Best Business Schools In The World For 2025

CEOWORLD magazine has named the Wharton School the world’s top business school for 2025. In the 2025 rankings, the top business schools were as follows: First place went to the Wharton School, followed by London Business School in second place, and MIT Sloan School of Management in third. Harvard Business School came in fourth, with Stanford Graduate School of Business in fifth place. Columbia Business School (CBS) ranked sixth, and Haas School of Business came in seventh.

According to the latest rankings, Saïd Business School (also known as Oxford Saïd or SBS) has ranked eighth among the top 10 business schools worldwide. Following closely behind is Kellogg School of Management, an esteemed institution known for its innovative and socially responsible approach to business education, which has claimed the ninth spot. Finally, Yale School of Management, focusing on developing leaders who positively impact society, has earned the tenth position on this prestigious list.

Alliance Manchester Business School took the No. 11 spot, followed by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (No. 12) and Cambridge Judge Business School (No.13). Meanwhile, INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration) ranked No. 14 in the CEOWORLD magazine’s ranking of the best business schools in the world for 2025. Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management came in fifteenth place, followed by HEC Paris (sixteenth), Leonard N. Stern School of Business (No. 17), Fuqua School of Business – Duke University (eighteenth), and IMD – International Institute for Management Development ranked nineteenth.

Out of the 100 best business schools in the world for 2025, NUS Business School – Singapore ranked No. 20th. A number of parameters are used to compile the ranking, which is based on the satisfaction levels of individual students, industry professionals, and corporate recruiters. So, if you are thinking about boosting your prospects with a postgraduate-level degree in business, we have got just the thing for you; here are the best international business schools that can help advance your career:

