QS Global MBA Rankings for Executive MBA Colleges in the World – 2024 | IIM Bangalore Ranks 1st In India, 41st Globally

QS Executive MBA Rankings 2024

The QS World University Rankings, a prestigious international ranking system for universities, has released its 2025 edition. This year’s ranking, the 21st edition, is the largest ever, featuring over 1,500 universities from 105 countries.

IIM Bangalore is now the best business school in India according to a recent ranking. They ranked 41st in the world this year, which is 2 spots better than last year. Overall, 6 Indian business schools made it onto this ranking. The best business school in the world this year is Oxford and HEC Paris which was number 1 last year dropped to number 3.

Ranking Methodology

The QS World Rankings consider several factors to determine a university’s position, including:

  • Employer Reputation
  • Citations per Faculty (research impact)
  • Academic Reputation
  • Student-to-Faculty Ratio (class size)
  • Proportion of International Faculty
  • Proportion of International Students

QS Global MBA Rankings for Executive MBA Colleges 2024

RankInstitutionCountryEmployer Reputation ScoreThought Leadership ScoreExecutive Profile ScoreCareer ScoreOverall Score
1Oxford (Said)United Kingdom98.499.783.778.2100
2IESE Business SchoolSpain94.584.798.792.298.3
3HEC ParisFrance96.396.976.889.196
4MIT (Sloan)United States10010070.472.694
5London Business SchoolUnited Kingdom98.899.965.375.892
6Penn (Wharton)United States99.995.464.47291.6
7Northwestern (Kellogg)United States99.685.95983.990.9
8Yale School of ManagementUnited States95.291.955.991.690.6
9INSEADFrance96.194.356.577.189.8
10IE Business SchoolSpain91.466.498.188.689.1
11Berkeley (Haas)United States98.89948.677.188.9
11ESADE Business SchoolSpain9468.456.610088.9
13Chicago (Booth)United States98.895.858.173.688.7
14National University of Singapore Business SchoolSingapore78.985.598.782.388.3
15Warwick Business SchoolUnited Kingdom66.983.790.610088
16Cambridge (Judge)United Kingdom96.110059.164.186.9
17UCLA AndersonUnited States98.990.660.865.486
18Columbia Business SchoolUnited States99.994.749.654.381.2
19Imperial College Business SchoolUnited Kingdom95.385.557.163.681.1
20NYU (Stern)United States9892.551.339.278.9
21ESCP Europe Business SchoolFrance70.964.657.298.274.5
22EMLyon Business SchoolFrance51.665.196.589.873.8
23USC (Marshall)United States74.862.464.579.272.5
24Nanyang Business SchoolSingapore73.877.764.859.872.2
25Mannheim Business SchoolGermany70.964.565.591.972.1
26Michigan (Ross)United States92.384.654.248.772
27AGSM @ UNSW Business SchoolAustralia65.684.438.283.870
27SMU (Lee Kong Chian)Singapore50.37694.67070
29Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark82.976.26147.969.9
30Melbourne Business SchoolAustralia72.785.547.961.969.6
31Toronto (Rotman)Canada80.281.370.235.969.5
32Peking University HSBC Business SchoolChina Mainland61.690.955.46568.7
33CUHK Business SchoolHong Kong SAR62.266.37769.968.4
34EDHEC Business SchoolFrance54.754.280.888.867.7
35University of St.GallenSwitzerland64.161.765.878.266.3
36Duke (Fuqua)United States91.676.229.837.665.9
37Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile68.569.355.264.965.7
38IMDSwitzerland78.845.368.470.265.4
39Cornell (Johnson)United States70.181.142.150.963.7
40Grenoble Ecole de ManagementFrance47.550.281.291.663.6
41Fudan UniversityChina Mainland52.654.586.282.463.3
41Indian Institute of Management BangaloreIndia73.958.54490.863.3
43Ivey Business SchoolCanada74.146.858.863.663
44SKEMA Business SchoolFrance28.943.391.899.762.4
45Texas (McCombs)United States70.976.854.450.962.3
46UNC Kenan-FlaglerUnited States626178.954.561.7
47Georgetown (McDonough)United States56.840.570.187.760.6
48Georgia Tech (Scheller)United States71.159.97236.460.1
49Renmin Business School, Renmin University of ChinaChina Mainland31.555.581.793.358.7
50CEIBS (Shanghai)China Mainland55.332.676.775.258.6
50Universidad de ChileChile7059.939.77158.6
52Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementGermany81.737.440.958.157.2
53Purdue (Krannert)United States67.156.173.338.456.9
53University of Cape Town GSBSouth Africa64.641.284.647.856.9
55Maryland (Smith)United States43.654.876.573.356.7
56NEOMA Business SchoolFrance36.220.310096.256.3
57Florida International University College of BusinessUnited States82.942.771.629.456.1
