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

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

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