Rank	Business School	Country	Score
1	The Wharton School	United States	97.7
2	London Business School	United Kingdom	97.55
3	MIT Sloan School of Management	United States	97.4
4	Harvard Business School	United States	97.02
5	Stanford Graduate School of Business	United States	96.84
6	Columbia Business School	United States	96.56
7	Haas School of Business	United States	96.39
8	Said Business School	United Kingdom	95.78
9	Kellogg School of Management	United States	95.23
10	Yale School of Management	United States	95.09
11	Alliance Manchester Business School	United Kingdom	94.77
12	The University of Chicago Booth School of Business	United States	94.62
13	Cambridge Judge Business School	United Kingdom	93.73
14	INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration)	France	93.22
15	Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management	United States	91.88
16	HEC Paris	France	91.63
17	Leonard N. Stern School of Business	United States	90.45
18	Fuqua School of Business – Duke University	United States	90.27
19	IMD – International Institute for Management Development	Switzerland	90.1
20	NUS Business School	Singapore	89.72
21	Olin Business School	United States	89.67
22	Darden School of Business – University of Virginia	United States	89.15
23	UCLA Anderson School of Management	United States	89.13
24	McDonough School of Business	United States	88.53
25	Purdue Krannert School of Management	United States	88.36
26	Smeal College of Business – Pennsylvania State University	United States	88.06
27	Eli Broad College of Business – Michigan State University	United States	87.99
28	Tuck School of Business	United States	87.98
29	Tepper School of Business	United States	87.52
30	Rotterdam School of Management – Erasmus University	Netherlands	85.86
31	Melbourne Business School – University of Melbourne	Australia	85.71
32	UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School	United States	84.33
33	Warwick Business School	United Kingdom	84.16
34	ESMT Berlin (European School of Management and Technology	Germany	83.71
35	Otto Beisheim School of Management	Germany	83.42
36	Foster School of Business	United States	82.81
37	GW SCHOOL OF BUSINESS – George Washington University	United States	82.69
38	Mannheim Business School	Germany	81.9
39	Gies College of Business – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	United States	81.71
40	IESE Business School	Spain	80.61
41	HKUST Business School	Hong Kong	80.16
42	Indian Institute of Management Calcutta	India	79.83
43	USC Marshall School of Business	United States	78.65
44	Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad	India	78.64
45	Robert H. Smith School of Business	United States	78.2
46	ESADE Business School	Spain	78.19
47	Mendoza College of Business – University of Notre Dame	United States	77.93
48	Geneva Business School	Switzerland	77.52
49	Cranfield School of Management	United Kingdom	77.48
50	EUROPEAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (EIU – PARIS)	France	77.12
51	Goizueta Business School – Emory University	United States	77.1
52	Rotman School of Management	Canada	76.73
53	School of Business – Southern Alberta Institute of Technology SAIT	Canada	76.66
54	Indian Institute of Management Indore	India	76.63
55	Fisher College of Business	United States	76.49
56	Faculty of Management Studies – Delhi	India	76.33
57	W. P. Carey School of Business	United States	76.24
58	Questrom School of Business – Boston University	United States	76.17
59	Owen Graduate School of Management – Vanderbilt University	United States	75.06
60	UCI Paul Merage School of Business, University of California – Irvine	United States	74.97
61	XLRI Ã¢â‚¬â€œ Xavier School of Management	India	74.74
62	Scheller College of Business	United States	74.65
63	China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)	China	74.6
64	Knauss School of Business	United States	73.76
65	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	73.66
66	Kelley School of Business – Indiana University	United States	73.64
67	Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	72.68
68	IFM Business School	Switzerland	72.21
69	Nova School of Business & Economics	Portugal	71.99
70	TIAS School for Business and Society	Netherlands	71.77
71	Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode	India	71.74
72	Durham University Business School	United Kingdom	71.62
73	Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School	Hong Kong	71.25
74	Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)	Greece	70.58
75	UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business	Ireland	70.4
76	Indian Institute of Management Rohtak	India	70.39
77	Indian Institute of Management Bangalore	India	70.33
78	Cox School of Business	United States	70.09
79	Macquarie Business School	Australia	69.66
80	Desautels Faculty of Management – McGill University	Canada	69.61
81	Strathclyde Business School	United Kingdom	69.19
82	SDA Bocconi School of Management	Italy	69.17
83	Rady School of Management	United States	68.38
84	Tippie College of Business	United States	67.77
85	Indian Institute of Management Lucknow	India	67.75
86	University of Bath School of Management	United Kingdom	67.51
87	University of St.Gallen	Switzerland	67.25
88	University of Edinburgh Business School	United Kingdom	67.14
89	Carroll School of Management at Boston College	United States	66.84
90	Smith School of Business	Canada	66.64
91	UBC Sauder School of Business	Canada	66.34
92	Southampton Business School	United Kingdom	66.02
93	Alberta School of Business	Canada	65.96
94	EMLYON business school	France	65.57
95	Coller School of Management – Tel Aviv University	Israel	64.66
96	Sydney Business School, University of Wollongong	Australia	64.43
97	Ivey Business School	Canada	64.29
98	Indian Institute of Management Shillong	India	64.27
99	Business School – University of Queensland	Australia	64.17
100	Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM)	Australia	63.52
101	Darla Moore School of Business – University of South Carolina	United States	63.25
102	Imperial College Business School	United Kingdom	63.13
103	Schulich School of Business	Canada	62.82
104	Indian Institute of Management Ranchi	India	62.62
105	Monash Business School	Australia	62.29
106	Indian Institute of Management Nagpur	India	62.27
107	Sprott School of Business at Carleton University	Canada	61.56
108	Indian Institute of Management Kashipur	India	61.44
109	AUC School of Business – American University in Cairo	Egypt	61.37
110	Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics	Canada	61.11
111	Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli	India	61.06
112	Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	59.82
113	Adelaide Business School	Australia	59.59
114	EPFL – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Ãƒâ€°cole Polytechnique FÃƒÂ©dÃƒÂ©rale de Lausanne)	Switzerland	59.19
115	Miami Herbert Business School – University of Miami	United States	58.99
116	Stockholm Business School (SBS)	Sweden	58.97
117	UPF Barcelona School of Managemet	Spain	58.69
118	Geneva School of Economics and Management – UNIGE	Switzerland	58.29
119	Hult International Business School	United States	58.03
120	School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg	Sweden	57.81
121	Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University	Singapore	57.24
122	Poznan University of Economics and Business	Poland	56.96
123	Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC Lausanne) – UNIL	Switzerland	56.92
124	Lund University School of Economics and Management	Sweden	56.9
125	Universidad Carlos III de Madrid	Spain	56.72
126	Wroclaw University of Economics and Business	Poland	55.93
127	Porto Business School	Portugal	55.63
128	NHH Norwegian School of Economics	Norway	55.47
129	Waikato Management School, University of Waikato	New Zealand	55.45
130	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	55.27
131	ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics & Management	Portugal	54.97
132	Kozminski University	Poland	54.95
133	ISCTE Executive Education	Portugal	54.34
134	Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington School of Business and Government	New Zealand	54.32
135	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	54
136	Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw	Poland	53.28
137	Catolica Porto Business School	Portugal	53.27
138	University of Canterbury Business School, University of Canterbury	New Zealand	52.95
139	Deusto Business School	Spain	52.82
140	GdaÃ…â€žsk University of Technology	Poland	52.62
141	AESE Business School	Portugal	52.6
142	Massey Business School, Massey University	New Zealand	52.24
143	Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management – Nicolaus Copernicus University	Poland	51.83
144	Graduate School of Management, University of Auckland Business School	New Zealand	51.8
145	PAD-School of Management University of Piura	Peru	51.71
146	EADA Business School	Spain	51.58
147	Facultad de Administracion y Ciencias Sociales (Universidad ORT Uruguay)	Uruguay	51.45
148	Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA)	Venezuela	50.88
149	University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business	Slovenia	50.83
150	Thammasat Business School	Thailand	50.78
151	Mediterranean School of Business (MSB)	Tunisia	50.73
152	Koc University Graduate School of Business (GSB)	Turkey	50.55
153	IEEM – Escuela de negocios	Uruguay	50.15
154	University of MacedoniaÃ¢â‚¬â€School of Business Administration/a>	Greece	49.9
155	Carlson School of Management	United States	49.84
156	Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business	Trinidad and Tobago	49.45
157	IEDC – Bled School of Management	Slovenia	49.44
158	PacÃƒÂfico Ã¢â‚¬â€¹Business School	Peru	49.21
159	Department of Business Administration of the University of Patras	Greece	48.89
160	International Institute of Business, IIB-Ukraine	Ukraine	48.28
161	International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv)	Ukraine	47.81
162	Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece	Greece	47.63
163	Gordon Institute of Business Science – GIBS	South Africa	47.24
164	ESAN Graduate School of Business – ESAN University	Peru	47.12
165	IAE Business School	Argentina	46.67
166	American University of Beirut	Lebanon	46.17
167	College of Business and Economics – Qatar University	Qatar	46.04
168	EGADE Business School	Mexico	45.92
169	Dubai Business School – University of Dubai	United Arab Emirates	45.38

