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Masters in management 2007

	Current rank	Rank '06^[1]	Rank '05	3 yr. rank^[1]	Business school name	Country^[1]	Prog. name^[1]	Salary today (€)^[2]	Weighted sal. (€)^[3]	Value^[4]	Careers^[5]	Aims achieved^[6]	Placements^[7]	Employment^[8]	Wom. faculty^[9]	Wom. students^[10]	Wom. board^[11]	Intl. faculty^[12]	Intl. students^[13]	Intl. board^[14]	Intl. mobility^[15]	Intl. course^[16]	Languages^[17]	PhD faculty^[18]	Fees^[19]	Prog. length^[20]	Enrolments^[21]	Degree^[22]	Internships^[23]
	10	1	1	1	HEC Paris	France	Master of Science in Management	60,728	57,975	19	17	7810	5	87 (64)2	200	412	70	344	233	310	5	4	2	872	16,000	18	468	-	1000
	26	8	4	5	London School of Economics and Political Science	U.K.	MSc Management	58,045	58,045	10	16	833	36	98 (87)98	3714	497	182	5728	934	146	2	27	0	964	24,500	12	75	-	113
	20	2	3	2	Cems	See footnote	MIM (Masters in International Management)	49,099	48,740	1	22	785	39	95 (39)3	341	518	261	981	947	964	1	2	2	749	0	12	588	a	1000
	41	3	2	3	ESCP Europe	France, U.K., Germany, Spain, Italy	Master in Management (Grande Ecole programme)	52,154	52,003	26	10	754	11	93 (75)1	271	472	34	403	481	763	4	3	1	781	15,400	24	646	-	1000
	51	6	7	6	Essec Business School	France	M.S Strategy and Management of International Business	47,688	45,895	29	3	858	2	100 (71)7	200	321	57	384	4018	5543	7	7	1	891	14,100	14	109	-	1000
	61	5	9	7	EMLyon Business School	France	MSc in Management	42,725	43,091	31	6	746	13	95 (59)8	280	521	121	325	212	718	9	1	2	883	15,800	24	539	-	1000
	73	4	8	6	Grenoble Graduate School of Business	France	Master in International Business	47,620	47,620	5	9	762	31	82 (61)2	430	429	284	411	854	343	3	22	1	583	10,150	12	172	-	799
	82	10	16	11	Audencia Nantes	France	Master in Management (Grande Ecole programme)	40,596	39,835	32	2	761	6	93 (83)8	252	553	00	402	90	200	14	11	3	780	13,600	24	516	-	1000
	91	8	15	11	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden	MSc Economics and Business	47,528	48,106	4	23	805	14	92 (64)6	146	400	220	142	31	011	16	20	1	980	0	40	275	-	05
	103	13	20	14	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	MSc in Management	41,610	42,437	15	18	656	25	94 (69)1	131	468	235	282	6124	459	32	5	2	1000	2,279	18	46	a	881
	110	11	6	9	Esade Business School	Spain	Master in International Management	40,043	38,990	28	12	773	1	86 (98)3	280	532	209	170	511	9012	18	10	2	762	19,750	15	243	a	10016
	125	7	12	10	Edhec Business School	France	Master in Management (Grande Ecole programme)	41,125	41,696	35	13	679	21	92 (77)3	291	502	182	281	126	733	10	8	2	724	17,100	24	674	-	1000
	132	15	-	-	Rouen Business School	France	Master in Management (Grande Ecole programme)	39,255	39,418	33	5	697	4	92 (79)4	529	585	130	338	184	70	13	12	2	611	15,000	24	385	-	1000
	13	-	11	-	Aston Business School	U.K.	MSc International Business	38,422	38,422	24	1	69	28	90 (34)	28	47	29	40	93	33	31	25	0	89	10,780	10	99	-	0
	15	-	-	-	Mannheim Business School	Germany	MSc in Business Administration	54,899	54,899	2	40	72	9	91 (85)	15	40	20	12	18	0	17	16	1	76	2,000	48	226	-	91
	164	12	-	-	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	Master in General Management	42,700	42,700	8	11	714	18	97 (83)3	325	392	1112	181	515	1000	33	21	0	953	8,250	10	101	-	1000
	17	-	-	-	City University: Cass	U.K.	MSc in Management	46,653	46,653	30	33	75	37	79 (57)	25	54	16	50	89	24	12	35	0	92	24,425	12	171	-	0
	184	14	13	15	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	Master of Science in Management	41,268	41,342	16	34	676	3	100 (97)0	191	382	40	333	120	80	26	15	2	811	1,500	24	149	a	1511
	188	26	-	-	Lancaster University Management School	U.K.	MSc in Management	38,459	38,459	20	19	763	30	88 (38)11	241	6919	368	354	808	451	19	36	0	902	9,651	12	54	-	302
	205	15	-	-	IAG-Louvain School of Management	Belgium	Master in Management Science	38,429	38,429	21	15	688	27	87 (65)1	180	322	00	150	52	100	24	9	2	1000	1,542	36	82	a	1000
	213	18	14	18	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	MSc in Economics & Business Administration / Business, Language & Culture	44,101	45,014	7	31	705	33	93 (96)2	281	423	387	152	211	150	29	23	0	863	0	24	1,182	a	156
	22	-	-	-	Euromed Management	France	Master in Management	35,477	35,498	38	20	64	20	90 (89)	25	55	19	32	43	13	20	6	2	80	14,900	24	428	-	100
	234	19	-	-	Durham University Business School	U.K.	MA Management	42,733	42,733	14	29	712	17	81 (79)6	190	393	101	603	4619	432	37	38	0	910	10,963	12	56	-	00
	244	28	-	-	Reims Management School	France	Master in Management (Grande Ecole programme)	37,248	37,360	37	14	634	7	96 (48)4	505	496	169	421	81	2121	23	17	2	585	15,400	24	461	-	1000
	246	30	-	-	ESC Toulouse	France	Masters in Management	37,283	36,012	34	4	632	24	93 (58)4	342	474	170	349	204	170	22	14	2	691	12,400	24	570	-	1000
	26	-	-	-	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	Master of Global Management	38,713	38,713	13	27	73	12	96 (96)	20	43	20	0	35	0	11	33	1	100	5,020	10	94	-	60
	273	24	20	24	Aalto University	Finland	Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration	40,800	41,682	11	25	659	34	100 (89)4	331	473	402	61	73	00	36	30	3	730	142	45	641	-	1818
	28	-	-	-	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	MSc in International Business	43,093	42,813	3	39	71	23	83 (35)	16	38	17	44	45	33	8	40	0	82	1,519	12	224	-	0
	297	22	-	-	Nottingham University Business School	U.K.	MSc International Business	41,155	41,155	18	32	5229	19	87 (91)4	292	6215	6729	340	777	3320	38	31	0	772	10,549	12	69	-	00
	303	27	17	25	University of Bath School of Management	U.K.	MSc in Management	39,081	39,081	22	37	771	29	95 (33)1	252	546	234	383	821	140	35	29	0	972	11,092	12	142	-	00
	314	35	-	-	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	Finance and Banking	42,134	42,044	9	28	746	8	n/a0	535	469	07	10	40	147	27	28	1	7728	0	27	474	-	311
	32	-	-	-	ICN Business School	France	Master in Management (Grande Ecole programme)	36,888	36,888	36	8	56	10	81 (45)	39	53	17	30	4	4	6	19	2	50	13,130	24	363	-	100
	3316	17	10	20	University of Cologne, Faculty of Management	Germany	Master in Management / Economics	48,497	48,645	6	30	5718	38	59 (99)59	294	410	00	43	150	00	30	26	1	613	2,625	48	954	-	811
	344	30	22	29	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	International Business Administration	40,285	40,112	17	26	713	40	n/a0	371	513	244	170	221	7656	28	13	2	540	1,454	48	610	a	950
	3413	21	19	25	NHH	Norway	MSc in Economics & Business Administration	40,772	40,961	12	38	6610	15	100 (23)2	151	385	550	217	117	00	39	24	1	923	200	22	362	a	74
	3611	25	23	28	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	Master of Sciences in Business Administration	36,147	36,934	25	21	6416	32	92 (74)20	421	551	33	21	179	362	34	32	1	6913	2,500	20	701	a	00
	379	28	24	30	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	Master of Science in Management	41,212	41,343	40	24	716	16	81 (44)22	295	294	00	356	71	514	40	34	0	772	23,700	16	152	-	1000
	3818	20	5	21	Bradford University School of Management	U.K.	Masters in Management	35,990	35,990	27	36	5416	26	94 (33)2	345	404	812	312	951	85	15	37	0	785	10,615	12	207	-	00
	39	-	-	-	ESC Tours-Poitiers	France	Master in Management	34,502	35,090	39	7	57	22	94 (60)	22	48	11	19	7	28	25	18	2	64	14,800	24	495	-	100
	4010	30	18	29	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	Master in Business Studies	38,978	38,978	23	35	690	35	n/a98	295	396	140	345	208	550	21	39	0	910	11,100	11	61	-	00
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Table notesAlthough the headline ranking figures show changes in the data year to year, the pattern of clustering among the schools is equally significant. Some 160 points separate the top school, HEC Paris, from the school ranked number 40. The top 7 business schools, from HEC Paris to Grenoble Graduate School of Management, form the top group of Masters in Management providers. The second group is headed by Audencia, which would need to increase its score by more than 14 per cent overall in order to enter the top group. The third group is headed by Helsinki School of Economics which is more than 5 points behind Universiteit Antwerpen Management School. A mere 31 points separate the 14 schools in the third group.

