The Economist Global Executive MBA Rankings 2015

The 2015 Executive MBA Rankings by The Economist

Below, The Economist ranks top Executive MBA programs from around the world.

Band

The differences between the rankings of some programs can often be small differences. In order show how programs compare against each other, The Economist has created the band grading system. EMBA programs classified in the same band received similar ranks. 'A' is the highest ranking band.

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Rank	Business School	Program	Country	Band
1	IE Business School	Global Executive MBA	Spain	A
2	University of Oxford – Saïd Business School	Oxford Executive MBA	Britain	A
3	Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management	Kellogg Executive MBA Program	United States	B
4	UCLA/NUS Business School	UCLA-NUS Executive MBA	United States/Singapore	B
5	Northwestern (Kellogg)/York (Schulich)	Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA Program	United States/Canada	B
6	Northwestern (Kellogg)/WHU (Beisheim)	Kellogg-WHU EMBA	United States/Germany	B
7	Thunderbird School of Global Management	Exec MBA	United States	B
8	European School of Management and Technology – ESMT Berlin	Executive MBA	Germany	B
9	University of Chicago – Booth School of Business	University of Chicago Booth School of Business Executive MBA Program	United States	B
10	Yale School of Management	Yale MBA for Executives	United States	B
11	Northwestern (Kellogg)/Hong Kong UST	Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA	United States/Hong Kong	B
12	Texas Christian University – Neeley School of Business	Neeley Executive MBA Program at TCU	United States	B
13	Southern Methodist University – Cox School of Business	SMU Cox Executive MBA	United States	B
14	University of Georgia – Terry College of Business	Terry Executive MBA Program	United States	B
15	Columbia Business School	EMBA-New York	United States	B
16	University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business	Michigan Ross Executive MBA Program	United States	B
17	New York University – Leonard N Stern School of Business	NYU Stern Executive MBA Program	United States	B
18	University of Texas at Austin – McCombs School of Business	Texas Executive MBA Progarm	United States	B
19	UCLA Anderson School of Management	UCLA Anderson Executive MBA Program	United States	B
20	Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management	Cornell Executive MBA Metro New York	United States	B
21	University of Nottingham – Nottingham University Business School	Executive MBA	Britain	C
22	ESADE/Georgetown	Global Executive MBA	Spain/United Sates	C
23	University of Notre Dame – Mendoza College of Business	Notre Dame Executive MBA Program	United States	C
24	University of Maryland – Robert H Smith School of Business	The Smith Executive MBA	United States	C
25	University of Navarra – IESE Business School	Global Executive MBA	Spain	C
26	Mannheim/ESSEC	ESSEC & MANNHEIM Executive MBA	Germany/France	C
27	Georgetown University – Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business	Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Executive MBA Program	United States	C
28	Rice University – Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Business	Rice MBA for Executives	United States	C
29	National University of Singapore – The NUS Business School	The NUS Asia-Pacific Executive MBA	Singapore	C
30	The Ohio State University – Fisher College of Business	Fisher College of Business Executive MBA	United States	C
31	Cranfield School of Management	Cranfield Executive Part-time MBA	Britain	C
32	Emory University – Goizueta Business School	Emory University Goizueta Weekend Executive MBA	United States	C
33	University of California, San Diego – Rady School of Management	FlexWeekend MBA	United States	C
34	Case Western Reserve University – Weatherhead School of Management	Weatherhead Executive MBA	United States	C
35	University of Florida – Hough Graduate School of Business	Executive MBA	United States	C
36	Henley Business School	Henley Executive MBA	Britain	C
37	University of Strathclyde – Strathclyde Business School	Strathclyde Executive MBA	Britain	C
38	Washington University in St Louis – Olin Business School	Executive MBA Program	United States	C
39	Arizona State University – W. P. Carey School of Business	W. P. Carey Executive MBA	United States	C
40	University of Miami – School of Business Administration	University of Miami Executive MBA Program	United States	C
41	ESADE Business School	Executive MBA	Spain	C
42	Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management	Vanderbilt Executive MBA & Americas MBA for Executives	United States	C
43	Purdue University – Krannert Graduate School of Management	Purdue Executive MBA Program	United States	C
44	University of Bath – School of Management	The Bath MBA Executive Programme	Britain	C
45	Temple University – Fox School of Business	Fox Executive MBA	United States	C
46	Michigan State University – Eli Broad College of Business	Executive MBA	United States	C
47	University of Wisconsin-Madison – Wisconsin School of Business	Wisconsin Executive MBA Program	United States	D
48	Leeds University Business School	The Leeds Executive MBA	Britain	D
49	Boston University – Questrom School of Business	Boston University Executive MBA Program	United States	D
50	Hult International Business School	Executive MBA	Britain	D
51	IMM Global Executive MBA	IMM Global Executive MBA Program	United States, Netherlands, Hungary, China & Brazil	D
52	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Part-time MBA Program	Germany	D
53	University of Pittsburgh – Katz Graduate School of Business	Katz EMBA Worldwide at the University of PIttsburgh	United States	D
54	Grenoble Ecole de Management – Grenoble Graduate School of Business	Part-Time MBA	France	D
55	University College Dublin – Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business	UCD Smurfit Exective MBA	Ireland	D
56	EGADE-Tecnologico de Monterrey	Executive MBA	Mexico	D
57	University of Arizona – Eller College of Management	Eller Executive MBA	United States	E
58	George Washington University – School of Business	World Executive MBA	United States	E
59	Trinity College Dublin School of Business	Trinity Part Time MBA Programme	Ireland	E
60	Copenhagen Business School	CBS Executive MBA	Denmark	E
61	University of Iowa – Henry B Tippie School of Management	Executive MBA Program	United States	E
62	Tilburg University – TIAS School for Business and Society	Executive MBA	The Netherlands	E