Rankings methodology

To qualify for inclusion in the Economist Intelligence Unit rankings, the schools with full–time MBA programmes that responded to our survey had to meet various thresholds of data provision, as well as attaining a minimum number of responses to a survey gauging the opinion of current students and alumni who graduated within the last three years.

European MBA Ranking Top 40 (2006)

1. IESE Business School - University of Navarra  
2. IMD - International Institute for Management Development
3. Cambridge, University of - Judge Business School
4. Henley Management College
5. IE - Instituto de Empresa
6. Cranfield School of Management
7. London Business School
8. Ashridge
9. INSEAD
10. Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School
11. Warwick Business School
12. ESADE Business School
13. Oxford, University of - Saïd Business School
14. University College Dublin - Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business
15. Leeds University Business School
16. Bath, University of - School of Management
17. City University - Cass Business School
18. HEC School of Management, Paris
19. Lancaster University Management School
20. Aston Business School
21. Durham, University of - Durham Business School
22. Edinburgh, University of - Management School
23. Manchester Business School
24. Birmingham, University of - Birmingham Business School
25. E M Lyon
26. NIMBAS Graduate School of Management
27. Strathclyde, University of - Business School
28. Glasgow, University of - School of Business and Management
29. Nottingham University Business School
30. Bradford School of Management
31. International University of Monaco
32. ESCP-EAP European School of Management
33. RSM Erasmus University
34. Audencia Nantes School of Management
35. Nyenrode, Universiteit —The Netherlands Business School
36. Imperial College London - Tanaka Business School
37. Newcastle upon Tyne, University of - Business School
38. Bocconi University - SDA Bocconi School of Management
39. EADA - Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración