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	Rank in 2012	Rank in 2011	Rank '10	3 yr. rank	School	Country	Preparation^[1]	Course design^[2]	Teaching^[3]	Faculty^[4]	Participants^[5]	Skills^[6]	Follow-up^[7]	Aims achieved^[8]	Food^[9]	Facilities^[10]	% Women^[11]	Intl. part.^[12]	Growth^[13]	Intl. location^[14]	Partner schools^[15]	Fac. diversity^[16]	Revenue ($m)^[17]
	1	4	3	30	IMD	Switzerland	5	6	6	5	1	3	9	1	4	1	170	4	29	41	27	2	-
	2	2	4	31	Harvard Business School	US	6	8	2	6	2	7	11	2	6	7	210	2	11	24	12	31	143.8***
	3	2	5	33	Thunderbird School of Global Management	US	2	1	1	1	4	6	21	6	29	11	590	32	50	1	44	6	-
	4	1	2	21	Iese Business School	Spain	22	21	19	19	31	8	4	12	14	3	451	21	13	2	1	1	-
	5	5	1	41	University of Virginia: Darden	US	3	2	4	2	12	5	16	3	2	2	255	36	8	54	53	59	5.6**
	6	16	20	145	University of Chicago: Booth	US / UK / Singapore	1	3	3	3	11	2	13	7	3	13	220	29	15	48	20	46	-
	7	8	10	84	Essec Business School	France / Singapore	7	10	7	18	14	4	2	8	24	5	444	30	46	7	39	20	15.3
	8	6	6	71	London Business School	UK	8	13	17	14	6	17	6	9	5	9	232	3	37	63	34	7	-
	9	7	13	102	HEC Paris	France	14	14	14	11	15	11	8	11	25	22	354	10	16	14	25	10	-
	10	18	17	153	Insead	France / Singapore / UAE	21	16	12	13	5	20	26	14	35	19	221	1	6	23	14	4	-
	11	12	12	121	Stanford Graduate School of Business	US	16	15	22	12	3	16	23	5	1	17	265	11	25	27	18	32	-
	12	20	23	185	Esade Business School	Spain	25	26	25	28	27	10	1	23	17	8	414	9	3	6	5	14	12.9*
	13	15	21	16	ESMT - European School of Management and Technology	Germany	9	25	5	17	18	27	7	13	15	4	232	34	4	43	25	3	7.6*
	14	9	7	102	Center for Creative Leadership	US / Belgium / Singapore / Russia	12	4	8	8	17	12	12	10	19	20	391	25	19	12	43	52	-
	15	10	15	135	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	18	18	16	16	9	15	17	15	18	10	240	5	55	10	15	19	9.8*
	16	-	21	-	University of Michigan: Ross	US	17	5	9	7	13	14	29	25	9	33	33	24	35	4	22	35	-
	17	10	9	121	Fundação Dom Cabral	Brazil	15	11	15	23	39	9	19	20	13	6	344	37	14	15	7	41	11.4*
	18	17	10	153	University of Western Ontario: Ivey	Canada / China	20	12	18	10	23	31	28	19	11	21	375	23	5	16	53	21	-
	19	24	28	245	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	4	7	10	9	24	1	27	4	21	65	454	50	30	30	44	39	-
	20	21	19	202	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	US	13	24	20	22	7	25	18	21	8	15	293	28	42	37	30	44	-
	21	12	8	144	MIT: Sloan	US	10	27	13	4	8	13	45	17	23	34	181	17	47	57	34	51	9.8
	22	14	13	162	Northwestern University: Kellogg	US	19	17	26	29	16	34	31	26	7	14	345	15	36	57	4	34	-
	23	22	18	214	Columbia Business School	US	34	20	27	21	10	32	22	24	45	35	310	14	41	29	27	13	-
	24	19	15	196	IE Business School	Spain	37	37	44	35	25	22	10	32	36	18	381	18	17	18	10	8	13.0*
	24	27	28	263	Cranfield School of Management	UK	32	19	28	20	21	24	3	18	27	23	280	38	23	62	47	49	-
	26	23	24	242	UCLA: Anderson	US	23	9	11	15	20	19	20	16	28	16	421	44	65	55	53	30	-
	27	26	26	262	Queen's School of Business	Canada	27	31	30	30	37	43	15	28	16	24	405	49	20	22	40	18	-
	28	29	-	-	Kaist College of Business	Korea	11	29	24	32	33	18	5	31	40	12	55	64	45	11	44	63	-
	29	28	24	273	Ceibs	China	24	41	37	37	35	23	33	44	41	28	325	43	7	34	11	5	-
	30	36	40	351	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	26	39	21	33	38	35	36	22	22	31	252	41	54	20	15	24	18.1
	31	33	38	343	Melbourne Business School, Mt Eliza	Australia	33	32	31	24	28	41	24	30	42	45	1818	39	40	56	24	40	-
	32	32	30	312	SDA Bocconi	Italy	46	36	41	38	42	38	14	40	32	25	391	42	62	50	30	26	-
	32	30	42	35	Insper	Brazil	36	23	23	25	57	33	47	43	33	44	373	64	10	63	53	42	-
	32	44	55	44	Universidad de los Andes	Colombia	28	34	35	44	41	21	48	36	47	30	411	20	61	19	9	56	-
	35	40	39	382	Ashridge	UK	38	42	46	34	19	47	39	42	31	40	331	26	44	49	53	12	6.2**
	36	43	44	412	York University: Schulich	Canada	30	33	32	31	29	36	51	38	30	63	416	40	53	28	17	9	-
	37	37	31	350	ESCP Europe	France / UK / Germany / Spain / Italy	44	43	45	47	30	30	25	39	50	29	434	12	63	20	23	28	-
	38	31	31	332	IAE Business School	Argentina	39	45	52	45	44	50	40	45	26	27	272	19	12	13	8	38	9.4*
	39	42	33	381	Henley Business School	UK	43	30	36	36	26	29	49	33	38	49	342	35	60	25	53	47	-
	40	45	43	431	NHH	Norway	49	22	43	40	55	28	34	27	10	46	276	52	59	26	53	55	5
	41	37	36	381	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	41	40	38	42	46	45	37	41	43	42	291	53	43	47	2	28	10.8*
	42	48	46	452	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia / Latvia	45	44	42	39	62	40	32	29	39	56	481	58	2	44	42	61	16.2
	42	46	47	451	Aalto University	Finland / Singapore	31	35	40	46	50	26	50	34	46	37	555	63	32	36	53	60	4.4*
	44	51	56	504	Australian School of Business (AGSM)	Australia	47	38	34	26	32	49	54	46	44	58	372	55	27	61	47	11	-
	45	34	33	375	Wisconsin School of Business	US	35	28	33	27	51	44	42	35	12	60	405	61	34	63	53	65	-
	46	35	36	390	Incae Business School	Costa Rica / Nicaragua	51	57	48	48	22	42	56	49	48	32	354	7	31	5	34	22	-
	47	49	50	490	University of Pretoria, Gibs	South Africa	29	47	39	43	49	46	41	50	20	36	391	54	48	45	53	36	-
	48	-	44	-	Boston University School of Management	US	42	46	29	41	34	48	61	37	51	62	49	27	51	40	53	37	-
	49	40	40	431	Edhec Business School	France	50	51	47	50	43	37	30	47	58	26	181	6	64	3	47	62	-
	50	53	49	510	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	48	48	49	52	58	39	35	48	49	53	250	51	24	53	47	58	9.1**
	51	54	52	520	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	40	50	57	54	53	57	44	57	37	39	431	48	38	39	18	50	5.6*
	52	50	48	504	EMLyon Business School	France	56	53	51	49	52	56	52	51	64	38	341	22	26	9	12	15	-
	53	64	-	-	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	58	52	55	51	61	55	46	58	34	61	3811	45	49	8	53	23	2.1*
	54	54	54	540	Lagos Business School	Nigeria	54	55	58	53	60	58	38	52	52	54	281	56	18	52	27	45	3.9*
	55	56	53	55	Wits Business School	South Africa	55	56	50	55	54	53	65	54	55	57	420	60	21	38	30	54	-
	56	52	59	56	Tilburg University, TiasNimbas	Netherlands	52	54	53	57	64	60	59	53	54	52	342	57	39	35	33	43	-
	57	62	-	-	Esan	Peru	63	58	59	56	59	54	53	59	63	51	4410	62	28	32	3	57	15.6
	58	57	50	55	Grenoble Graduate School of Business	France	65	65	60	64	48	61	57	62	59	41	423	8	1	17	21	33	5.8*
	59	61	-	-	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	57	49	56	58	40	62	60	55	61	48	291	31	58	50	47	53	4.1*
	60	62	-	-	Universidad Externado de Colombia	Colombia	53	64	64	62	47	51	55	60	60	43	510	47	57	46	47	27	2.7
	61	-	-	-	University of British Columbia: Sauder	Canada	61	60	62	63	45	64	43	61	53	47	46	33	22	57	53	48	-
	62	60	57	603	USB Executive Development	South Africa	62	59	54	60	56	59	62	56	56	64	351	46	33	33	34	64	-
	62	59	58	60	Centrum Católica	Peru	59	62	61	59	63	52	64	63	62	59	484	59	52	42	6	16	3.7
	64	-	-	-	National University of Singapore Business School	Singapore	60	61	63	61	36	65	63	65	57	50	29	16	9	57	34	17	-
	65	65	60	63	Eada	Spain	64	63	65	65	65	63	58	64	65	55	432	13	56	31	40	25	6.4
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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 280 points separate the top school from the school ranked number 65. The top 15 schools, from IMD to University of Oxford: Saïd, form the elite group of providers of open enrolment programmes. The second group runs from University of Michigan: Ross to EMLyon Business School, ranked 52. Some 140 points separate these two schools. The third group is headed by Nova School of Business and Economics.

