	941	£ 18,000	120	11841	No	33
	181	17	14	162	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	Master of Science in Business & Economics	63,080816	62,834148	70	817	891	276	95 (51)5	153	4017	726	1510	335	00	334	391	10	990	SKr 0	220	16919	No	00
	193	22	23	212	Rouen Business School	France	Master in Management	50,346322	50,502228	510	268	864	136	91 (87)0	481	532	250	421	312	250	256	161	20	760	€ 12,500	240	75321	Yes	1000
	202	22	35	26	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	Master of Science in Management	54,6691,377	54,6691,377	123	3614	852	561	96 (69)1	310	531	206	8013	390	3025	2113	438	01	1000	SFr 2,320	240	1160	Yes	878
	200	20	16	191	Toulouse Business School	France	Masters in Management	52,415518	52,442179	491	104	823	5011	89 (42)8	380	545	400	380	321	300	178	71	20	862	€ 13,826	200	68590	No	1000
	224	18	24	212	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	International Business Administration	55,9871,751	55,9681,791	93	5916	831	707	98 (95)6	361	642	394	192	574	782	375	83	20	900	€ 71	480	7711	Yes	863
	233	26	33	27	Università Bocconi, SDA Bocconi	Italy	Master of Science in International Management	58,7436,049	58,7436,049	507	6617	831	2216	95 (66)0	373	522	55	297	283	372	29	192	20	883	€ 17,569	220	879	No	1000
	232	21	18	214	Audencia Business School	France	Audencia Master in Management	53,418227	53,036280	521	3815	842	283	89 (83)1	332	489	116	430	249	330	4416	201	30	917	€ 14,520	240	6227	No	1000
	258	33	21	262	Reims Management School	France	Master in Management	48,1711,249	48,0271,575	575	197	822	161	93 (85)2	513	523	375	442	352	375	304	157	20	784	€ 11,869	213	61851	No	1000
	250	25	20	233	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	53,970160	53,624233	162	425	832	195	100 (93)2	165	358	169	327	153	104	231	230	20	980	€ 1,800	222	19514	Yes	1000
	275	32	29	29	Skema Business School	France, USA, China	Global Master of Science in Management	48,5501,472	48,4231,461	667	3418	821	325	87 (85)2	450	515	270	382	252	500	162	51	10	750	€ 17,000	240	418242	No	1000
	287	35	30	313	Kozminski University	Poland	Master in Management	50,8884,041	51,3834,536	3310	11	872	218	91 (85)8	312	401	170	251	323	750	679	300	20	880	Zloty 17,760	210	923	No	3515
	297	22	19	232	Louvain School of Management	Belgium	Master in Business Engineering	49,8884,786	50,2484,354	226	183	830	249	94 (61)2	244	4012	2410	266	146	290	391	171	20	1000	€ 1,778	240	20041	Yes	1002
	307	37	50	39	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	Master in International Management	55,3762,066	55,3762,066	393	1739	872	5812	88 (85)1	313	4513	407	516	893	407	104	383	00	516	€ 19,500	120	536	No	423
	302	28	35	311	Bem Bordeaux Management School	France	MSc in Management	47,640430	47,811455	400	243	824	352	94 (99)1	225	542	440	585	416	440	341	219	20	761	€ 7,720	240	54817	No	1000
	323	35	37	354	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Master in General Management	55,611635	55,719808	100	2013	832	126	89 (90)11	270	363	164	252	136	1000	565	3610	10	931	€ 10,500	100	14916	No	1000
	335	28	25	292	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	MSc International Business	55,8062,878	55,7112,880	41	4313	850	5912	75 (21)19	154	420	402	502	642	602	3613	3522	10	867	€ 2,300	120	752132	No	51
	344	30	30	312	Euromed Management	France	Master in Management	44,134474	44,733807	659	397	801	457	85 (83)0	264	490	255	401	284	121	205	90	20	890	€ 14,258	240	659101	No	1000
	3513	48	-	-	Warwick Business School	UK	The Warwick Masters in Management	58,4424,481	58,4424,481	344	621	870	1719	100 (77)0	346	7320	122	571	8712	126	462	685	00	970	£ 18,220	120	9916	No	00
	363	39	34	364	HEC Montreal	Canada	Master of Science in Administration	53,921270	54,348319	190	5024	834	1810	83 (91)7	301	462	71	422	426	415	511	596	10	931	C$ 5,525	160	42354	Yes	385
	365	31	39	352	Aston Business School	UK	MSc International Business	46,4863,052	46,4863,052	5617	40	841	5310	91 (72)5	312	481	382	452	911	382	358	5611	00	840	£ 13,874	120	877	No	00
	3610	26	25	293	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	Strathclyde MBM	49,4262,962	49,4262,962	4111	21	851	619	94 (53)1	339	296	352	381	973	352	128	606	00	774	£ 13,945	120	735	No	00
	396	33	30	343	Aalto University	Finland	Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration	52,1242,394	52,0783,053	154	3013	852	512	97 (90)0	300	554	430	143	144	290	645	2813	20	804	€ 180	180	52224	No	150
	400	40	45	42	IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management	France	MSc in Management	51,370796	51,370796	254	1427	833	3613	93 (75)2	404	5611	250	90	91	60	388	4924	10	910	€ 3,942	240	16596	No	1000
	410	41	47	432	National Chengchi University	Taiwan	MSc in Management (Technology and Innovation)	53,000115	53,000115	310	488	874	105	100 (100)0	270	4910	60	140	106	440	631	518	00	990	T$ 150000	240	490	No	8127
	41	-	-	-	Institut Mines-Télécom Business School	France	Integrated Masters in Management	50,050	52,299	32	63	87	44	84 (64)	49	43	40	49	20	60	18	27	1	75	€ 7,632	36	290	Yes	100
	435	38	22	347	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	Master of Science in General Management	55,3102,606	54,6982,728	112	2213	872	687	57 (27)3	310	431	180	301	463	99	295	419	00	900	DKr 0	240	775179	Yes	92
	443	41	27	375	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	Master of Global Management	43,7812,659	43,7812,659	306	2815	850	347	96 (94)0	223	513	014	143	5212	8614	407	522	11	843	€ 8,500	100	796	No	1001
	451	46	46	463	Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai	China	Master in Management Science	59,3934,399	59,3934,399	149	5216	871	65	100 (100)0	280	470	250	20	00	80	694	535	10	830	Rmb 24,500	300	320	No	950
