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.

School Rank Full time MBA 2005(out of 100)

51. University of Maryland – Robert H Smith School of Business
52. University College Dublin – Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business
53. Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management
54. Lancaster University Management School
55. Indiana University – Kelley School of Business
56. University of Minnesota – Carlson School of Management
57. Nimbas, Universiteit – Graduate School of Management
58. University of Rochester – William E Simon Graduate School of Business
59. Monash University
60. Leeds University Business School
61. University of Glasgow – School of Business and Management
62. University of Durham – Durham Business School
63. Manchester Business School
64. Wake Forest University – Babcock Graduate School of Management
65. University of Calfornia at Davis – Graduate School of Management
66. Imperial College London – Tanaka Business School
67. Purdue University Krannert Graduate School of Management
68. EGADE – Tecnologico de Monterrey
69. Indian Institute of Management
70. Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business
71. Queen’s University Queen’s School of Business
72. University of Wisconsin-Madison – Graduate School of Business
73. University of Pittsburgh - Joseph M Katz Graduate School of Business
74. Macquarie Graduate School of Management
75. University of Nottingham – Business School
76. ESCP-EAP European School of Management
77. University of British Columbia – Sauder School of Business
78. Sheffield University Management School
79. Case Western Reserve University
80. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – School of Business and Management
81. University of Florida – Warrington College of Business
82. Rice University – Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Management
83. Nanyang Technological University – Nanyang Business School
84. Bradford School of Management
85. University of Newcastle upon Tyne – Business School
86. Bocconi University – SDA Bocconi School of Management
87. University of Otago – School of Business
88. International University of Japan – Graduate School of International Management
89. RSM Erasmus University
90. Curtin University Graduate School of Business
91. Thunderbird – The Garvin School of International Management
92. China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
93. International University of Monaco
94. University of Arizona – Eller College of Management
95. Nyenrode Business Universiteit
96. University of Georgia – Terry College of Business
97. College of William & Mary
98. Solvay Business School – Université Libre de Bruxelles
99. University of Melbourne – Melbourne Business School
100. University of Southampton – School of Management