The 2011 Financial Times masters in management ranking marks the seventh anniversary of the classification – and the end of an era. After six years of dominance by French schools, the top spot has been claimed by Switzerland’s Universität St Gallen.
Based on a survey of business schools and their alumni from the class of 2008, the ranking measures the career progress of graduates, the diversity of schools and the global nature of the various masters programmes.
The rise of the Swiss school after its debut at number four last year highlights the high level of satisfaction among alumni who completed the FT survey. St Gallen alumni were the most likely to have achieved their aims after graduation, with 93 per cent reporting their degree had enabled them to meet their career and educational goals.