	462	44	51	47	Aarhus BSS	Denmark	Master of Science in Finance and International Business	57,9301,222	57,9301,222	2827	2134	880	695	57 (71)15	2815	366	3016	1412	316	6031	2815	336	00	641	€ 10,000	240	908	Yes	236
	461	47	42	452	University of Cologne	Germany	Master of Business Administration	65,41629	65,613103	60	161	842	4316	60 (35)0	193	414	200	40	150	100	625	458	10	690	€ 856	240	26521	No	790
	463	43	40	434	NHH Norwegian School of Economics	Norway	MSc in Economics and Business Administration	52,8781,815	52,4101,872	130	549	863	4011	97 (48)0	242	456	450	224	153	90	664	321	10	914	NKr 1,960	220	56716	Yes	1910
	49	-	-	-	Montpellier Business School	France	Master in Management	43,486	43,587	59	64	83	46	96 (100)	33	48	50	33	30	29	41	13	2	91	€ 9,012	20	551	No	100
	5011	61	57	56	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	Masters in Science	36,560164	36,954274	4714	582	783	111	90 (97)6	391	6716	220	4215	2711	220	5013	1415	21	9717	€ 7,032	126	2053	No	5229
	519	60	60	574	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	MSc Business	49,9355,391	49,9355,391	2610	602	823	655	80 (82)2	215	487	171	393	4614	523	2619	637	00	970	€ 11,947	120	719	Yes	00
	521	53	52	523	ESC Tours-Poitiers	France	Master in Management	45,184342	45,267537	454	299	804	495	92 (65)3	301	491	170	241	297	260	451	293	20	690	€ 8,018	240	459102	No	1000
	532	51	43	494	ICN Business School	France	Master in Management	43,2321,332	43,1691,313	696	495	844	293	89 (54)13	461	493	93	3411	91	183	193	266	10	6811	€ 15,046	240	4586	No	1000
	541	55	55	55	Tias Business School, Tilburg University	Netherlands	International MSc in Business Administration	48,4763,782	48,4763,782	438	4512	820	626	86 (87)2	175	425	250	4611	5212	120	439	619	00	970	€ 17,302	120	622	No	00
	5410	44	41	466	University of Bath School of Management	UK	Masters in Management	39,2051,975	39,2051,975	683	537	852	382	87 (80)0	344	622	312	515	7314	191	476	461	00	1005	£ 14,262	120	11634	No	11
	566	50	47	51	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	Finance and Accounting	47,5903,455	47,6293,434	236	563	840	480	100 (30)0	451	463	640	11	21	360	606	426	10	942	Zloty 0	240	73516	No	521
	568	48	47	503	ESC Clermont	France	Master in Management	43,832752	44,090787	644	118	811	3911	72 (47)6	5010	448	80	293	114	150	428	374	20	763	€ 13,550	210	48589	No	1000
	58	-	-	-	Sun Yat-sen Business School	China	Master in Management	59,820	57,227	27	65	90	7	98 (91)	33	41	0	6	4	57	70	48	1	93	Rmb 42,800	24	94	No	100
	593	62	53	586	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	Master of Science in Management	57,2903,268	57,3893,299	2421	3713	861	308	80 (100)26	309	337	06	213	76	250	655	501	00	612	€ 16,900	120	865	No	972
	606	54	54	563	University of Bradford School of Management	UK	MSc in Management	41,0792,119	41,0792,119	639	351	792	540	94 (41)2	352	425	414	253	981	2415	274	657	00	856	£ 12,244	120	17135	No	00
	612	63	60	61	Lancaster University Management School	UK	MSc in Management	41,7222,706	41,7222,706	613	5110	843	5218	100 (33)23	291	6116	1516	403	814	317	484	627	00	913	£ 12,141	120	7513	No	00
	612	59	56	596	Durham University Business School	UK	MA Management	41,2213,129	41,2213,129	6210	617	820	672	88 (73)9	314	547	472	660	792	372	533	666	00	956	£ 11,900	120	814	No	00
	6311	52	58	58	University of Economics, Prague	Czech Republic	Master in Business Economics and Management	36,3544,928	36,3825,642	429	2526	821	664	99 (80)0	447	642	440	102	210	176	5214	313	21	691	€ 110	240	5655	No	81
	647	57	-	-	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	MSc in Management	47,44812,193	47,44812,193	6038	695	875	646	86 (67)2	304	4613	310	474	943	310	318	685	00	842	£ 15,993	120	693	No	00
	641	65	-	-	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	MSc in Business Administration	35,073236	35,073236	673	705	831	40	100 (99)0	346	465	293	3411	248	195	541	244	10	1003	€ 7,454	180	16019	No	667
	668	58	-	-	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	MSc International Business and Management	45,8701,018	45,8701,018	5811	686	855	552	78 (80)5	312	595	230	383	953	158	5917	584	00	912	£ 14,189	120	11037	No	00
	67	-	62	-	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	MSc in Management and Leadership	39,608	39,562	35	55	81	41	74 (90)	43	62	5	5	18	32	57	55	1	87	Ft 97,800	20	194	No	0
	68	-	65	-	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	Master of Science in Management Engineering	39,314	39,314	54	47	79	23	65 (34)	24	42	36	1	73	79	24	57	0	60	€ 4,462	22	122	No	27
	695	64	64	667	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	Master of Science in Business and Economics	50,0022,389	50,0022,455	539	5718	831	636	93 (63)2	261	410	380	181	123	00	685	545	00	711	NKr 139,331	240	20414	Yes	00
	70	-	-	-	Leeds University Business School	UK	MSc International Business	39,916	39,916	70	67	84	60	63 (76)	32	56	36	36	84	36	49	64	0	75	£ 15,082	12	108	No	0
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Table notesAlthough the headline ranking figures show changes in the data year to year, the pattern of clustering among the schools is equally significant. Some 220 points separate the top programme, University of St Gallen, from the school ranked 70th. The top 12 participants, from University of St Gallen to Edhec Business School, form the top group of masters in management providers. The second group, headed by Grenoble Graduate School of Business, spans schools ranked to 32, a range of 37 points. Differences between schools are small within this group. The 21 schools in the third group are similarly close together. Maastricht School of Business and Economics, which heads this group, is 33 points above ICN Business School, the last school in the third group. The remaining 17 schools make up the fourth group.

