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Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2013 - IMD and Duke Tops the Ranking

Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2013Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2013 for Custom Programs and Open Enrollment have been released. The two rankings feature IMD, HEC, IESE, Stanford, and ESADE in the top 10 list. Customized Programs are created in close collaboration between the Business School Staff, and the organization's leadership team, creating a curriculum that addresses the needs of the firm, with special emphasis on peer based learning. Open enrollment executive programs are created with the purpose of developing skills in specific functional areas.


Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2013 – Open Enrollment

Rank in 2013      Rank in 2012             School
        1                       1                        IMD
        2                       4                        IESE Business School
        3                       3                        Thunderbird School of Global Management
        4                       2                        Harvard Business School
        5                       6                        University of Chicago: Booth
        6                     10                        Insead
        7                      9                         HEC Paris
        8                     11                        Stanford Graduate School of Business
        9                     12                        Esade Business School
       10                    16                        University of Michigan: Ross

University of Michigan Ross made a great comeback by moving up six places to occupy the 10th position, while INSEAD jumped four places to rank at No. 6. IMD and Thunderbird School of Global Management have maintained their consistent position at No. 1 and No. 3 respectively. Harvard Business School dropped two positions to rank at Number 4.

Financial Times Executive Education Ranking 2013 – Customized Programs


Rank in 2013    Rank in 2012      School
        1                     1               Duke Corporate Education
        2                     2               HEC Paris
        3                     3               Iese Business School
        4                     4               Esade Business School
        5                     6               Center for Creative Leadership
        6                     7               IMD
        7                   13               Babson Executive Education
        8                   15               Cranfield School of Management
        8                   13               University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler
      10                   20               Stanford Graduate School of Business

Duke Corporate Education has maintained its Number 1 position while HEC, IESE and ESADE have maintained their 2nd, 3rd and 4th positions respectively.  The new entrants in the top 10 list are Babson Executive Education, Cranfield School of Management, University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler and Stanford Graduate School of Business with Stanford showing the biggest jump of 10 positions.
 
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