57Michigan State (Eli Broad)United States56.262.451.27556.1
59Bayes Business School (formerly Cass)United Kingdom425250.678.156
60Monash Business SchoolAustralia46.667.678.351.255.6
61Texas A&M (Mays)United States70.260.965.343.455.5
62Queen’s (Smith)Canada66.447.150.354.155.2
63Boston (Questrom)United States85.856.151.932.355.1
64Emory (Goizueta)United States70.841.962.957.255
65Henley Business SchoolUnited Kingdom36.73879.390.654.9
65UT Dallas (Naveen)United States57.348.17363.554.9
67EAE Business SchoolSpain46.121.475.991.254.7
68University College Dublin – SmurfitIreland58.549.540.671.854
69Vlerick Business SchoolBelgium52.237.270.867.653.8
70Vanderbilt (Owen)United States5935.442.287.153.7
70Washington (Olin)United States56.543.953.470.953.7
72Arizona State (Carey)United States55.657.783.650.453.3
72Tias Business SchoolNetherlands40.853.543.49853.3
74Minnesota (Carlson)United States64.461.841.75453.2
75POLIMI School of ManagementItaly59.346.569.56652.7
76Florida (Warrington)United States6559.586.92052.5
77Case Western (Weatherhead)United States48.440.68060.752.4
78Audencia Business SchoolFrance49.743.687.961.852.3
79Miami (Herbert)United States52.242.458.673.751.8
80BI Norwegian Business SchoolNorway55.952.465.844.651.4
81Washington (Foster)United States58.458.848.74851.3
82University of Pretoria (Gibs)South Africa55.739.425.67250.1
83Virginia (Darden)United States53.539.848.474.549.7
84Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)Mexico59.237.985.847.649.6
85ESIC Business & Marketing SchoolSpain37.923.28182.149.2
85TBS EducationFrance3941.847.273.349.2
87Aston Business SchoolUnited Kingdom37.839.458.184.948.7
87KFUPM Business SchoolSaudi Arabia64.138.450.468.148.7
87Penn State (Smeal)United States50.662.928.972.948.7
90Suliman S. Olayan School of Business at AUBLebanon50.846.686.337.948.4
91ESMT BerlinGermany49.134.960.656.548
91Lancaster University Management SchoolUnited Kingdom42.56238.265.648
93Rutgers Business SchoolUnited States47.543.346.267.247.9
94Porto Business SchoolPortugal41.241.772.367.847.4
94Wisconsin (Madison)United States545076.43447.4
96Aalto UniversityFinland49.556.749.338.147.3
97INCAE Business SchoolCosta Rica70.737.447.949.347.1
98UC Irvine (Merage)United States49.542.178.543.747
99Baylor (Hankamer)United States66.726.456.148.846.8
99FIA Business SchoolBrazil50.720.288.957.246.8
101-110Concordia (John Molson)Canada49.231.289.140.1
101-110Indian School of BusinessIndia55.837.968.950.6
101-110Notre Dame (Mendoza)United States57.641.861.152.7
101-110Pepperdine (Graziadio)United States52.721.192.839.2
101-110Pittsburgh (Katz)United States44.942.858.266.9
101-110Rennes School of BusinessFrance2829.496.852.4
101-110Rice (Jones)United States54.75058.739.2
101-110Solvay Brussels School of Economics & ManagementBelgium5334.942.462.6
101-110Trinity Business School, Trinity College DublinIreland565054.224.9
101-110Warsaw University of Technology Business SchoolPoland62.925.355.272.3
111-120Fordham (Gabelli)United States49.228.880.642.8
111-120Georgia (Terry)United States48.947.741.149.9
111-120HEC LausanneSwitzerland42.936.148.352.2
111-120IAE Business SchoolArgentina57.831.651.348.7
111-120ISCTE Business SchoolPortugal20.235.370.981.3
111-120RMIT University School of BusinessAustralia3428.761.157.6
111-120Shanghai University of Finance and EconomicsChina Mainland20.730.152.3100
111-120Suleman Dawood School of Business (LUMS)Pakistan36.937.349.490
111-120University of Strathclyde Business SchoolUnited Kingdom34.338.968.843.2
111-120William & Mary (Mason)United States49.228.681.955.6
121-130Arizona (Eller)United States51.744.657.624
121-130Connecticut (UCONN)United States26.127.990.167.3
121-130Georgia State (J. Mark Robinson)United States454364.129.4
121-130Iowa (Tippie)United States37.936.659.565.8
121-130Kozminski Business SchoolPoland21.532.369.882.2
121-130Maastricht UniversityNetherlands25.231.760.372.5
121-130NUCB Business SchoolJapan24.225.286.281.7
121-130Sabanci UniversityTurkey47.836.634.157.9
121-130SMU (Cox)United States40.436.161.649.5
121-130Sydney Business School, University of WollongongAustralia41.426.681.757.3
121-130Temple (Fox)United States38.245.657.148.9
121-130The American University in Cairo, School of BusinessEgypt57.938.778.926.2
131-140Alberta School of BusinessCanada5050.557.925.3
131-140Koç University Graduate School of BusinessTurkey5638.233.248.2
131-140Lagos Business SchoolNigeria43.123.729.276.4
