Harvard is Number 1 in QS Global MBA Rankings 2018

 Harvard Business School (HBS) is ranked number one in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2018 with the US Schools claiming 5 spots in the top ten as also 12 of the top 20 spots.

INSEAD with campuses in Fontainebleau, Paris and Singapore, is in the second spot followed by HEC Paris in the third position.

Stanford GSB is ranked 4 while London Business School occupies the 5^th spot. Pennsylvania University’ Wharton is 6^th, MIT Sloan 7^th, Colombia 8^th, Oxford Said 9^th and IE Business School 10^th.

Harvard sealed its claim for the first rank by being number one in the employability of graduates, taking the second spot in entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes and being 10^th in thought leadership. However, it was 23^rd in diversity. Stanford scored top marks on the entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes indicator.

Stanford GSB is ranked 4 while London Business School occupies the 5^th spot. Pennsylvania University’ Wharton is 6^th, MIT Sloan 7^th, Colombia 8^th, Oxford Said 9^th and IE Business School 10^th.

European business schools have a strong presence in the Global MBA Rankings 2018, grabbing five of the top 10 spots. HEC Paris stands first in diversity with 18 of the top 20 ranks in this sector from the continent.

Imperial College Business School in the UK is ranked number 1 for Return on Investment (ROI) pushing out Mannheim Business School, Germany and Durham University Business School in the UK.

Meanwhile, the first school from the Asia, Australia & New Zealand region to figure in the global rankings is the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) ranked 28th. The school ranks first for entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes in Asia-Pacific.

Next comes Melbourne Business School in the 34th spot followed by the University of Hong Kong at 38th. The University of Hong Kong also provides the best return on investment in the region.

IIM Ahmedabad is the only one from India to figure in the top 50, ranked at 49. IIM Bangalore comes at 58 and Indian Business School (ISB) at 93. IIM Calcutta was placed among the 121-130 top institutes. The SP Jain Institute of Management and Research was in the 201+ rank range.

Rankings Methodology

The QS Global Employer Survey and the QS Global Academic Survey this year gathered more than 40,000 and 75,000 responses respectively, from employers and academics all over the world.

To these responses, QS added data, drawn from verified school-provided statistics, an assessment of the academic affiliations of over 49,000 CEOs, executives, board members and entrepreneurs and a calculation of the average return on investment enjoyed by graduates.

The schools were then assessed across five key indicators. These were employability (40%), entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes’ (15%), return on investment (20%), thought leadership (15%) and class & faculty diversity (10%).

The ranking covered 232 programs this year, even though 250 programs were analyzed. Data were collected in early 2017, using three surveys; the QS Global Employer Survey, the QS Global Academic Survey and a survey completed by the business schools themselves.

The survey by schools covered quantitative indicators such as the salary of graduates, class profile etc. For the purpose of the Global MBA Rankings 2018, the schools were not asked to survey their alumni. Instead, schools provided career progression information on their alumni to MBACSEA compliant standards.

Data received was based on 2016 graduating class (for employment info) and incoming 2016 class for class composition. If this data was not available, the most recent available data provided by the schools was used.

To be included in the Global MBA Rankings 2018, the program must be taught mainly on-campus (not distance-learning), be taught full-time (or at least have the option to be) and have a class size of at least 10 students.

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