The QS Executive MBA Rankings 2024 are now live!
This year, 194 institutions from 45 countries were assessed across nine indicators. These include a Global category highlighting top programmes worldwide, and separate regional ranking tables that allow students to easily compare programmes in their preferred study locations.
Additionally, we feature a ranking of Joint programmes, offered by multiple institutions. This provides students the opportunity to leverage the strengths of several institutions and tap into extensive alumni networks.
In the Global ranking, the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School placed first, climbing two places up from third, with improvement in Managerial Experience, Women in Class and Salary Increase. HEC Paris dropped two places to third, with significant drops in Work Experience and Managerial Experience.
Also, Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and Yale School of Management moved into the top 10, climbing to seventh and eighth place respectively. Kellogg School of Management sees progress in Salary Increase and C-Suite Experience, while Yale School of Management improves in Work Experience, Managerial Experience, Women in Class and Employer Reputation.
The Global top ten in QS Executive MBA Rankings 2024
1. University of Oxford (Saïd), UK
2. IESE Business School, Spain
3. HEC Paris, France
4. MIT (Sloan), US
5. London Business School, UK
6. Penn (Wharton), US
7. Northwestern (Kellogg), US
8. Yale School of Management, US
9. INSEAD, France
10. IE Business School, Spain
Top five: Joint programmes
1. TRIUM (HEC/LSE/NYU), France
2. Tsinghua/INSEAD, China (Mainland)
3. UCLA-NUS, Singapore
4. EMBA-Global Americas & Europe, (Columbia/LBS), UK
5. IE-Brown Executive MBA, Spain
Top five: Asia Pacific
1. National University of Singapore Business School, Singapore (14th globally)
2. Nanyang Business School, Singapore (24th globally)
=3. AGSM @ USNW Business School, Australia (=27th globally)
=3. Singapore Management University (=27th globally)
5. Melbourne Business School, Australia (30th globally)
Top five: Europe
- Oxford (Saïd), UK (1st globally)
- IESE Business School, Spain (2nd globally)
- HEC Paris, France (3rd globally)
- London Business School, UK (5th globally)
- INSEAD, France (9th globally)
Top five: Latin America
1.Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile (37th globally)
2. Universidad de Chile (50th globally)
3. Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Mexico (84th globally)
4. INCAE Business School, Costa Rica (97th globally)
5. FIA Business School, Brazil (99th globally)
Top five: Middle East and Africa
1. University of Cape Town GSB, South Africa (=53rd globally)
2. University of Pretoria (Gibs), South Africa (82nd globally)
3. KFUPM Business School, Saudi Arabia (87th globally)
4. Suliman S. Olayan School of Business at AUB, Lebanon (90th globally)
5. The American University in Cairo, School of Business, Egypt (121-130th globally)
Top five: North America
1. MIT (Sloan), US (4th globally)
2. Penn (Wharton), US (6th globally)
3. Northwestern (Kellogg), US (7th globally)
4. Yale School of Management, US (8th globally)
5. Berkeley (Haas), US (=11th globally)
New entrants
There are 10 institutions entering the Global rankings this year, with four joining the joint programme category. India has the most new entrants with three: Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad (ranked =21st regionally) and Indian Institute of Management Indore (ranked =25th regionally), and Woxsen School of Business (also ranked =25th regionally).
More highlights in the Global QS Executive MBA Rankings 2024
Beyond the US, which has the most ranked institutions, it’s worth highlighting France’s significant presence with the second highest number of ranked institutions. Eight French institutions improved too, the most of any country other than the US. With general improvements across our indicators, we’re seeing ongoing improvement in France, which reinforces its competitiveness in international higher education.
Notable changes in the top 100
In the Global table, University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business saw the biggest climb, now ranking 76th, improving its rank by 25 positions and breaking into the top 100. In the UK, Bayes Business School and Henley Business School both climbed 22 places upwards this year. All three institutions saw improvements in indicators such as Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation and Managerial Experience.
Poland’s Warsaw University of Technology Business School and Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) in Mexico dropped 28 places, with a decline in Academic and Employer Reputation and Graduate Promotion with ITAM also seeing a significant drop in Work Experience.
Finland’s Aalto University saw the largest fall in the Global list, dropping 30 positions to 96th place – this was largely due to its decline in the Work Experience and Managerial Experience indicators.
Additionally, two Irish universities University College Dublin – Smurfit and Trinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin both fell by 10 places, with both seeing decreases in Academic and Employer reputation. University College Dublin – Smurfit also saw a drop in Salary Increase while Trinity ranked lower in Women in Class than the previous year.
