FT top executive MBA programs

Executive MBAs are taken increasingly seriously by employers. Here we summarise the Financial Times research from 2001 - 2002 across worldwide schools. Again the top of the table is dominated by the US but Europe gets into the top 5 (LBS and Empresa). Australian GSM and Chinese University of HK both appear in the top 20.

1     (1)       Wharton (US)
2     (2)       Columbia (US)
3     (4)       Stern (US)
4     (3)       London Business School (UK)
5     (7)       Instituto de Empresa (Spain)
6     (21)     Duke (Fuqua) (US)
7     (5)       Chicago GSB (US)
8     (6)       Kellogg (US)
9     (*)       GSBA Zurich (Switzerland)
10   (9)       Emory (US)
11   (15)     Ontario (Ivey) (Canada)
12   (12)     Imperial College (UK)
13   (10)     Illinois (US)
14   (17)     Australian Graduate School of Management (Australia)
15   (10)     City University (Cass) (UK)
16   (8)       IESE (Spain)
17   (26)     Thunderbird (US)
18   (11)     UCLA, Anderson (US)
19   (16)     USC, Marshall (US)
20   (18)     Chinese University of Hong Kong (China)
21   (41)     Texas at Austin, McCombs (US)
22   (*)       ESCP-EAP (France)
23   (14)     Warwick Business School (UK)
24   (24)     Case Western (US)
25   (31)     Baylor (US)
26   (40)     Rotterdam (Netherlands)
27   (19)     Rochester, Simon (US)
28   (25)     North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler (US)
29   (*)       Minnesota, Carlson (US)
30   (27)     Boston University (US)
31   (36)     Southern Methodist University, Cox (US)
32   (17)     Purdue, Krannert (US)
33   (28)     Wisconsin-Madison (US)
34   (24)     University College Dublin, Smurfit (Ireland)
35   (43)     Ashridge (UK)
36   (33)     Cranfield (UK)
37   (23)     Michigan State (US)
38   (42)     Bath (UK)
39   (38)     Queen's School of Business (Canada)
40   (30)     Notre Dame, Mendoza (US)
41   (48)     Henley (UK)
42   (29)     Ceibs (China)
43   (*)       UC Irvine (US)
44   (32)     Temple (US)
45   (35)     Washington, Olin (US)
46   (47)     Bradford/ NIMBAS (UK/ Netherlands)
47   (37)     Essec (France)
48   (49)     Stockholm (Sweden)
49   (39)     Babcock (US)
50   (46)     Tulane, Freeman (US)


Key: the first number refers to the school's 2002 rank for their EMBA program and the second its 2001 international ranking
(*) = new entry to FT list