HEC Paris Ranked Best in the World in QS Masters in Management Rankings 2018

HEC Paris Ranked Best in the World in QS Masters in Management Rankings 2018

Craig OCallaghan

Updated January 16, 2020 Updated January 16

HEC Paris has been crowned the best institution in the world for studying a master’s degree in management in the first-ever QS World University Rankings: Masters in Management Rankings.

New for 2018, this ranking is one of three QS Business Masters Rankings, with rankings also published for finance and business analytics.

One of five French schools in the top 20 for management, HEC Paris ranked ahead of London Business School and ESADE in second and third respectively. All master’s programs were assessed against five metrics and HEC Paris scored full marks for two of these: employability and entrepreneurship & alumni outcomes. The other three metrics are return on investment, thought leadership and diversity. More information about the methodology can be found here.

29 different countries are represented in this inaugural ranking, excluding the various global locations of CEMS which is ranked eighth in the world. The United Kingdom is the most-represented country with 24 schools, closely followed by 21 from the United States.

Find a top master’s in management degree near you by viewing the full table here, or scroll down to check out the top 10.

Top 10 Masters in Management Programs

Rank

University/School

Program

Country

1

HEC Paris

Strategic Management

France

2

London Business School

Management

United Kingdom

3

ESADE

International Management

Spain

4

ESSEC

Strategy & Management of International Business

France

5

Imperial College London

Management

United Kingdom

6

IE Business School

Management

Spain

7

London School of Economics

Management & Strategy

United Kingdom

8

CEMS

International Management

Global

9

Copenhagen Business School

International Management

Denmark

10

University of St. Gallen

Business Management

Switzerland

 

This article was originally published in November 2017 . It was last updated in January 2020

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As editor of TopUniversities.com, Craig oversees the site's editorial content and network of student contributors. He also plays a key editorial role in the publication of several guides and reports, including the QS Top Grad School Guide.

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