Detailed findings & methodology: CEOWORLD magazine surveyed 250,000 business executives, graduates, global business influencers, industry professionals, business school academics, employers, and recruiters in 176 countries and territories between September 15, 2024, and January 22, 2025. Ten percent of the interviews were conducted by telephone, 82% online, and 8% by post or face-to-face. All quantitative interviews were conducted on a confidential basis, without relying on institutions’ data submissions.

To establish our list, we collected information and statistics from publicly available sources, research, and surveys. Participants were asked to rate institutions on a scale of 1 “marginal” to 100 “outstanding” or “don’t know.” The 2025 Global Business Schools survey was carried out by CEOWORLD magazine, the website for CEOs, COOs, CFOs, senior corporate executives, business leaders, private equity investors, investment bankers, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide.

The rankings are based on seven primary metrics of quality and reputation. The overall Score (100%) is the sum of the following:

1) Academic reputation
2) Admission Eligibility
3) Job placement rate
4) Recruiter feedback
5) Specialization
6) Global reputation and influence
7) Annual tuition and fees

However, this is by no means a comprehensive list; At the same time, the institutions above are the CEOWORLD magazine’s “best business schools in the world for 2025,” and there may be many other business schools that offer excellent programs. This ranking should not be viewed as the most essential aspect when choosing a business school and are merely one element to consider.

The margin of sampling error for the total sample of 250,000 respondents is plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that, as in all survey research, there are possible sources of error—such as coverage, nonresponse, and measurement error——that could affect the results.

Not all figures add up to 100% as a result of rounding percentages and excluding ‘neither/nor’ and ‘don’t know’ responses from the exhibit. Unless otherwise stated, the base for global figures is 250,000 (global respondents). All answers are confidential to allow survey participants to share their perspectives in a respectful, truthful, unbiased, and collegial setting. For more information, please contact [email protected]

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