Rankings · 2025
The league tables, read properly.
FT 2025 and QS 2025 data, filtered to European programs — with sources cited and the things rankings tend to leave out.
FT '25
QS '25
Salary (3yr weighted)
1
University of St. Gallen
Switzerland
#1
—
$140k
3
INSEAD
France
#3
#6
$127k
4
Nova School of Business & Economics
Portugal
#4
—
$123k
6
Stockholm School of Economics
Sweden
#9
—
$109k
9
EMLyon Business School
France
#12
#17
$108k
10
SDA Bocconi
Italy
#13
#13
$115k
11
EDHEC Business School
France
#14
#21
$109k
12
Vlerick Business School
Belgium
#14
—
$98k
13
IESE Business School
Spain
#16
#11
$114k
14
Prague University of Economics
Czechia
#17
—
$101k
15
WU Vienna
Austria
#18
#18
$119k
16
SKEMA Business School
France
#18
#30
$92k
17
Grenoble Ecole de Management
France
#20
—
$87k
18
WHU – Otto Beisheim
Germany
#22
#24
$128k
19
ESMT Berlin
Germany
#22
—
$100k
20
Esade Business School
Spain
#24
#16
$117k
FT '25
Financial Times Masters in Management 2025. Global rank across 100 programs. Salary = FT weighted average (USD) 3 years after graduation. rankings.ft.com ↗
QS '25
QS Business Master's Rankings: Management 2025. Global rank across 206 programs. Dash (—) indicates rank outside top 30 or not listed. topuniversities.com ↗
Methodology
European rank is FT 2025 filtered to European schools. Non-European schools (Tsinghua #4, Shanghai Jiao Tong #6, Tongji #8 globally) are excluded. Data retrieved April 2026.