Poets&Quants’ 2016 Ranking Of The Best International Business SchoolsINSEAD claims first for second straight year by: John A. Byrne on December 19, 2016 | 9 minute read December 19, 2016 Get your official Rankings Badge Copy Link Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share on Reddit Queensland Business School The Definitive List Of The Top International MBA Programs of 2016 — 51 to 69 2016 Rank School Name 2015 Rank Index Financial Times The Economist Business Week Forbes #51 The Lisbon MBA 46 23.6 23 (20) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #52 Renmin (China School of Business) NR 23.0 25 (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #53 Fudan University 48 22.1 28 (29) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #54 IIM-Bangalore 54 20.3 34 (41) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #55 Queensland 51 19.8 NR (NR) 3 (4) NR (NR) NR (NR) #56 Sungkyunkwan 50 18.8 39 (32) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #57 University of Cape Town 47 18.4 40 (27) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #58 Henley Business School 52 18.3 NR (NR) 10 (8) NR (NR) NR (NR) #59 Incae NR 17.5 43 (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #60 British Columbia (Sauder) 53 15.1 51 (40) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #61 Leeds University NR 14.8 52 (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #62 ESIC 59 14.7 NR (NR) NR (NR) 28 (27) (NR) #63 EMLyon 62 14.5 NR (NR) 29 (31) NR (NR) NR (NR) #64 Alberta School of Business 56 14.3 NR (43) NR (NR) 30 (NR) NR (NR) #65 WHU (Otto Beisheim) 70 13.9 NR (NR) 32 (49) NR (NR) NR (NR) #66 Nottingham 61 13.3 NR (NR) 35 (30) NR (NR) NR (NR) #67 Trinity College Dublin 67 12.7 NR (NR) 38 (44) NR (NR) NR (NR) #68 University of Monaco 64 12.1 NR (NR) 41 (37) NR (NR) NR (NR) #69 Audencia Nantes NR 11.5 NR (NR) 44 (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #70 HHL Leipzig NR 11.1 NR (NR) 46 (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #71 Sun Yat-sen University NR 14.9 NR (NR) 47 (NR) NR (NR) NR (NR) #72 University of Liverpool 69 10.5 NR 49 (48) NR NR Source: Poets&Quants composite ranking Notes: NR is not ranked; Ranks shown for The Financial Times and The Economist are for non-U.S. schools DON’T MISS: POETS&QUANTS’ 2016 RANKING OF THE TOP 100 MBA PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. Previous PagePage 4 of 4 1 2 3 4 © Copyright 2026 Poets & Quants. All rights reserved. This article may not be republished, rewritten or otherwise distributed without written permission. To reprint or license this article or any content from Poets & Quants, please submit your request HERE.