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1. The provision of advanced information on content, and the participant selection process.

2. The flexibility of the course and appropriateness of class size, structure and design.

3. The extent to which teaching methods and materials were contemporary and appropriate, and included a suitable mix of academic rigour and practical relevance.

4. The quality of teaching and the extent to which teaching staff worked together to present a coherent programme.

5. The extent to which other participants were of the appropriate managerial and academic standard, the international diversity of participants, and the quality of interaction among peers.

6. The relevance of skills gained to the workplace, the ease with which they were implemented, and the extent to which the course encouraged new ways of thinking.

7. The level of follow-up offered after participants returned to their workplaces, and networking opportunities with fellow participants.

8. The extent to which personal and professional expectations were met, and the likelihood that participants would recommend the programme.

9. Rating of the quality of food and accommodation.

10. Rating of the learning environment’s quality and convenience, and of supporting resources and facilities.

11. The percentage of female participants.

12. Amalgamation of the percentage of participants from outside the business school’s base country and region.

13. Amalgamation of growth in revenues and percentage of repeat business.

14. The extent to which programmes are run outside the school’s base country and region.

15. The quantity and quality of programmes taught in conjunction with other business schools.

16. The diversity of faculty according to nationality and gender.

17. Income from open programmes in 2011 in $m, provided optionally by schools. Figures are based on average dollar currency exchange rates for 2011.

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