The Economist 2008 rankings of top MBA programs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 IMD ‐ International Institute for Management Development IESE Business School ‐ University of Navarra Chicago, University of ‐ Graduate School of Business Stanford Graduate School of Business Dartmouth College‐‐Tuck School of Business California at Berkeley, University of‐‐Haas School of Business Cambridge, University of ‐ Judge Business School New York University ‐ Leonard N Stern School of Business London Business School IE Business School Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ‐‐ School of Business and Management Harvard Business School Cranfield School of Management Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School York University ‐ Schulich School of Business Northwestern University ‐ Kellogg School of Management Pennsylvania, University of ‐ Wharton School Massachusetts Institute of Technology ‐ MIT Sloan School of Management INSEAD Henley Business School at the University of Reading Columbia Business School Michigan, University of ‐ Stephen M Ross School of Business Warwick Business School Ashridge Virginia, University of ‐ Darden Graduate School of Business Administration Melbourne, University of ‐ Melbourne Business School Oxford, University Said Business School Cornell University‐‐Johnson Graduate School of Management Duke University‐‐Fuqua School of Business Yale School of Management Hult International Business School HEC School of Management, Paris ESADE Business School Notre Dame, University of ‐ Mendoza College of Business
Carnegie Mellon University ‐ Tepper School of Business Washington, University of ‐ Foster School of Business International University of Monaco Southern California, University of ‐ Marshall School of Business Emory University—Goizueta Business School University College Dublin ‐ Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business UCLA—The Anderson School Indiana University ‐ Kelley School of Business Ohio State University ‐ Fisher College of Business Rice University ‐ Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Management Imperial College London‐‐Tanaka Business School City University‐‐Cass Business School Monash University—Graduate School of Business Texas at Austin, University of ‐ McCombs School of Business North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of ‐ Kenan‐Flagler Business School Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Mannheim Business School Lancaster University Management School Maryland, University of ‐ Robert H Smith School of Business Wisconsin School of Business Edinburgh, University of‐‐Business School Washington University in St Louis ‐ Olin School of Business Macquarie Graduate School of Management Hong Kong, University of — Faculty of Business and Economics Brandeis International Business School Manchester Business School Aston Business School Pennsylvania State University ‐ Smeal College of Business Bath, University of‐‐School of Management Minnesota, University of ‐ Carlson School of Management Durham, University of‐‐Durham Business School Vanderbilt University ‐ Owen Graduate School of Management Birmingham, University of‐‐Birmingham Business School California at Davis, University of ‐ Graduate School of Management Audencia Nantes School of Management Strathclyde, University of ‐ Business School 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
Boston University Pittsburgh, University of ‐ Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business Chinese University of Hong Kong E M Lyon Purdue University ‐ Krannert Graduate School of Management Iowa, University of ‐ Henry B Tippie School of Management Leeds University Business School Glasgow, University of‐‐ Business School Newcastle University Business School Bocconi University‐‐SDA Bocconi School of Management Nanyang Technological University ‐ Nanyang Business School International University of Japan ‐ Graduate School of International Management South Carolina, University of ‐ Moore School of Business British Columbia, University of ‐ Sauder School of Business Wake Forest University ‐ Babcock Graduate School of Management Southern Methodist University ‐ Cox School of Business Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, University of — College of Business Rochester, University of ‐ William E Simon Graduate School of Business National University of Singapore‐‐The NUS Business School TiasNimbas Business School Indian Institute of Management ‐ Ahmedabad Georgia, University of ‐ Terry College of Business Nottingham University Business School Curtin University Graduate School of Business Temple University‐‐Fox School of Business Thunderbird School of Global Management Nyenrode, Universiteit ‐ The Netherlands Business School Sheffield University Management School Bradford School of Management McGill University—Desautels Faculty of Management 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Unranked schools The following schools were not included in the 2008 rankings. The inability to include them in the rankings does not reflect any shortcoming of the programme. American University ‐ The Kogod School of Business Arizona, University of‐‐Eller College of Management Australian Graduate School of Management Babson College ‐ Franklin W Olin Graduate School of Business Calgary, University of ‐ Haskayne School of Business Cape Town, University of ‐ Graduate School of Business Case Western Reserve University‐‐Weatherhead School of Management China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) Concordia University‐‐John Molson School of Business Dublin, University of ‐‐Trinity College ‐ School of Business Studies EADA‐‐Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración EDHEC Business School EGADE—Tec de Monterrey ENPC School of International Management ESCP‐EAP European School of Management Florida, University of ‐ Warrington College of Business Georgetown University ‐ Robert Emmet McDonough School of Business Grenoble Graduate School of Business HEC Montreal Helsinki School of Economics London, University of ‐ Royal Holloway School of Management Maastricht School of Management Norwegian School of Management BI Open University Business School Otago, University of ‐ School of Business Queen's University ‐ Queen's School of Business Queensland, University of ‐ Business School Solvay Business School ‐ Université Libre de Bruxelles Southampton, University of ‐ School of Management William & Mary, College of—Mason School of Business Witwatersrand, University of the—Wits Business School