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world's most high profile players - London element of its investment in entrepreneurship is made up of student teams working on real life
Business School and INSEAD. Since its inception is their incubator floor. Furthermore, the business business consultancy cases, ensuring practical
in 1954, INSEAD has operated one of the most school employs two leading Executives in experience. This makes the MBA popular with
global approaches to business education of any Residence from industry to advise students on recruiting companies. Further south, Cranfield
school in the world. Today 95% of students are strategy. School of Management, based in Bedfordshire has
from outside France and over 80% of its faculty is also established itself as one of the UK’s premier
non-French. London Business School has long Bilingual schools.
been the intellectual home of financial thinking Many European business schools make the most of European business schools are at the forefront
in Europe. The huge success of its Masters in the richness and variety of the European heritage of the MBA revolution by providing programs with
Finance program has reinforced this position, by teaching their MBAs in two languages. This real relevance in a changing market-place. One
ensuring that it remains the first school of choice for language component can be a strong attraction for thing is for sure: there is no lack of choice for
many of Europe’s banks. both candidates and recruiting companies. HEC candidates wishing to take their MBA in Europe.
in France offers a 16-month intensive full-time
Top European Business Schools MBA program, taught in both English and
In both the Times Higher Education Supplement French. The HEC foundation is made up of 40
and the FT rankings, there are nine European multinationals who provide the backbone for their
Top popular study destinations
business schools in the top 20, a strong indication MBA hiring.
that the continent’s schools are improving At IESE in Spain, the program is taught in
Destination % that would
consider
their education. London Business School, English and Spanish while the bilingual
studying there
Cambridge, Oxford, INSEAD in MBA offered by SDA Bocconi has
Paris, Spain’s Instituto de grown out of Italy’s most presti-
United States 80%
Empresa and IMD in Switzer-
“In the past
gious university in economics. UK 53%
land are all names that make
Canada 35%
regular appearances in
two years, many
UK MBAs
Australia 32%
whichever rankings you In addition to the market
value the most. Check out
new schools in Europe
leader, London Business
France 22%
www.topmba.com/score- School, other UK business Singapore 19%
card to rank these schools
have emerged as
schools are doing well.
Spain 17%
according to your own Having made the MBA their
criteria.
Germany 17%
strong players.”
own, many are highly regarded
In the past two years, for quality and teaching as well
Switzerland 15%
many new schools in Europe have as career prospects after study.
Italy 13%
emerged as strong players. Schools Manchester Business School, one of the
Source: TopMBA Applicant’s Survey 2007
featured in the top 40 in the
topmba.com longest established of all European MBA
research came from a diverse range of countries programs, has distinguished itself with a course that
including Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany,
Italy and the Netherlands.
The table opposite is an extract from the
Eiffel Tower, Paris
TopMBA.com research entitled Global Top 100
Business Schools. For the complete table and
research go to
www.topmba.com
Entrepreneurship
With MBAs gaining such popularity, programs are
being further developed and enhanced to offer
students greater diversity. The significant trend
towards entrepreneurship in today’s business
climate, has lead to this featuring strongly in many
European MBA programs.
Rotterdam School of Management’s recent
move to new high-tech facilities on the Erasmus
University Campus has enabled the establishment
of a real-time dealing room. The school prides
itself on leading innovation in business education.
At Cass Business School in the UK, a fundamental
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