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1. These data are for information only.

2. An average of salaries three years after graduation. The figure shown is in US Dollars (purchasing power parity equivalent). It is NOT used in the ranking.

3. The ‘salary today’ figure adjusted for salary variations between industry sectors. The figure shown is in US Dollars (PPP equivalent).

4. The rank is calculated using alumni salaries three years after graduation and course costs. The length of the course is also taken into consideration.

5. The career status of alumni three years after graduation. Progression is measured according to level of seniority and the size of company in which they are employed.

6. The extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing a Masters in Management. This is measured as a percentage of total returns for a school.

7. Alumni who used the careers service at their business school were asked to rank its effectiveness in their job search.

8. The percentage of the most recent graduating class that were in employment three months after graduation. The figure in brackets shows the percentage of the class for which the school was able to provide employment data.
The figure in brackets shows the percentage of the class for which the school was able to provide employment data.

9. Percentage of female faculty.

10. Percentage of female students.

11. Percentage of female members of the advisory board.

12. Percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment.

13. Percentage of students whose citizenship differs from the country in which they are studying

14. Percentage of the board whose citizenship differs from the country in which the business school is based.

15. A measure based on changes in the country of employment of alumni between graduation and today.

16. Weighted average of four criteria that measure international exposure during the Masters programme.

17. Number of additional languages required on graduation from the Masters programme.

18. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

19. The length of the Masters programme (in months).

20. The number of students who enrolled on the first year of the Masters programme in the past year (May 1, 2011 – May 1, 2012).

21. The percentage of the last graduating class that completed company internships as part of the Masters programme.

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