Rankings provide one means - among others such as accreditations - for determining the quality and reputation a specific program has. The Financial Times Master in Management Ranking was the first, published back in 2005, while The Economist's Master in Management Ranking followed in 2017.
Below you find the full Master in Management Ranking of the Financial Times, published in September 2020. We also recommend you to read about the ranking methodology to better understand who contributes to the respective school positions.
1.University of St.Gallen, IfB
St.Gallen, Switzerland
Master of Arts in Strategy and International Management (SIM-HSG)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1.5 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
2.HEC Paris School of Management
Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France
Grande École - Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
18 months
- Teaching Language:
English, French
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
3.Essec Business School
Cergy-Pontoise, France
Master of Science in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
MSc in Management is an 18 month course + 18 month traineeship.
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
4.London Business School (LBS)
London, UK
Masters in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
5.RSM - Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
MSc in International Management / CEMS
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
6.ESCP Business School
Berlin (also: London, Torino, Madrid, Paris, Warsaw), Germany
Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English, French, German, Spanish
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
7.Stockholm School of Economics
Stockholm, Sweden
International Business (& CEMS MIM)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
8.UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School
Blackrock, Co. Dublin, Ireland
MSc in International Management / CEMS MIM
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
16 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
9.Bocconi University
Milan, Italy
MSc in International Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years (120 ECTS)
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
10.Imperial College Business School
London, UK
MSc Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
11.WU - Vienna University of Economics & Business
Vienna, Austria
MSc in International Management/CEMS
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
12.WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management
Vallendar, Germany
Master in Management (MSc)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
17-21 months, depending on the chosen track
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
13.CEMS
Jouy-en-Josas, France
Master’s in International Management (MIM)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
14.University of Virginia, McIntire
Charlottesville, USA
MSc Commerce
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
14.ESADE Business School
Barcelona, Spain
Master in International Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 Year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
16.Edhec Business School
Lille – Nice – Paris – London – Singapore, France, UK, Singapore
MIM Business Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
16.Warwick Business School
Coventry, UK
MSc Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
16.Nova School of Business and Economics, FEUNL
Lisboa, Portugal
Masters in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
19.IQS
Barcelona, Spain
Global Entrepreneurship and Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
20.Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad (IIMA)
Ahmedabad, India
Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGP)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
21.Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
Joka, Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
22.University of Economics, Prague
Prague 3, Czech Republic
Master in Business Economics and Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
Czech
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
23.Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Antai
Shanghai, China
Master of International Business (MIB)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
23.HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Leipzig, Germany
Master Program in Management (M.Sc.)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
The program starts in March or September of each year and lasts for 21-24 months. Due to the flexible structure, up to two internships (one is required) can be integrated into the program. A mandatory study abroad term is included.
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
25.IE Business School
Madrid, Spain
Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
The program has a duration of 10 to 13 months, depending on if you choose to complete the optional Beyond Borders Experience (BBE) of the program or not.
- Teaching Language:
English, Spanish
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
26.ESMT Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Master's in Management (MIM)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
24 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
26.University of Mannheim
Mannheim, Germany
Mannheim Master in Management (MMM)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English, German
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
28.Neoma Business School
Mont Saint Aignan Cedex, France
Master in Management Grande Ecole
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English, French
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required, Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
29.University of Lausanne, HEC Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland
Master of Science in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English, French
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
29.emlyon business school
Ecully, France
MSc in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
Full-time 2-year programme
- Teaching Language:
English, French
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
31.Tongji University School of Economics and Management
Shanghai, China
Master of Global Management (MGM)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
32.Iéseg School of Management
Lille (also: Paris), France
MSc in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
32.EADA Business School
Barcelona, Spain
International Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
11 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
34.Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Master in Management (M. Sc.)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
35.Vlerick Business School
Gent, Belgium
Masters in General Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
10 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
36.S.P.Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR)
Mumbai and New Delhi, India
Post Graduate Diploma in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
36.Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
Bangalore, India
Post-Graduate Programme in Management (PGP)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
38.The University of Dublin, Trinity
Dublin 14, Ireland
Masters in Business and Management (M.Sc.)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
39.Kozminski University
Warsaw, Poland
Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
40.Antwerp Management School
Antwerpen, Belgium
Master of Global Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
10 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
41.St Petersburg State University, GSOM
St Petersburg, Russia
Master in Management - MIM
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
42.IAE Aix Graduate School of Management
Aix en Provence, France
MSc General Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 Year
- Teaching Language:
English, French
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
43.City University, Cass
London, UK
MSc in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
11 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
44.Catholic University of Portugal, Católica Lisbon School
Lisboa, Portugal
International MSc in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1.5 to 2 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