Footnotes

1. These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

2. An average of salaries three years after graduation. The figure shown is in Euros. It is NOT used in the ranking.

3. The 'salary today' figure adjusted for salary variations between industry sectors. The figure shown is in Euros.

4. The rank is calculated using alumni salaries three years after graduation and course costs. The length of the course is also taken into consideration.

5. The career status of alumni three years after graduation. Progression is measured according to level of seniority and the size of company in which they are employed.

6. The extent to which alumni fulfilled their goals or reasons for doing a Masters in Management. This is measured as a percentage of total returns for a school.

7. Alumni who used the careers service at their business school were asked to rank its effectiveness in their job search.

8. The percentage of the most recent graduating class that were in employment three months after graduation. The figure in brackets shows the percentage of the class for which the school was able to provide employment data.

9. Percentage of female faculty.

10. Percentage of female students.

11. Percentage of female members of the advisory board.

12. Percentage of faculty whose citizenship differs from their country of employment.

13. Percentage of students whose citizenship differs from the country in which they are studying.

14. Percentage of the board whose citizenship differs from the country in which the business school is based.

15. A measure based on changes in the country of employment of alumni between graduation and today.

16. Weighted average of four criteria that measure international exposure during the Masters programme.

17. Number of additional languages required on graduation from the Masters programme.

18. Percentage of faculty with a doctoral degree.

19. The minimum programme fees in Euros. This includes all fees required to complete the programme but for the Masters portion only.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

20. The length of the Masters programme.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

21. The number of students who enrolled on the first year of the Masters programme in the past year (September 1, 2006 - September 1, 2007).
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

22. Indicates whether an undergraduate degree in management, business or economics is required to enter the Masters programme.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

23. The percentage of the last graduating class that completed company internships as part of the Masters programme.
These data are for information only and are not used in the rankings.

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