The FT European Business Schools Ranking is a composite ranking based on the combined performance of Europe’s leading schools across five main rankings of programmes published by the FT in 2023: MBA, Executive MBA (EMBA), Masters in Management (MiM) and the two rankings of non-degree executive education programmes. The Online MBA and Masters in Finance rankings are not included. The European school rank is calculated after removing non-European schools for each of these rankings. MBA, EMBA and MiM account for 25 per cent of each school’s total performance. For Executive Education, the scores obtained for customised and open programmes each account for 12.5 per cent. Schools must have a minimum total weight of 25 out of the possible 100 (from all five rankings) to be eligible, so need at least one masters programme or two executive courses to qualify.

An indexed score is created for each ranking. These scores are then added together, according to the weighting above, creating a combined total for each school, which comprises one-third of the final score. The remaining two-thirds is an average score, derived by dividing the total score for each school by the number of rankings in which it features.

MBA

European rank (25%): position among European schools that took part in the 2023 FT Global MBA ranking. 

Salary today $: average alumni salary three years after completion, US$ by purchasing power parity (PPP). Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, where available.

Salary increase (%): average difference in alumni salary between pre-MBA and now, three years after completion.

EMBA

European rank (25%): position among European schools that took part in the 2023 EMBA ranking.

Salary today $: average alumni salary three years after completion, US$ by purchasing power parity (PPP). Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, where available. 

Salary increase (%): average difference in alumni salary between pre-EMBA and now, three years after completion. 

Masters in Management

European rank (25%): position among European schools that took part in the 2023 FT MiM ranking. 

Salary today $: average alumni salary three years after completion, US$ by purchasing power parity (PPP). Includes weighted data from the current and two previous years, where available. 

Salary increase (%): average difference in alumni salary between completion and now, three years after completion.

Executive Education

Open programmes (12.5%): position among European schools that took part in the FT ranking of open-enrolment programmes in 2023. 

Custom programmes (12.5%): position among European schools that took part in the FT ranking of customised programmes in 2023.

Faculty

Female faculty: percentage of female full-time faculty. International faculty: percentage of full-time faculty whose citizenship differs from country of employment.

Faculty with doctorate: percentage of full-time faculty with a doctoral degree.