Europe dominates Masters in Management Ranking but degree’s popularity spreads

{"text":[[{"start":7.68,"text":"The University of St Gallen has topped the FT’s annual Masters in Management Ranking, with six other European business schools and one from China making up the top tier of eight programmes."}],[{"start":19,"text":"The Swiss institution’s MA in Strategy and International Management maintained its leading position, ahead of the International Master’s in Management programme at Nova School of Business and Economics in Portugal, which has risen up the rankings in recent years."}],[{"start":34.76,"text":"Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai’s Master in Management was third, ahead of equivalent pre-experience degrees offered by Insead and HEC Paris in France and multi-campus ESCP Business School, as well as Vlerick Business School in Belgium and Iese Business School in Spain."}],[{"start":53.28,"text":"The FT ranking includes 100 leading MiM programmes taught in English around the world, which are assessed on criteria including salaries, value for money and career progression as reported by students three years after completing their courses. Participation is voluntary and schools must be approved by either the AACSB or EFMD international accreditation agencies."}],[{"start":null,"text":""}],[{"start":75.24,"text":"The MiM, which was pioneered in Europe, has become increasingly popular in other parts of the world at a time when it has grown harder for graduates to find employment amid economic uncertainty and disruption from artificial intelligence."}],[{"start":88.24,"text":"As recruiters become more selective, business schools are stepping up efforts to prepare students for work by teaching them how to use AI, expanding opportunities for work experience and strengthening their interpersonal skills."}],[{"start":100.64,"text":"This is the third consecutive year St Gallen has topped the table and a record 15th time overall. Björn Ambos, dean of its School of Management, says: “The critical value-add of a professor today is as a moderator, orchestrator and choreographer who creates content and leads discussion, forcing students to engage in critical thinking and make decisions at a time of uncertainty with incomplete information.”"}],[{"start":125.56,"text":"Alumni of the 132 business schools assessed for places in the final ranking rated their training in general management, finance and strategy highly on average, alongside the development of teamwork, problem-solving and communication skills. Graduates gave lower scores on average for leadership and entrepreneurship."}],[{"start":143.76,"text":"With many people already in employment preferring to hold on to their jobs rather than take the risk and bear the costs of an MBA, demand for that qualification has stagnated in the US. More US business schools have begun offering the MiM — usually studied soon after a first degree — as an alternative, including Chicago: Booth, Johns Hopkins: Carey in Baltimore and the University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler."}],[{"start":168.72,"text":"There was an uptick in applications for MiM courses globally of 7 per cent in 2025-26, according to a survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council, which runs the GMAT business school admissions exam."}],[{"start":182.3,"text":"Demand has grown in Asia, with some students preferring to stay in their region at a time of increasingly tough restrictions on immigration and post-study work in Europe, the US and Australia."}],[{"start":193.44,"text":"Graduates from seven programmes in India reported the highest weighted salaries three years after their programme, once adjusted for international purchasing power parity. They were led by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, with an average salary of $199,706 and ranked joint 27th overall. Alumni of St Gallen were next, with an average of $150,490."}],[{"start":218.36,"text":"Among graduates who reported their employment status three years after completing their courses, half were working in financial services, insurance or banking, or in consulting. Nearly 10 per cent had found employment in technology and there were smaller numbers in sales or manufacturing, among other sectors."}],[{"start":null,"text":""}],[{"start":235.44,"text":"Salaries continue to lag behind ranked masters in finance graduates, but grew to a reported average of nearly $98,000 after stagnating in the previous 12 months."}],[{"start":245.48,"text":"The Paris School of Business’s MSc International Management has the highest proportion of alumni who achieved their aims for studying, at 94 per cent, ahead of Portugal’s Nova and Rabat Business School — International University of Rabat in Morocco. Vlerick was rated top for the quality of its alumni network, followed by St Gallen and WHU — Otto Beisheim School of Management in Germany."}],[{"start":269.16,"text":"Nine of the 100 ranked business schools reported gender parity among faculty, and a further 10 had more women than men. Sixteen schools had gender parity among students, while 30 had more women than men."}],[{"start":280.92,"text":"ESCP had the highest share of international students, at 98 per cent across its six European campuses, while the 14 Indian schools had the lowest proportion, at between zero and 2 per cent."}],[{"start":297.24,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1788766996_6140.mp3"}