Find MBA Most Popular UK Schools

Find MBA has published a list of the most popular MBA schools in the UK.

Please note that this list is not based on ranking, but popularity.

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Find MBA Most Popular Schools: Europe

Find MBA has published the following list of the most popular MBA programs in Europe

This might be surprising reading for some. Remember this shows the most popular, not the most highly ranked.  Here are the top 25.

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Find MBA Most Popular U.S. Schools

Find MBA has published the following list of the most popular MBA programs in the U.S.

This might be surprising reading for some. Remember this shows the most popular, not the most highly ranked. 

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Find MBA Top-20 Global Schools

Find MBA is an excellent source for all sorts of MBA information.
Below is an excerpt of the top-20 MBA programs according to Find MBA.

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MBA Rankings

Rankings are often a key determinant for deciding on an MBA program. Outlets like The Financial Times, Businessweek, and The Economist regularly publish rankings of MBA programs, Executive MBA programs, part-time MBA programs, and even online MBA programs.

When looking at rankings information, be sure to take methodology into account. The most robust rankings use a variety of factors, from post-graduation salary to diversity within MBA programs, to rank programs.

On FIND MBA’s interactive ranking map, you can see what business schools are ranked by The Financial Times (FT), The Economist, and Bloomberg’s Businessweek. Below the map are links to various MBA  ranking sources.

FIND MBA Rankings by Popularity

100 Most Popular Business Schools Worldwide

100 Most Popular Business Schools in the United States

50 Most Popular Business Schools in the United Kingdom and Ireland

100 Most Popular Business Schools in Europe

100 Most Popular Business Schools in Asia

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MBAs See a Global Resurgence

Business schools are reporting a resurgence in applications for MBAs after four years, according to the Association of MBAs (AMBA). Applications for AMBA-accredited MBA programs rose by 5% in the year to 2015, compared with a 14% drop over the previous four years.

But competition remains tough, with enrollments remaining static or even falling in some regions, despite the increase in interest.

The figures, contained in AMBA’s annual Application and Enrollment Report, cover 218 business schools across six continents and suggest that confidence in the MBA is returning.

Applications reached record highs in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, as a wave of redundancies saw banking and consultancy executives try to widen their skill base.

But as western economies came out of recession applications started to drop, with AMBA reporting successive annual fall from 2011.

Coupled with an increase in applications for specialist masters programs, the drop had led to fears that the generalist MBA was in terminal decline. This week’s figures suggest the MBA has not yet had its chips.

Business schools in Western Europe reported that applications rose 29% between 2011 and 2015. 

Worldwide enrollments over the same period have fallen by 13%, and remained static from 2014 to 2015, suggesting that competition to get onto an accredited program is fierce.

International students remain a major target market for business schools, particularly in the West. North America has the higher proportion of international applicants, at 72%, with the U.K. just behind at 71% and Western Europe at 58%. The lowest is in China and India with 2% and 1% respectively.

The highest number of overseas-based enrollments were in North America, with 60%, and the U.K., with 59%.

While part-time study is the most popular form of program, there are regional variations. In the U.K. 69% of programs are full-time, compared with 73% part-time in Latin America.

“Broadly speaking, Asian markets are growing and maturing, and becoming increasingly sophisticated, demanding and competitive,” said Professor Patrick Butler, MBA program director at Monash Business School in Melbourne.

For more information, please see Forbes

China's CEIBS named Asia's top choice for an MBA

The China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, which counts executives of Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings among its alumni, is the No. 1 school in Asia for 2017, after placing second last year.

A total of 12 Asian institutions made the top 100 list, released on Monday: Five from China, including three Hong Kong schools; four from India; two from Singapore; and one from South Korea. Eight improved their positions.

Globally, CEIBS ranks 11th, up from 17th last year. It surpassed the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, last year's leader in Asia, which now stands at 15th place in the world.

CEIBS was co-founded by the Chinese government and European Union in 1994. Over 60% of its faculty hails from abroad, but the program focuses on China, including case studies of domestic companies, consulting projects with companies in China, and a "localization internship program" for international students. Roughly 190 MBA students -- about 60% of them from mainland China -- graduate each year.

For more information please see the Nikkei Asian Review