FT Masters in Management ranking 2025: Swiss University of St Gallen first ; France has most institutions

The Swiss University of St Gallen ranks first in the FT Masters in Management ranking 2025, as in 2024, with its Master of Strategy and International Management, according to the ranking published by the Financial Times on 08/09/2025. In second and third place are two French institutions : HEC Paris and Insead.

The top ten comprises seven European institutions and three Chinese, whose first representative (Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management) is top 4 and (re) entering the ranking. Every Chinese institution within the top 100 is positioned among the world’s top 10. London Business School closes out the top 10, dropping four places from the previous year.

France is the country most represented, with a total of 25 institutions (+ 1 compared to 2024), including three in the top 10 (-3 compared to 2024). Next, India loses three representatives compared to 2024, with 11 institutions in the top 100.

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Methodology

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