Tanaka Business School full-time MBA climbs into world's top 50

Tanaka Business School at Imperial College London continues to rise in the Financial Times' MBA rankings, breaking into the world's top 50 and again being ranked number one for entrepreneurship in Europe.

The Financial Times has published its rankings for full-time MBA programmes every year for the past eight years. This year's rankings are based on research of 149 international business schools and information taken from 8,300 MBA 2002 graduates.

Tanaka Business School Principal, Professor David Begg, said the School was delighted with the results and optimistic about the future: "We have risen 30 places in the last 3 years and there is more good news in the pipeline.

"While rankings should always be interpreted with care, we are encouraged to see that we continue to be ranked the top school in Europe for entrepreneurship and in the top ten worldwide. In purely financial terms, we remain in the top 25 in terms of value for money and 27th in terms of the absolute salary level achieved by alumni."

Professor Stefan Szymanski, Director of Tanaka's full time MBA programme, added that it was gratifying to see that planned improvements to the School's academic products continue to bear fruit: "There have been considerable changes to the Imperial MBA over the last three years and we believe that these will help to further improve the standing of our programme internationally.

"As well as the influx of a substantial number of new faculty, which has expanded our research strength in entrepreneurship, finance and innovation, we have redesigned our programme material to focus even more sharply on the career needs of our students. As you would expect from one of the world's most creative universities, the Imperial MBA marries business knowledge with innovative thinking to produce a year's worth of practical experience to enhance any career."