IE Business School ranked No. 10 worldwide for Executive MBA programs by Financial Times

This result further consolidates IE Business School’s position as a world leader in the management education sector, coming shortly after the School achieved the No. 1 position worldwide in the Financial Times Ranking of Online MBAs (March 2016), and the No. 1 position in the Financial Times Ranking of MBAs for Entrepreneurs (June 2016).

For this latest ranking the Financial Times evaluated IE Business School’s Global Executive MBA, an English-taught program designed to meet the needs of top executives with a markedly international profile.  The fifteen-month program combines onsite modules held in Madrid, Singapore, Los Angeles and Sao Paulo, with online periods. The program is focused on international management and is delivered with the collaboration of academic partners that include Insper (Brazil), UCLA (US) and Singapore Management University (Singapore). The program is taught by an international faculty and is subject to a continuous innovation process in response to market demands. The student body of this year’s program comprises 98% international students from 27 countries, with an average of 14 years’ professional experience, all of whom are combining their learning experience with their work in top-tier management positions.

“The result of this ranking evidences the level of IE Business School’s commitment to educating top executives in the field of global business, with a marked emphasis on leadership competences, critical thought, and innovation,” says Ignacio Gafo, Vice Dean for Global & Executive MBA Programs at IE Business School. “This is achieved though differential learning methodologies and a major experiential component. This year 98% of the students undertaking our Global Executive MBA program are international, from 27 countries, and are able to combine their work as senior managers with online sessions and onsite modules held in the US, Brazil, Singapore, and Spain.”

In this year’s edition of its Executive MBA ranking, Financial Times evaluated quality indicators that include the level of satisfaction among participants, career progression, increase in salary in the years following their graduation, the level of diversity among faculty and the student body, the international focus of the program, the extent to which students’ expectations are met, and levels of research at the school.

IE Business School has an extensive portfolio of English-taught and Spanish-taught Executive MBA programs delivered in onsite and blended formats. They include the School’s Global Executive MBA, and the IE Brown Executive MBA run in collaboration with Ivy League member Brown University in the US, renowned for excellence in humanistic, social and scientific disciplines. The IE Brown Executive MBA combines online and onsite learning at IE’s campus in Madrid, Brown’s campus in Providence (US) and in Cape Town (South Africa).