Business School rated 32 in the world in latest FT MBA rankings

School climbs seven places in Global MBA Rankings - News

Friday 29 January 2010
By Abigail Smith

Imperial’s Business School has climbed seven places to 32 in the world in the latest Financial Times Global MBA Rankings, published this week.

The ranking, compiled using measures such as graduate employment, salaries and alumni recommendations, also rates the School third in the world for entrepreneurship, sixth for economics and seventh for marketing, making it one of only two institutions in Europe to hold three top ten places for specialisations. This achievement crowns a continual rise up the rankings for the Business School since it entered the top 90 in 2002.

Welcoming the news, Professor David Begg, Principal of Imperial College Business School, said:

“We believe we offer a top rate business education and it’s gratifying to have that confirmed by this latest ranking. Our position at number 32 reflects the extent to which our students are making the most of Imperial’s environment in their MBA. Our position at the heart of a world-class centre of science-based research and learning gives our students a unique advantage. Businesses are operating now in an extraordinarily challenging environment and that means, more than ever, that people with entrepreneurship skills, a passion for developing new technologies and an eye for what the world of tomorrow will need, will be worth their weight in gold.”

Imperial’s MBA is an intensive one year programme with a strong focus on innovation and practical experience and content that is directly informed by the research carried out both in the Business School and the College’s other faculties. As a fully integrated part of Imperial, the School excels particularly in the business of science, engineering and medicine and, in addition to its full-time MBA and part-time Executive MBA, offers MSc programmes in Finance, Risk Management and Financial Engineering and International Health Management.

Congratulating the School, Sir Keith O’Nions, Rector of Imperial, said:

“People who combine scientific and technical understanding with strong business skills are extremely important to businesses in an increasingly competitive environment, so it’s no surprise that alumni of our Business School are in such demand and rate the education they experienced here so highly. A first-rate business school is vital to a university like Imperial, which places such emphasis on working in partnership with industry to apply new developments in research. I’m delighted to see our School climbing the rankings and achieving the recognition it deserves.”