FT Executive MBA ranking 2024: Europe the top-ranked continent, US the most represented country

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The Ceibs Global EMBA programme from Ceibs (China Europe International Business School) is at the top of the Financial Times ranking of Executive MBA 2024, published on 14/10/2023, moving up one place from the previous edition. This ranking highlights the best Executive MBA programmes worldwide.

The rest of the podium is made up of programmes from ESCP Business School (France), which also moves up one place, and Olin Business School (Washington University-USA), which returns to the ranking after an absence in 2023 and is ranked third.

The United States is the most represented country with 25 programmes, followed by France with 15 and China with 10.

Europe is the first continent ranked with 49 institutions, followed by Asia with 28 and North America with 20. South Africa, Australia and Costa Rica, with one entry each, are the only representatives of their continents, Africa and Oceania.

The biggest rises are the programmes of Grenoble Ecole de Management (47th) and Cornell University's Johnson (64th), which has moved up 27 places compared with 2023. Then Korea University Business…

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