The Financial Times Ranking annually compiles a list of the best European management courses. This prestigious ranking is eagerly awaited by principals as well as students who want to earn an internationally recognized diploma (a ranking based in part on salary).
For the fourth year in a row, HEC Paris has taken first place in the “FT European Business School Rankings 2022” published this Sunday, December 4th by an English newspaper. A total of four “made in France” schools are in the top 10, indicating high French momentum. London Business School remains in second place, ahead of ESCP and its 6 campuses in Europe, followed by SDA Bocconi in Italy and the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. ESCP made a very good break this year, finishing in 11 places and thus finishing 2nd in France ahead of Essec and Edhec.
Position in the Top 20 Ranking
It is also worth noting the development: EMLyon takes 7 places and goes to 12th place in Europe. Insead recorded one of the biggest drops this year (-12 on the European scale) when it was in 2nd place in the rankings for two years.
We then find Audencia (38th), Kedge (39th), GEM (40th) and Neoma (41st) at the bottom of the top 50 in the European rankings. We also note the very good performance of the Rennes Business School, which is in 57th place in the ranking and has made the most progress for the year, receiving 31 positions compared to last year.
The Impact of the Russian Conflict and Covid on European Business Schools
Thus, this ranking compares 95 schools across Europe, including 24 in France, 18 in the UK, 8 in Germany. Three schools from Russia, two from Turkey and one each from Slovenia and the Czech Republic. Ranking data is obtained in particular from 5 other rankings already published by the FT (best MBA, EMBA, Master in Management, Executive Programs, etc.) by analyzing, for example, graduate salaries, their career progression, quality courses of international experience, but also research programs.
This ranking also highlights the attractiveness of European business schools: schools and universities are recognized around the world for the quality of teaching in the liberal tradition and openness to new challenges, such as saving the planet. But the rating also causes difficulties for schools in Europe, in addition to the conflict in Ukraine, which completely freezes the exchange of students or teachers between universities with some Eastern European countries and Russia…
The fears of Covid have not yet disappeared. After two years of Covid, according to a study by the GMAT competition, the companies that most often pay for diplomas from students at these major schools are still reluctant to send their employees to Europe for fear that the coronavirus will return to block their employees from abroad. Some companies that are having difficulty recruiting prefer to keep their employees in their office as much as possible rather than having them travel far from home for training.
Source: Le Parisien
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