Global MBA Colleges Ranking 2012

by Ritu Chandna

IIM-A and ISB Hyderabad make it to the Top 20 global B-schools in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking for 2012. While Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) stood tall in at Rank No. 11, ISB Hyderabad slipped from No. 13 last year to No. 20 this year.

Speaking on the occasion Sriram Gopalakrishnan, Director - Marketing and Communications, Indian School of Business (ISB) said "It is a very proud moment for us as we have consistently made it to the list of Top 20 B-Schools for last five years."

FT ranks IIM-A and ISB as Best B-Schools in India

IIM-A Postgraduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGP-X) bagged the institute its crowning ranking and ISB has been ranked for its One Year full-time management programme for working executives in FT MBA rankings 2012.

Released today, the FT B-School rankings 2012 are based upon the selection criteria demanding the participating schools to be internationally accredited; and the management programme must have run for at least four consecutive years. Out of 150 B-Schools that participated, FT-ranked IIM-Ahmedabad as the top business school in terms of career progression and ISB bagged 29th position for it. The FT Business School Ranking 2012 has been based upon the data compiled from respective schools as well as their alumni.

"While the rankings are based on multiple parameters, the one area where we were ranked number one in the whole world was in career progression of our students. It is because of this that we have been able to maintain our 11th rank in the global MBA list brought out by FT," said Saral Mukherjee, chairperson of PGPX at IIM-A on this proud occasion.

Out of 11 B-Schools participating from USA, Stanford Graduate School of Business has come a long way to reach the No.1 spot from being No. 4 for the past two years. Harvard business school which ranked No. 3 for the last three years is now No. 2 and University of Pennsylvania: Wharton has slipped to No. 3 from the being No. 1 last year. Other schools that participated and made it to the list include London Business School, UK (No. 4); Columbia Business School, US (No. 5), Insead, France/Singapore (No 6), MIT: Sloan, US (No. 7), IE Business School, Spain (No. 8), Iese Business School, Spain (No. 9), Hong Kong UST Business School, China (No. 10).

Check the FT Global B-School Rankings 2012 here.

School name	Country	Rank '12	Rank '11	Rank '10
Stanford Graduate School of Business	United States of America	1	4	4
Harvard Business School	United States of America	2	3	3
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	United States of America	3	1	2
London Business School	United Kingdom	4	1	1
Columbia Business School	United States of America	5	7	6
Insead	France/Singapore	6	4	5
MIT: Sloan	United States of America	7	9	8
IE Business School	Spain	8	8	6
Iese Business School	Spain	9	9	11
Hong Kong UST Business School	China	10	6	9
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA)	India	11	11	0
University of Chicago: Booth	United States of America	12	12	9
IMD	Switzerland	13	14	15
University of California at Berkeley: Haas	United States of America	14	14	28
Duke University: Fuqua	United States of America	15	20	20
Northwestern University: Kellogg	United States of America	16	21	22
New York University: Stern	United States of America	17	15	13
HEC Paris	France	18	18	18
Dartmouth College: Tuck	United States of America	19	18	13
Indian School of Business	India	20	13	12