Wharton Sweeps The 2026 B-School Research Rankings Again

2026 FT RANKING OF THE TOP GLOBAL B-SCHOOLS FOR RESEARCH

2026 FT Rank	School	Country	2026 Research Rank
3	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	US	1
10	Harvard Business School	US	2
20	University of Chicago: Booth	US	3
2	INSEAD	France	4
4	London Business School	UK	5
15	Cornell University: Johnson	US	6
23	New York University: Stern	US	7
68	University of Texas at Dallas: Jindal	US	8
81	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	9
45	University of Washington: Foster	US	10
33	HKU Business School	Hong Kong	11
41	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	US	12
61	University of Notre Dame: Mendoza	US	13
1	MIT: Sloan	US	14
52	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	15
11	Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management	US	16
16	Duke University: Fuqua	US	17
32	UCLA: Anderson	US	17
37	Washington University: Olin	US	19
39	Imperial Business School	UK	20
24	HKUST Business School	Hong Kong	21
26	Dartmouth College: Tuck	US	22
9	UC Berkeley: Haas	US	23
17	Yale School of Management	US	23
46	University of Southern California: Marshall	US	25
4	IESE Business School	Spain	26
40	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	US	27
54	Arizona State University: WP Carey	US	28
27	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	29
29	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore	30
84	Wisconsin School of Business	US	30
64	Boston University Questrom School of Business	US	32
57	Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian	Singapore	33
87	McGill University: Desautels	Canada	34
34	University of Michigan: Ross	US	35
19	University of Virginia: Darden	US	36
8	CEIBS	China	37
60	University of Georgia: Terry	US	38
38	Rice University: Jones	US	39
41	Carnegie Mellon: Tepper	US	40
6	HEC Paris	France	41
30	IMD	Switzerland	42
85	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	43
70	Warwick Business School	UK	44
44	Georgia Tech: Scheller	US	45
92	Frankfurt School of Finance and Management	Germany	46
56	Emory University: Goizueta	US	47
12	Nanyang Business School, NTU Singapore	Singapore	48
74	Western University: Ivey	Canada	48
17	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	50
24	Essec Business School	France	50
78	Miami Herbert Business School	US	50
79	ESMT Berlin	Germany	50
49	Georgetown University: McDonough	US	54
92	University of Bath School of Management	UK	55
99	University of British Columbia: Sauder	Canada	56
58	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	57
67	Michigan State University: Broad	US	57
51	Vanderbilt University: Owen	US	59
30	Fudan University School of Management	China	60
14	Peking University: Guanghua	China	61
62	University of Rochester: Simon	US	61
69	WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management	Germany	63
72	Bayes Business School	UK	64
77	Brigham Young University: Marriott	US	65
65	Mannheim Business School	Germany	66
70	University of Pittsburgh: Katz	US	66
21	IE Business School	Spain	68
22	ESCP Business School	France	69
12	Indian School of Business	India	70
85	Durham University Business School	UK	71
7	ESADE	Spain	72
41	EMLyon Business School	France	73
73	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	74
92	Queen’s University: Smith	Canada	75
76	Fordham University: Gabelli	US	76
98	University of Liverpool Management School	UK	77
34	IIM Bangalore	India	78
97	Sasin School of Management	Thailand	79
79	The Lisbon MBA Catolica – Nova	Portugal	80
49	Alliance Manchester Business School	UK	81
48	AGSM at UNSW Business School	Australia	82
88	Audencia	France	82
47	EDHEC	France	84
82	William & Mary: Mason	US	85
90	Polimi School of Management	Italy	86
27	IIM Ahmedabad	India	87
36	Shanghai University of Finance and Economic: College of Business	China	88
91	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	89
53	IIM Calcutta	India	90
55	Cranfield School of Management	UK	91
100	University of Glasgow: Adam Smith	UK	92
65	IIM Kozhikode	India	93
58	IIM Lucknow	India	94
82	XLRI – Xavier School of Management	India	95
62	IIM Indore	India	96
74	SP Jain Institute of Management & Research	India	96
89	Hult International Business School	US	96
95	Eada Business School Barcelona	Spain	96
96	University of Porto – FEP – PBS	Portugal	96

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