The University of St Gallen in Switzerland has topped the Financial Times ranking of the best masters in management (MiM) programmes worldwide for the fifth consecutive year. HEC Paris, which topped the ranking four years in a row between 2005 and 2008, is in second place. France’s Essec Business School in third place completes the podium.
St Gallen retained the top spot in the face of growing competition. The 2015 ranking features the top 80 masters programmes for students with little or no previous work experience, up from 70 programmes ranked in 2014.
The MiM ranking is based on data collected from two surveys — one of the participating business schools and the other of alumni who graduated