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Global 200 Top Business Schools 2010 by Region

Europe

European economies are recovering following the credit crunch, yet MBA demand has remained relatively strong, and the numbers of employers in Europe responding to our survey was at record levels in 2010/11. Katty Ooms Suter, director of marketing, admissions and career services at IMD in Switzerland, observes that MBA recruiting "has definitely taken a step forward compared to the previous two years."

School name Country Regional Ranksort icon Base salary dollars Students in class Gmat score Avg work experience (years) Year
INSEAD France 1 107240 994 702 6 2010
London Business School United Kingdom 2 112843 315 694 5 2010
Oxford University, Said Business School United Kingdom 3 100800 233 700 6 2010
IESE Business School, University of Navarra Spain 4 110700 215 672 4 2010
SDA Bocconi School of Management Italy 5 93359 100 650 5 2010
ESADE Business School Spain 6 88578 180 660 5 2010
HEC Paris MBA France 7 233 690 6 2010
IMD Switzerland 8 125000 90 680 7 2010
IE Business School Spain 9 81900 670 5 2010
Cranfield School of Management United Kingdom 10 90976 148 680 7 2010
Judge Business School, University of Cambridge United Kingdom 11 93602 167 690 7 2010
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) Netherlands 12 107573 151 640 6 2010
Warwick Business School, University of Warwick United Kingdom 13 72000 67 610 7 2010
Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London United Kingdom 14 109646 76 660 6 2010
ESSEC Business School France 15 63000 670 2010
Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester United Kingdom 16 90664 128 623 6 2010
Copenhagen Business School Denmark 17 112000 50 610 8 2010
EDHEC Business School France 18 86300 43 617 8 2010
Cass Business School United Kingdom 19 88000 65 650 8 2010
EMLYON Business School France 20 31 500 7 2010
MIP Politecnico di Milano Italy 21 98000 50 620 4 2010
CEU Business School Hungary 22 68600 32 570 7 2010
Warsaw University of Technology, Business School Poland 23 20 500 5 2010
Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) Greece 24 42 656 5 2010
Ashridge Business School United Kingdom 25 152000 30 550 11 2010
University of St.Gallen, The St.Gallen MBA Switzerland 26 113422 43 694 6 2010
The University of Dublin, Trinity College Dublin Ireland 27 100000 27 600 9 2010
EBS Business School Germany 27 600 4 2010
Vlerick Business School Belgium 29 140000 88 650 6 2010
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Germany Germany 30 22 600 4 2010
ESMT European School of Management and Technology Germany 31 95900 40 620 6 2010
ALBA Graduate Business School Greece 31 42000 45 600 4 2010
Henley Business School United Kingdom 33 124000 40 500 12 2010
Aston Business School, Aston University United Kingdom 34 83 620 7 2010
Mannheim Business School Germany 35 94500 58 640 5 2010
AUDENCIA Nantes School of Management France 37 61000 20 580 8 2010
Grenoble Graduate School of Business, Grenoble Ecole de Management France 37 91 600 6 2010
Bradford University School of Management United Kingdom 39 80000 100 600 5 2010
Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO Russia 40 40 500 5 2010
School of Management, University of Bath United Kingdom 41 51 610 7 2010
University of Strathclyde Business School United Kingdom 42 68 550 7 2010
Amsterdam Business School - University of Amsterdam Netherlands 43 71400 25 630 5 2010
Toulouse Business School France 43 26 550 12 2010
Lancaster University Management School United Kingdom 45 78656 66 646 6 2010
MIB School of Management Italy 46 22 600 5 2010
Oxford Brookes University Business School United Kingdom 46 500 8 2010
BSL - Business School Lausanne Switzerland 48 95000 20 600 5 2010
LUISS Business School Italy 49 500 3 2010
GISMA Business School Germany 49 75600 55 500 5 2010
Corvinus University of Budapest, Corvinus School of Management Hungary 51 500 10 2010
European University (Barcelona, Geneva, Munich) Spain 52 550 2 2010
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School Ireland 53 43 620 8 2010
University of Edinburgh Business School United Kingdom 54 98256 40 600 7 2010
Nottingham University Business School United Kingdom 54 92800 90 600 5 2010
Birmingham Business School United Kingdom 56 90161 75 500 7 2010
IEDE Business School Spain 56 25 550 1 2010
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management Germany 58 105000 35 610 5 2010
Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa Portugal 60 19 609 7 2010
Durham University Business School United Kingdom 61 70856 90 560 11 2010
ENPC School of International Management France 62 35 600 7 2010
University of Glasgow Business School United Kingdom 63 73 500 6 2010
Management School, The University of Sheffield United Kingdom 64 60 600 5 2010
International Organisations MBA, University of Geneva (HEC) Switzerland 65 40 500 5 2010
Leeds University Business School United Kingdom 65 63499 94 600 6 2010
EADA Spain 65 32 600 5 2010

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