Ivey Dean Expects School’s No. 1 Ranking To Increase Applicants

Ivey Business School dean Robert Kennedy

Ivey Business School dean Robert Kennedy

The Ivey dean cites INSEAD, London Business School, the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, and Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management as competitors for prospective students from Europe or the U.S. who are interested in studying internationally. “We track the (students) we lose and most often it’s to a school like INSEAD or London Business School,” Kennedy says.

Kennedy expects Ivey to reap benefits from the 2014 BusinessWeek rankings, with an “uptick” in applications that will probably increase after a year or so when many students now pondering business school education start applying.

“My guess is that demand will go up some, which will allow us to be even more selective,” Kennedy says. “That’s a nice problem to have.”

2014 Bloomberg Businessweek Ranking of International MBA Programs

2014 Rank & School Country 2012 Rank Change
  1. Western University (Ivey) Canada 7 +6
  2. IE Business School Spain 3 +1
  3. European School of Mgt. & Technology Germany NR ——-
  4. London Business School Britain 1 -3
  5. INSEAD France, Singapore 2 -3
  6. Cambridge (Judge) Britain NR ——-
  7. Oxford (Said) Britain 5 -2
  8. IESE Business School Spain 8 ——-
  9. IMD Switzerland 9 ——-
10. Queen’s School of Business Canada 4 -6
11. University of Toronto (Rotman) Canada 11 ——-
12. HEC Paris France 15 +3
13. Cranfield School of Management Britain NR ——-
14.  SDA Bocconi Italy 16 +2
15. McGill University (Desautels) Canada 10 -5
16. Mannheim Business School Germany 12 -4
17. China Europe International Business School China NR ——-
18. Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Hong Kong 18 ——-
19. ESADE Business School Spain 6 -13
20. Concordia University (Molson) Canada NR ——-
21. Hult International School U.S. NR ——-
22. National University of Singapore Singapore NR ——-
23. Imperial College Britain 14 -9
24. York University (Schulich) Canada 13 -11
25. Erasmus University (Rotterdam) Netherlands 17 -8
26. Manchester Business School Britain 19 -7
27. Melbourne Business School Australia NR ——-

Source: 2014 Bloomberg Businessweek ranking of full-time MBA programs