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Top MBA schools

Which is the best school in the UK, in Europe, and worldwide? And which one sets you up for the biggest salary at the end of your course? Answers, according to the Financial Times 2002 MBA ranking survey, below

Top 10 schools worldwide

RankSchools
1University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
2Harvard Business School
3Columbia University
4Stanford University
5University of Chicago
6Insead
7MIT: Sloan
8New York University: Stern
9London Business School
10Northwestern University: Kellogg

Of the top 10 in the world, just two are in Europe, and one in the UK. Click here for the criteria explaining the FT rankings.

Top 10 schools in the UK

UK rankSchoolWorldwide ranking
1London Business School9
2University of Cambridge: Judge22
3University of Oxford: Said28
4Warwick Business School36
5Cranfield School of Management44
6Manchester Business School48
7Edinburgh University Management School77
8City University Business School81
9Imperial College Management School85
10Strathclyde Graduate Business School89

Top 10 schools in Europe

European rankSchoolWorldwide ranking
1Insead (France) 6
2London Business School9
3IMD (Switzerland)14
4University of Cambridge: Judge (UK)22
5IESE Business School (Spain)25
6Rotterdam School of Management (Netherlands)27
7University of Oxford: Said (UK)28
8SDA Bocconi (Italy)31
9Instituto de Empresa (Spain)35
10 Warwick Business School (UK)36

Best in class (based on recommendations from MBA graduates of the courses)

Best for European salaries todayBest for international mobility
Insead
IMD
University of Oxford: Said
London Business School
University of Cambridge: Judge
Cranfield School of Management
Ashridge Management College
SDA Bocconi
Warwick Business School
HEC
IMD
ENPC School of International Management
Rotterdam School of Management
Insead
ESCP-EAP
McGill University
SDA Bocconi
University College Dublin: Smurfit
London Business School
Universiteit Nyenrode

Best for financeBest in general management
University of Chicago GSB
New York University: Stern
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
Columbia University GSB
University of Rochester: Simon
Yale School of Management
Rice University: Jones
University of Notre Dame
University of Toronto: Rotman
London Business School
University of Virginia: Darden
Harvard Business School
Duke University: Fuqua
University of Western Ontario: Ivey
Dartmouth College: Tuck
IMD
Instituto de Empresa
University of Michigan Business School
Northwestern University: Kellogg
University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler

Best salaries post-MBA

Best salaries in finance and bankingBest salaries in industry
Stanford University GSB
University of Chicago GSB
Dartmouth College: Tuck
Columbia University GSB
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
Northwestern University: Kellogg
Harvard Business School
MIT: Sloan
University of California at Los Angeles
University of Virginia:Darden
Stanford University GSB
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
MIT: Sloan
Dartmouth college: Tuck
Harvard Business School
Northwestern University: Kellogg
Washington University: Olin
IMD
London Business School
Warwick School

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