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THE FINANCIAL TIMES’ HISTORICAL GLOBAL MBA RANKINGS FROM 2001 TO 2012

School	12	11	10	09	08	07	06	05	04	03	02	01
Stanford	1	4	4	6	4	3	3	4	7	4	3	3
Harvard	2	3	3	3	5	3	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wharton	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
London	4	1	1	1	2	5	5	5	4	7	9	8
Columbia	5	7	6	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	5
INSEAD	6	4	5	5	6	7	8	8	4	6	6	7
MIT	7	9	8	9	7	14	10	13	9	10	6	6
IE	8	8	6	6	8	11	12	19	15	26	35	31
IESE	9	9	11	12	11	16	13	12	13	18	25	24
Hong Kong UST	10	6	9	16	17	NR	47	44	69	59	47	48
IIM-Ahmedabad	11	11	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Chicago	12	12	9	11	9	6	6	6	4	5	3	4
IMD	13	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	12	13	14	11
UC-Berkeley	14	25	28	31	32	25	16	13	22	15	15	14
Duke	15	20	20	22	28	23	27	18	20	15	19	18
Northwestern	16	21	22	21	24	19	17	11	11	9	10	9
New York	17	15	13	10	13	8	7	9	8	8	8	10
HEC Paris	18	18	18	29	18	18	22	37	53	62	67	52
Dartmouth	19	18	13	13	15	9	8	7	10	11	11	13
Indian School	20	13	12	15	20	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Yale	20	15	16	19	16	10	11	9	13	12	12	20
Oxford	20	27	16	20	19	19	20	25	26	35	28	34
Singapore	23	23	NR	35	NR	81	92	NR	NR	NR	99	89
Ceibs	24	17	22	8	11	11	21	22	53	90	92	NR
Cornell	24	30	36	34	36	29	36	24	16	19	13	15
Cambridge	26	26	21	17	10	15	35	42	34	30	22	NR
Warwick	27	58	42	37	29	36	52	53	32	34	36	40
Chinese Univ.	28	NR	28	NR	NR	NR	NR	69	NR	77	67	NR
Michigan	29	24	28	23	27	19	14	16	30	25	23	16
Rotterdam	30	36	25	26	34	30	24	29	22	28	27	27
Manchester	31	29	40	32	22	22	22	44	37	44	48	36
UCLA	32	31	33	29	25	17	19	26	32	20	16	12
Esade	33	21	19	18	21	24	27	35	71	83	79	64
Nanyang	34	33	27	24	46	67	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Carnegie Mellon	35	41	34	51	48	43	41	32	28	23	21	17
Cranfield	36	34	26	35	30	37	46	58	63	54	44	41
Univ. of H.K.	37	30	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Virginia	38	41	31	27	33	26	24	20	19	14	16	22
City University	38	32	41	41	41	73	47	60	42	68	81	73
Emory	40	38	34	24	26	33	42	27	22	29	31	28
Australian	41	35	36	32	39	49	75	84	53	69	67	42
SDA Bocconi	42	28	38	38	48	42	34	42	30	43	31	39
Georgetown	43	38	38	40	38	34	36	32	17	17	25	29
Toronto	44	46	45	47	40	27	24	21	21	21	31	46
Rice	45	44	44	53	64	47	67	47	48	40	38	55
Imperial	46	37	32	39	35	56	47	53	75	78	85	64
Indiana	46	73	57	60	61	65	NR	NR	56	45	45	42
Melbourne	46	53	63	52	75	79	69	63	72	64	84	58
Penn State	49	59	NR	63	58	43	42	55	44	48	55	77
Rochester	49	52	48	46	47	38	40	27	35	38	42	29

Source: The Financial Times rankings

(See following page for The Financial Times’ historical rankings for the next 50 schools)

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John A. Byrne is the founder and editor-in-chief of C-Change Media, publishers of Poets&Quants and four other higher education websites. He has authored or co-authored more than ten books, including two New York Times bestsellers. John is the former executive editor of Businessweek, editor-in-chief of Businessweek. com, editor-in-chief of Fast Company, and the creator of the first regularly published rankings of business schools. As the co-founder of CentreCourt MBA Festivals, he hopes to meet you at the next MBA event in-person or online. View all posts by John A. Byrne

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