- Globally, Oxford (Said) Business School achieved the highest rank, climbing from third to first while last year’s leader, HEC Paris, dropped to third.
Global education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds on July 17 released the 2024 edition of the QS Executive MBA Ranking, in which the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore emerged as the top business school in India.
With a global rank of 41 (an improvement of two ranks from 2023), IIM Bangalore has been crowned as the best management school in the country, followed by the Indian School of Business (ISB) at the second spot. However, ISB has slipped from its last year’s rank of 100 to the range of ‘101-110’ this year.
IIM Kozhikode and Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad have achieved the third and fourth rank respectively, by getting a rank in the ‘171-180’ range. These are followed by IIM Indore and Woxsen School of Business at the fifth and sixth rank respectively, with a spot in the ‘181+’ rank range.
The following table highlights India’s leading business school in each performance indicator.
QS President and Chair Nunzio Quacquarelli said: “QS is thrilled to celebrate the success of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, which has been recognised as the home of India’s best Executive MBA program. This achievement highlights India’s growing prominence in executive business education, doubling its representation in the ranking year-on-year.
“As globalisation continues to expand, understanding diverse perspectives, cultures, and customs becomes increasingly crucial in business and beyond. Executive MBA programs play a vital role in fostering these global professional networks. The world’s leading programs emphasize international diversity, career outcomes, and high-quality intake as central elements of their offerings.”
Global Rankers
Globally, Oxford (Said) Business School achieved the highest rank, climbing from third to first while last year’s leader, HEC Paris, dropped to third. IESE Business School and MIT (Sloan) remain second and fourth respectively. London Business School breaks into the top five, climbing from seventh to fifth.
Last year’s fifth spot-holder, Penn (Wharton), has slipped to the sixth spot this year, and last year’s sixth ranked, IE Business School, has slipped to tenth rank this time. Northwestern (Kellogg) and Yale School of Management have jumped from 11th and 13th to seventh and eighth spot this year, respectively, and INSEAD has dropped from eighth to ninth spot in this year’s rankings.
This instalment features 194 of the world’s best executive MBA programmes across 45 countries and territories.
