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FT MBA Rankings 2010 — An international perspective

phinee — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:32:32 +0000

This is a table I’ve pulled from the Financial Times website.

I have reorganized the MBA rankings using very iAgorical criteria of ‘International students’ (% of students who come from another country) and ‘International experience’ (it’s an FT index that is made of ’4 criteria’ to measure the international exposure throughout the MBA)

It is interesting to see that the list changes when ranked based on ‘international exposure’. It’s as if there is a trade-off, surprisingly enough. The top ‘international exposure’ seem to be specialists, not the best schools in terms of overall rankings.

The only Top10 MBAs that are also in the Top10 of ‘international exposure’ are IESE, Insead and Hong-Kong UST.

The top American MBAs like Harvard do pretty poorly in terms of international experience. The first top American MBA appears at #15 (Stanford). Harvard is in position #59.

European MBAs seem to do better to combine ‘international exposure’ and ‘overall ranking’.

Current rank	School name	Country	Int. students	Int. course
61	Hult International Business School	U.S.A. / U.K. / U.A.E. / China	91	1
80	University of South Carolina: Moore	U.S.A.	27	2
64	Ipade	Mexico	9	3
9	Iese Business School	Spain	80	4
4	Insead	France / Singapore	92	5
99	Kaist College of Business	South Korea	6	6
60	University of Cape Town GSB	South Africa	34	7
77	Incae Business School	Costa Rica	61	8
6	Hong Kong UST Business School	China	93	9
96	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	80	10
1	London Business School	U.K.	92	11
23	National University of Singapore School of Business	Singapore	88	12
18	HEC Paris	France	83	13
36	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	93	14
4	Stanford University GSB	U.S.A.	41	15
21	Northwestern University: Kellogg	U.S.A.	34	16
21	Esade Business School	Spain	85	17
35	Australian School of Business: AGSM	Australia	78	18
29	Manchester Business School	U.K.	93	19
80	University of British Columbia: Sauder	Canada	45	20
49	York University: Schulich	Canada	69	21
17	Ceibs	China	42	22
72	Ohio State University: Fisher	U.S.A.	27	23
100	EM Lyon Business School	France	68	24
9	MIT Sloan School of Management	U.S.A.	51	25
58	Warwick Business School	U.K.	80	26
57	McGill University: Desautels	Canada	61	27
20	Duke University: Fuqua	U.S.A.	39	28
32	City University: Cass	U.K.	77	29
25	University of California at Berkeley: Haas	U.S.A.	42	30
15	New York University: Stern	U.S.A.	35	31
88	University of Edinburgh Business School	U.K.	96	32
1	University of Pennsylvania: Wharton	U.S.A.	34	33
8	IE Business School	Spain	87	34
15	Yale School of Management	U.S.A.	33	35
68	Thunderbird School of Global Management	U.S.A.	55	36
53	Melbourne Business School	Australia	90	37
18	Dartmouth College: Tuck	U.S.A.	40	38
68	SP Jain Center of Management	Dubai / Singapore	100	39
80	University of Notre Dame: Mendoza	U.S.A.	18	40
86	University of Washington Business School: Foster	U.S.A.	18	41
30	Cornell University: Johnson	U.S.A.	31	42
28	SDA Bocconi	Italy	67	43
24	University of Michigan: Ross	U.S.A.	29	44
31	UCLA: Anderson	U.S.A.	37	45
14	IMD	Switzerland	100	46
62	University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler	U.S.A.	27	47
78	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	47	48
55	Durham Business School	U.K.	85	49
12	University of Chicago: Booth	U.S.A	44	50
84	Eada	Spain	93	51
92	Pepperdine University: Graziadio	U.S.A.	24	52
41	Carnegie Mellon: Tepper	U.S.A.	37	53
98	IAE Business School	Argentina	57	54
68	Boston University School of Management	U.S.A.	37	55
27	University of Oxford: Saïd	U.K.	95	56
7	Columbia Business School	U.S.A.	46	57
41	University of Virginia: Darden	U.S.A.	33	58
3	Harvard Business School	U.S.A.	34	59
74	University of Strathclyde Business School	U.K.	97	60
33	Nanyang Business School	Singapore	87	61
38	Georgetown University: McDonough	U.S.A.	28	62
63	Wisconsin School of Business	U.S.A.	16	63
49	University of Texas at Austin: McCombs	U.S.A.	27	64
46	University of Toronto: Rotman	Canada	42	65
46	University of Western Ontario: Ivey	Canada	23	66
73	Indiana University: Kelley	U.S.A.	28	67
34	Cranfield School of Management	U.K.	82	68
41	Lancaster University Management School	U.K.	94	69
26	University of Cambridge: Judge	U.K.	94	70
88	SMU: Cox	U.S.A.	23	71
44	Texas A & M University: Mays	U.S.A.	19	72
84	Babson College: Olin	U.S.A.	49	73
90	Bradford School of Management/TiasNimbas Business School	U.K. / Netherlands / Germany	94	74
37	Imperial College Business School	U.K.	70	75
38	Emory University: Goizueta	U.S.A.	36	76
13	Indian School of Business	India	5	77
91	Brigham Young University: Marriott	U.S.A.	13	78
51	Vanderbilt University: Owen	U.S.A.	23	79
64	University of Southern California: Marshall	U.S.A.	22	80
11	Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA)	India	8	81
74	Boston College: Carroll	U.S.A.	34	82
78	Wake Forest University: Babcock	U.S.A.	30	83
68	Birmingham Business School	U.K.	93	84
53	University of California at Irvine: Merage	U.S.A.	30	85
44	Rice University: Jones	U.S.A.	31	86
46	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	U.S.A.	37	87
86	College of William and Mary: Mason	U.S.A.	33	88
59	Pennsylvania State University: Smeal	U.S.A.	39	89
83	University of California: Davis	U.S.A.	25	90
55	Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School	Belgium	86	91
97	Georgia Institute of Technology	U.S.A.	13	92
52	University of Rochester: Simon	U.S.A.	55	93
64	University of Iowa: Tippie	U.S.A.	19	94
74	Purdue University: Krannert	U.S.A.	50	95
94	Leeds University Business School	U.K.	79	96
40	University of Maryland: Smith	U.S.A.	46	97
94	University of Florida: Hough	U.S.A.	20	98
93	University of Georgia: Terry	U.S.A.	18	99
64	Arizona State University: Carey	U.S.A.	24	100

