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The top 10 business schools in Europe to get an MBA in 2022

Author: Leonardo Carlo Calisse — Last update: 4 August 2021

An MBA from a top European business school can help you take the next step in your career and achieve the goals you have set for yourself. The choice does not come easy, though, because getting an MBA can be very expensive, with high tuition fees at the best schools.

That is why you should do research before you choose which MBA programmes you should apply for. One important thing to look for are academic accreditations by organisations like AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. Rankings are another helpful resource to make your decision easier. The two most respected rankings are provided annually by the Financial Times and by the Economist. European business schools often score very high in those league tables, with many well-known names particularly from the UK, France and Spain.

Learn more about the top MBA programs at business schools in Europe, according to the Economist “Which MBA?” Ranking 2021 and the FT Global MBA Ranking 2021:

The top 10 MBA programmes in Europe - Financial Times

Every year, the Financial Times (FT) compiles its ranking of different kinds of MBA programmes. They survey students 3 years after graduation and put a special focus on both the absolute salary as well as the percent increase in salary after having graduated.

The table below shows their most recent ranking of general full-time MBA programmes at European business schools. You can be sure that with a Master of Business Administration from any of these institutions, you are opening the door to an exciting career path:

Rank
(Europe)
Rank
(world)
Business school Country Salary
increase
1 1 INSEAD France +96%
2 2 London Business School United Kingdom +103%
3 4 Iese Business School Spain +131%
4 7 HEC Paris France +118%
5 12 SDA Bocconi School of Management Italy +126%
6 16 University of Cambridge: Judge United Kingdom +87%
7 17 University of Oxford: Saïd United Kingdom +85%
8 19 IMD Business School Switzerland +68%
9 20 Esade Business School Spain +113%
10 30 Alliance Manchester Business School United Kingdom +101%

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The top 10 MBA programmes in Europe - Economist

Like FT, the Economist ranks business schools every year. They also survey graduates; salary development plays a smaller role than in the FT ranking, but is still important. The larger focus is put on the academic and student life experience as well as how graduates thought the MBA degree enabled them to pursue the career options they were hoping to get.

Although there are differences in the methodology, and handful of top schools are found near the top in both MBA rankings:

Rank
(Europe)
Rank
(world)
Business school Country
1 1 University of Navarra – IESE Business School Spain
2 2 HEC School of Management, Paris France
3 6 SDA Bocconi – School of Management Italy
4 7 EDHEC Business School France
5 10 IMD - International Institute for Management Development Switzerland
6 20 ESADE Business School Spain
7 22 emlyon Business School France
8 26 University of Mannheim – Mannheim Business School Germany
9 33 International University of Monaco Monaco
10 37 Durham University - Durham University Business School United Kingdom

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78 Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programmes in Europe
Leonardo Carlo Calisse
Author: Leonardo Carlo Calisse

Leonardo Carlo Calisse knows life as an international business student: He holds a BSc in International Business from Tilburg University (Netherlands) during which he went on an exchange to the University of South Carolina (USA), and he followed it up with a Master in Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship at the highly coveted Esade Business School (Spain). He also co-founded Source Humanitarian Network, an NGO that strives to teach digital skills to refugees. Leonardo currently works as a creative copywriter and content writer for Leadtech, an innovation/advertising agency located in Barcelona.

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