90 business schools appear on the distinguished Financial Times list, dominated this year by French, British and Spanish establishments.
The French school HEC Pariswas designatedbest business school in Europeaccording to a ranking of Financial Timesfollowed by the London Business School and the Spanish school IESE Business School.
The ranking of European business schools Financial Times saw IESE climb from sixth to third place, but overall the top of the list is little changed from 2022: theESCP French, the very first business school opened in 1819, which then occupied third place, fell to fourth.
However, she would have taken first place if she had been judged solely on her Executive MBA program (‘Master of Business Administration’, a Bac+5 training provided in business and management schools).
For the 20th edition of its ranking, the Financial Times not only evaluated the best business schools in Europe as a whole, but also classified the different programs offered by each establishment.
The MBA, EMBA and MiM (Master in Management) rankings each count for 25% of the total evaluation. The remaining 25% is allocated to personalized and open executive training programs.
THE Financial Times uses several factors to evaluate the study programs of European business schools: career progression, salary expectations, consideration of climate change topics in teaching, etc.
The survey is based on the voluntary participation of the schools themselves and their former students.
HEC Paris offers a MiM program whose former students declare the highest average salaries in Europe. However, the institution’s EMBA salaries are ranked fourth, and post-MBA salaries ranked sixth in Europe.
France is the most widely represented country on the list : 23 French schools appear there, including five in the top 10. Next comes the United Kingdomwith 15 schools in the ranking, then theGermanywho won the bronze medal with 8 schools.
Spain and Portugal each have 5 schools on the list, while other institutions from Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Turkey, Denmark, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Czech Republic are also among the 90 establishments represented.