Picking your MBA

phinee — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:49:34 +0000

I did my MBA at INSEAD and I believe there are a few important things to take into account that we don’t talk too much about.

- Alumni: It’s not just the size and quality of the alumni network (what positions in which companies) but also the distribution of the alumni base. If you know in which country you want to work it’s important to take this into account. For instance if you know you want to work in Spain then IESE or ESADE would be top choices, even if INSEAD’s alumni base worldwide is much bigger.

- Large Vs small intakes: Harvard and INSEAD have huge promotions of about 900 MBAs/year. Other prestigious institutions like Stanford or IMD have intakes of about 100 MBAs/year. Although there are great strengths of having large numbers of graduates (alumni network, diversity in the classroom) small MBAs are more tight knit and the tuition/careers services is much more personalised.

- Life as an international student: Try getting the feel about how international a school is, how students live, is there also a social life etc… You can find out about this on iAgora’s study section, which gathers 90.000 experiences of international students :http://www.iagora.com/studies/uni/ESADE_Business_School

- Quality of students: You are supposed to learn in an MBA and a lot of the interesting part comes from having interesting discussions in the classroom. I believe there are a few indicators about the quality of students: selectivity (% of applicants that are accepted, average GMAT scores), quality of recruiters (where do the most demanding recruiters like McKinsey and Goldman Sachs recruit?), rankings are also an indicator but remember that many top schools decide not to cooperate with some of them.

- Diversity of students: Here is where size matters, but also does the selection criteria and their objectives in terms of diversity. Personally I thought that diversity in terms of cultures, social backgrounds, professional backgrounds, academic backgrounds, languages etc… made the experience truly unique.

So think of where you want to work, what kind of environment you want to live in, whether you want a truly personalised service or a more detached one.

Exporting Mangoes – Spanish/French/English

phinee — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:54:28 +0000

I’m not talking about that delicious tropical fruit but about Spain’s second largest fashion brand. Mango is a fancy, rapidly expanding fashion company for ‘young urban woman’. Even though they are not as ubiquitous as Zara, it’s a huge success story in Catalunya, Spain. They have 1500 stores in 92 countries and their advertising features Scarlett Johnasson or Penelope Cruz.

They are looking for people with international skills for their ‘expansion department’. The job is about monitoring results in new markets, dealing with franchisees, assessing new growth opportunities.

They want people who speak French and English, not quite sure if that comes on top of Spanish or not. The job is based in Barcelona, which is not a bad place to live if you like good weather, good food, easy access to the sea & the mountains, a good international airport, beautiful architecture and probably the best soccer team in the world…

Check out the full job description and apply here

Enjoy!

Are you into fine arts? – Internship Art.sy – New York

phinee — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:27:23 +0000

Art.sy is a startup based in New York and founded by a programmer and a Christie’s executive with loads of contacts in NYC galleries, collectors etc… Their approach is to combine they knowledge, contacts and technology to be able to make art recommendations.

