INSEAD Leads 2018’s Top International MBA Programs

For the fourth consecutive year, INSEAD tops the P&Q ranking of the best full-time MBA programs outside the U.S.

The Definitive List Of The Top International MBA Programs of 2018

2018

Rank

School Name 2017 Rank Index Financial

Times

The Economist Business

Week

Forbes
#1 INSEAD 1 100.0 1 (1) 4 (4) 3 (1) 2 (2)
#2 IESE Business School 2 90.6 4 (5) 1 (3) 4 (3) 2 (2)
#3 London Business School 3 90.4 2 (3) 7 (9) 2 (2) 1 (1)
#4 IMD 5 88.0 11 (10) 9 (8) 1 (5) 1 (1)
#5 HEC Paris 6 87.5 9 (9) 2 (1) 9 (10) 4 (4)
#6 Cambridge (Judge) 7 87.2 5 (1) 14 (17) 5 (6) 4 (4)
#7 SDA Bocconi 8 85.7 14 (11) 6 (7) 6 (7) 5 (5)
#8 ESADE 9 85.5 8 (8) 15 (14) 7 (9) 5 (5)
#9 Oxford (Saïd) 10 80.8 12 (18) 32 (27) 8 (4) 6 (6)
#10 National University of Singapore 13 79.5 7 (13) 27 (46) 26 (19) 7 (7)
#11 Mannheim Business School 11 78.6 30 (29) 12 (11) 10 (14) 8 (8)
#12 Cranfield School of Management 13 74.3 31 (28) 28 (20) 13 (20) 10 (10)
#13 City University (Cass) 18 73.0 25 (21) 26 (22) 28 (NR) 12 (12)
#14 CEIBS 16 70.3 3 (6) NR (NR) 14 (26) 3 (3)
#15 University of Hong Kong 20 66.1 16 (22) 11 (5) NR (7) 7 (NR)
#16 Alliance Manchester Business School 17 63.7 19 (16) NR (NR) 21 (18) 6 (6)
#17 Imperial Business School 21 59.4 27 (25) NR (35) 22 (13) 13 (13)
#18 IE Business School 4 57.7 NR (4) 21 (10) 15 (8) 3 (3)
#19 Lancaster School of Management 19 55.5 35 (23) 34 (26) NR (NR) 11 (11)
#20 Hult International 22 54.4 NR (NR) 13 (16) 23 (21) 15 (15)
#21 Melbourne Business School 23 51.4 34 (39) 5 (6) 19 (12) NR (NR)
#22 Western (Ivey) 26 48.0 43 (44) 18 (19) 11 (11) NR (NR)
#23 Rotterdam School of Management 15 47.9 20 (17) NR (39) NR (29) 9 (9)
#24 Warwick Business School 12 47.4 22 (24) 3 (4) NR (23) 14 (14)
#25 ESMT 19 45.8 42 (35) 17 (11) 24 (15) NR (NR)

Source: Poets&Quants composite ranking

Notes: NR is not ranked; Ranks shown for The Financial TimesThe Economist and Bloomberg Businessweek are for non-U.S. schools, not global ranks. Year-earlier rank given inside ().

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