131-140Loughborough University, School of Business and EconomicsUnited Kingdom40.838.329.467.3
131-140Massey Business SchoolNew Zealand22.226.875.656.6
131-140Telfer School of ManagementCanada40.226.263.145.4
131-140UC San Diego (Rady)United States48.648.531.641.5
131-140University of San FranciscoUnited States47.622.476.531.2
141-150Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)Greece58.936.133.425.6
141-150Baruch (Zicklin)United States33.831.246.663
141-150Bologna University Business SchoolItaly22.167.870.425
141-150DCU Business SchoolIreland3335.756.952.9
141-150Fundação Dom CabralBrazil20.221.178.873.5
141-150Texas Christian (Neeley)United States34.234.25364.7
141-150TUM School of ManagementGermany575124.428.9
141-150UCU Business SchoolUruguay26.742.753.548.7
141-150Universidad Adolfo IbáñezChile56.242.53238.3
141-150UPF Barcelona School of ManagementSpain37.546.839.632
151-160Antwerp Management SchoolBelgium31.536.650.344
151-160Chulalongkorn Business SchoolThailand29.931.153.852.6
151-160ICN Business SchoolFrance25.120.986.246.3
151-160ISC ParisChina Mainland26.720.797.641.6
151-160Kent State UniversityUnited States20.726.374.151.8
151-160McMaster University (DeGroote)Canada39.834.471.221.3
151-160Simon Fraser (Beedie)Canada28.533.976.428
151-160Suffolk (Sawyer)United States26.320.844.277.6
151-160Texas at ArlingtonUnited States21.833.380.843.2
151-160Universidad San Ignacio del Loyola (USIL)Peru20.222.558.673.1
161-170Brigham Young (Marriott)United States23.435.639.168.9
161-170Haskayne School of BusinessCanada35.132.960.126.2
161-170International Institute of Business (IIB Kyiv Ukraine))Ukraine2020.477.950.2
161-170Prague University of Economics and BusinessCzech Republic37.537.82641.4
161-170SCU (Leavey)United States22.124.376.349.3
161-170Tampa (Sykes)United States35.62176.735.5
161-170University of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates2325.655.765.6
161-170University of South Florida (Muma)United States23.1395941.6
161-170University of ZurichSwitzerland22.247.542.941.1
161-170Utah (Eccles)United States26.435.551.844.9
171-180Asian Institute of ManagementPhilippines37.825.46722.2
171-180Gdansk University of TechnologyPoland20.622.974.753.2
171-180Hofstra (Zarb)United States3220.462.132.5
171-180Indian Institute of Management KozhikodeIndia31.92848.853
171-180Institute of Management Technology, GhaziabadIndia202033.792.6
171-180Lebanese American University (Adnan Kassar)Lebanon22.631.948.163.2
171-180Ozyegin University Graduate School of BusinessTurkey22.320.343.663.5
171-180RIT (Saunders)United States2325.638.360.7
171-180Shanghai UniversityChina Mainland26.126.968.732.1
171-180Universidad ORT Uruguay – Graduate School of BusinessUruguay29.932.635.541.9
181+Católica Porto Business SchoolPortugal20205446
181+Deusto Business SchoolSpain31.823.352.831.9
181+ESE Business SchoolChile20.726.859.848.9
181+ESPAE Graduate School of ManagementEcuador32.62931.837.2
181+Indian Institute of Management IndoreIndia35.826.636.225.9
181+Insper Instituto de Ensino e PesquisaBrazil33.727.549.830.9
181+Kennesaw State (Coles)United States20.520.171.426.3
181+Krakow School of Business at Krakow University of EconomicsPoland20.12091.141.7
181+Mediterranean School of Business- MSBTunisia29.22041.742.4
181+MIB Trieste School of ManagementItaly31.220.177.728
181+Rome Business SchoolItaly202030.347.8
181+Saint Mary’s (Sobey)Canada26.522.161.630.3
181+Sasin School of ManagementThailand21.623.537.139
181+Woxsen School of BusinessIndia20202058.7
Rankings References – https://www.topmba.com/emba-rankings

Best Indian MBA Colleges for Executive MBA as per QS Global MBA Rankings 2024

QS President and Chair Nunzio Quacquarelli said: “QS is excited to celebrate the success of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, which has been recognized as the home of India’s best Executive MBA program. This achievement highlights India’s growing prominence in executive business education, doubling its representation in the ranking year-on-year”.

QS Executive MBA Rankings in India in 2024

2024 Rank2023 RankInstitute Name Score
4143Indian Institute of Management – Bangalore63.3
101-110100Indian School of Business45.5
171-180181+Indian Institiute of Managment – Kozhikode39.1
171-180Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad38.6
181+Indian Institute of Management – Indore36.5
181+Woxsen School of Business36.2