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 · FT #1 · $140k
Switzerland
#1
—
$140k
2
HEC Paris France · FT #2 · QS #1 · $142k
France
#2
#1
$142k
→
3
INSEAD France · FT #3 · QS #6 · $127k
France
#3
#6
$127k
4
Nova School of Business & Economics Portugal · FT #4 · $123k
Portugal
#4
—
$123k
5
ESCP Business School France · FT #7 · QS #8 · $113k
France
#7
#8
$113k
→
6
Stockholm School of Economics Sweden · FT #9 · $109k
Sweden
#9
—
$109k
7
London Business School UK · FT #10 · QS #4 · $123k
UK
#10
#4
$123k
→
8
ESSEC Business School France · FT #10 · QS #3 · $119k
France
#10
#3
$119k
→
9
EMLyon Business School France · FT #12 · QS #17 · $108k
France
#12
#17
$108k
10
SDA Bocconi Italy · FT #13 · QS #13 · $115k
Italy
#13
#13
$115k
11
EDHEC Business School France · FT #14 · QS #21 · $109k
France
#14
#21
$109k
12
Vlerick Business School Belgium · FT #14 · $98k
Belgium
#14
—
$98k
13
IESE Business School Spain · FT #16 · QS #11 · $114k
Spain
#16
#11
$114k
14
Prague University of Economics Czechia · FT #17 · $101k
Czechia
#17
—
$101k
15
WU Vienna Austria · FT #18 · QS #18 · $119k
Austria
#18
#18
$119k
16
SKEMA Business School France · FT #18 · QS #30 · $92k
France
#18
#30
$92k
17
Grenoble Ecole de Management France · FT #20 · $87k
France
#20
—
$87k
18
WHU – Otto Beisheim Germany · FT #22 · QS #24 · $128k
Germany
#22
#24
$128k
19
ESMT Berlin Germany · FT #22 · $100k
Germany
#22
—
$100k
20
Esade Business School Spain · FT #24 · QS #16 · $117k
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.