Although the internship is unpaid it is pretty high profile as you’ll be in the epicenter of the art world in New York City. This means galleries, exhibitions, museums, artists, collectors, technology etc… A nice opportunity to live in NYC and get some exposure to both the art and technology industries.

They are looking for techies for full-time positions and for an intern.

The internship mentions “responsibilities including inventory management, research, and special projects. The intern will also be involved in gallery relationship management, working directly with Art.sy’s gallery partners. Interns who demonstrate their capacity will be given opportunities for increased responsibilities, including a role in the development of our Art Genome Project.” Read more and apply.

Good luck!

Ph.

http://www.art.sy/#job4

Angry Birds tester – Rovio, Finland

phinee — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:56:22 +0000

Are you addicted to Angry Birds, like just about anyone who’s tried it?

If yes and you fancy moving to Finland, you might want to check the openings at Rovio, the company that brought Angry Birds to the world. They launched the game in early 2010 and it has been downloaded about 10 million times for iPhone/iPod… and the it seems to be just the beginning of the Angry Birds craze. The game is basically the #1 paid application in virtually all countries.

Perhaps it’s the right time to join the company and discover the scandinavian way-of-life. N

Game tester: imagine getting paid to play Angry Birds.

If you want more info about Angry Birds and Rovio, or check their website.

OK, time to go back to smash some green piggies, level 3 is pretty hard…

Philippe

… native speakers for 6 month internship in Hamburg

phinee — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:17:33 +0000

Optikur is a young company based in Hamburg. They run an online magazine on wellness and health and are looking for people from European countries to make their platform multilingual. If you like writing and you are an English, French or Spanish speaker this can be your stepping stone to the internet industry.

The team is supposed to be pretty international and Hamburg is a fun and pretty city, with lots of travel options around… but you will need a warm jacket

For the full job description and application follow this link.

Enjoy.
Ph.

Toluna looking for German speaker in Paris

phinee — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:51:56 +0000

Toluna is an online platform for polls and opinions with headquarters in Paris and offices in many countries. They attract users to their site and get them involved in surveys and polls so that they can offer market research services to companies.

They are looking for a German native speaker to work as Community Manager in the Paris offices. So if you are a native German this might be your ticket into an internship in Paris so you can enjoy the city, polish your French and collaborate with people from different places. Also it’s not bad that they are a prosperous and rapidly growing company with a leadership position in their field.

Click here for all details and to apply.

Good luck!

Ph.

Top MBA programs – QS rankings

phinee — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 10:18:43 +0000

The QS Global 200 Top Business Schools was just released.

This ranking is published by QS, a company based in th UK. Their methodology is based on recruiter feedback. They ask recruiters all over the world to state the schools where they have recruited, are recruiting or are planning to recruit. Recruiters that are focused on domestic recruitment (ie only in the country where the school is based) are not taken into account, which means that some very good local schools will not show up in the rankings.

Here are the top 5 MBA programs by region:

EUROPE: 1. Insead, France – 2. LBS, UK – 3. Oxford University (Said) , UK – 4. IESE business school, Spain – 5. SDA Bocconi, Italy

NORTH AMERICA: 1. Harvard Business School, Boston – 2. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton), Philadelphia – 3. Northwestern University (Kellogg) – 4. Stanford Graduate School of Business – 5. Columbia Business School

ASIA: 1. Insead Singapore – 2. MBS, Melbourne Business School – 3. NUS Business School , Singapore – 4. AGSM , Sydney – 5. IIM Bangalore

… and here is the full list of the best MBA programs in the world, according to QS.

Ph.

Increased demand for MBA candidates

phinee — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:39:45 +0000

According to a recent article in the NY Times, the crisis is generating a renewed interest in MBA candidates, particularly the good ones.

Interestingly the demand is particularly strong in emergent markets like Asia (+32%) and less so in Europe (+3%) and the United States (+9%). This might be a great opportunity to take a break from work, go back to school and enjoy a truly international experience in Asia.

Here are two of the top MBAs in Asia that are mentioned in the article: Insead Singapore, Melbourne Business School

Enjoy.

Ph.

Facebook Ireland seeking German speakers

phinee — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:40:17 +0000

Speak German fluently? You’re into the internet?

Facebook’s User Operations team in Dublin, Ireland is looking for a German speaker to ‘be the bridge between users and other departments within Facebook’. A job about handling user feedback, analysing problems and liaising with the right product teams.

Looks like a pretty nice entry-level position for those who want to see the hottest internet company of the moment from the inside, and possibly do a career there. Also, it doesn’t hurt that the job is located in Dublin and that you’ll be able to perfect your English language skills and work with youngsters from all over Europe. Lucky you!

Click here for the full job description

Click here for more info on Facebook

Ph.