45.University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Master of Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
46.Grenoble Graduate School of Business
Grenoble, France
Master in International Business (MIB)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
46.Kedge Business School
Marseille Cedex 9 (also BEM, Talence), France
Master in Management Programme Grande Ecoles
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
48.ESC La Rochelle / La Rochelle Business School
La Rochelle, France
ESC Grande Ecole Programme-Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
3 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
49.Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management
Tilburg, The Netherlands
MSc International Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 Year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
50.Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
Maastricht, The Netherlands
MSc in International Business
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 months
- Teaching Language:
Dutch, English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
50.Copenhagen Business School
Frederiksberg, Denmark
MSc in Economics & Business Administration - International Business
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
52.Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Getafe (Madrid), Spain
Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
11 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
53.Aalto University School of Business
Helsinki, Finland
Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
54.ESC Rennes
RENNES CEDEX, France
Master in Management - Grande Ecole Programme
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
The Master in Management is a 3 year programme for French students (basically) with 2 previous undergraduate years of Studies. In that case the PGE1 (first year) is dedicated to fundamentals. However, for the International students it as a two year progra
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
55.Audencia Nantes School of Management
Nantes, France
Master of Science in Management-Engineering
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
18 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
56.ESSCA École de Management
Boulogne-Billancourt cedex (Angers, Budapest, Shanghai), France
ESSCA Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Part Time
- Program Length:
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
57.TIAS School for Business and Society
Tilburg (+ other campuses), The Netherlands
MSc in International Business Administration
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
58.Lancaster University Management School (LUMS)
Lancaster, UK
MSc Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
59.Queen's University, Smith
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Master of International Business
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
60.Toulouse Business School, ESC Toulouse
Toulouse Cedex 7, France (also: campus in Barcelona, Spain)
Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years for the Master or 3 years if you want to combine an undergraduate and graduate cycle
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
61.Montpellier Business School (ESC Montpellier)
Montpellier cedex 4, France
Grand Ecole Master in Management (Reference Pathway)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
French
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
62.Telecom Business School (Ecole de Management)
Évry Cedex, France
Integrated Master's in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
3 Years
- Teaching Language:
English, French
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
63.Durham Business School
Durham, UK
MSc Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
64.ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Winterthur, Switzerland
Master in International Business
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1.5 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
65.University of Bath School of Management
Bath, UK
MSc in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
66.University of Victoria, Gustavson
Victoria, Canada
Master of Global Business (MGB) program
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 Year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
67.Solvay Brussels School Economics & Management (SBS-EM)
Brussels, Belgium
Master in Business Engineering
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English, French
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
68.University of Edinburgh Business School
Edinburgh, UK
MSc in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
68.Leeds University Business School
Leeds, UK
MSc International Business
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
71.University of Cologne
Cologne, Germany
MSc Business Administration
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English, German
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
72.Indian Institutes of Management Udaipur
Udaipur, India
MBA in Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
73.Lund University (LUSEM)
Lund, Sweden
Management - Master's Programme (One Year)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 Year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
74.Burgundy School of Business
Dijon, France
Master in Management - Grande Ecole Programme
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
75.EM Strasbourg Business School
Strasbourg, France
Grande école Master degree
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
76.Singapore Management University (SMU), Lee Kong Chian
Singapore, Singapore
Master of Science in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
18 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
77.University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Economics
Ljubljana, Slovenia
International Full Time Master Programme in Business and Organization (IMB)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
78.Cranfield School of Management
Bedfordshire, UK
MSc in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
13 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
79.Alliance Manchester Business School
Manchester, UK
MSc International Business and Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 Year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
80.EM Normandie
Le Havre, France
MSc Supply Chain Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
1 Year
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
81.University of British Columbia, Sauder
Vancouver, Canada
MSc in Business Administration
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
81.Louvain School of Management (IAG)
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Masters in Business Engineering
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English, French
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
83.Nyenrode Business Universiteit
Breukelen, The Netherlands
Master in Management (MSc)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
16 months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
83.Luiss University
Rome, Italy
Master in Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
85.National Sun Yat-Sen University
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China
Business Administration
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
86.Dublin City University, DCU Business School
Dublin, Ireland
M.Sc. in Management (Business)
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
87.National Chengchi University
Taipei City, Taiwan
M. Sc. in Management Information Systems
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
Academic background in business or economics
- Teaching Mode:
88.Paris School of Business
Paris, France
M.Sc. in International Management
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
12 Months
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
89.Politecnico di Milano, School of Management
Milano, Italy
Master of Science in Management Engineering
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
2 Years
- Teaching Language:
English
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
90.Corvinus University of Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
MSc in Management & Leadership
- Teaching Mode:
Full Time
- Program Length:
- Teaching Language:
Czech
- Reqired:
No academic background in business or economics required
- Teaching Mode:
