INSEAD Breaks Through To No. 1 In The Financial Times’s European B-School Ranking

HEC Paris dropped out of first place in the FT Euro B-school ranking for the first time since 2018

FINANCIAL TIMES EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOL RANKING 2024

Rank in 2024 Rank in 2023 Rank in 2022 Three-year average rank

School name

Location (main campus)

1 18 15 11 Insead France/Singapore/UAE
2 1 1 1 HEC Paris France
3 2 2 2 London Business School UK/UAE
4 3 6 4 Iese Business School Spain/US/Germany
5 4 3 4 ESCP Business School France/Germany/Italy/Poland/Spain/UK
6 5 4 5 SDA Bocconi School of Management Italy
7 7 7 7 Edhec Business School France
8 9 9 9 Essec Business School France/Singapore/Morocco
9 6 5 7 University of St Gallen Switzerland
10 8 10 9 IE Business School Spain
11 10 12 11 EMLyon Business School France
12 12 17 14 Esade Business School Spain
13 14 25 17 University of Oxford: Saïd UK
14 13 11 13 IMD — International Institute for Management Development Switzerland
15 11 16 14 Warwick Business School UK
16 16 13 15 WHU — Otto Beisheim School of Management Germany
17 15 14 15 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Netherlands
18 21 24 21 Nova School of Business and Economics Portugal
19 19 8 15 ESMT Berlin Germany
20 17 21 19 Mannheim Business School Germany
21 24 22 22 University College Dublin: Smurfit Ireland
22 22 27 24 Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics Portugal
23 23 20 22 Stockholm School of Economics Sweden
24 32 37 31 Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business School Ireland
25 37 56 39 Cranfield School of Management UK
26 71 58 52 Skema Business School France
27 30 27 28 Eada Business School Barcelona Spain
28 20 18 22 University of Cambridge: Judge UK
29 28 19 25 Imperial College Business School UK
30 25 38 31 Audencia France
31 33 40 35 Grenoble Ecole de Management France
32 34 41 36 Neoma Business School France
33 31 23 29 Vlerick Business School Belgium
34 29 39 34 Kedge Business School France
35 35 35 35 Henley Business School UK
36 38 33 36 Tias Business School, Tilburg University Netherlands
37 36 31 35 Polimi School of Management Italy
38 40 52 43 Kozminski University Poland
39 53 59 50 University of Porto – FEP | PBS Portugal
40 49 51 47 Alliance Manchester Business School UK
41 26 26 31 Frankfurt School of Finance and Management Germany
42 39 48 43 BI Norwegian Business School Norway
43 44 67 51 Iscte Business School Portugal
44 27 29 33 Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) UK
45 50 34 43 Aalto University Finland
46 41 43 43 WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Austria
47 55 63 55 Iéseg School of Management France
48 47 36 44 Copenhagen Business School Denmark
49 52 62 54 Prague University of Economics and Business Czech Republic
50 81 EBS Business School Germany
51 51 45 49 HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne Switzerland
52 54 61 56 Excelia Business School France
53 45 45 48 NHH Norwegian School of Economics Norway
54 46 55 52 TBS Education France
55 61 72 63 Luiss University/Luiss Business School Italy
56 60 57 58 Rennes School of Business France
57 47 49 51 Antwerp Management School Belgium
58 57 66 60 Durham University Business School UK
59 52 Hult EF Corporate Education UK
60 67 63 63 University of Edinburgh Business School UK
61 42 45 49 Nyenrode Business Universiteit Netherlands
62 74 82 73 ZHAW School of Management and Law Switzerland
63 43 42 49 Koç University Graduate School of Business Turkey
64 65 50 60 HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management Germany
65 71 72 69 University of Cologne Germany
66 66 90 74 Bologna Business School Italy
67 72 Louvain School of Management, UCLouvain Belgium
68 70 78 72 Lund University School of Economics and Management (Lusem) Sweden
69 75 76 73 MBS (Montpellier Business School) France
70 59 65 65 ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management Portugal
71 80 Burgundy School of Business France
72 64 69 68 University of Ljubljana, School of Economics and Business Slovenia
73 71 80 75 Hanken School of Economics Finland
74 82 88 81 Jönköping International Business School Sweden
75 76 84 78 Institut Mines-Télécom Business School France
76 63 54 64 Lancaster University Management School UK
77 88 EM Strasbourg Business School France
78 56 70 68 Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB) Belgium
79 62 72 71 University of Strathclyde Business School UK
80 Maastricht University School of Business and Economics Netherlands
81 60 University of Zurich Switzerland
82 85 82 83 IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management France
83 University College Cork: IMI/CUBS Ireland
84 IQS — Universitat Ramon Llull Spain
85 88 92 88 University of Antwerp Faculty of Business and Economics Belgium
86 80 79 82 Essca School of Management France
87 86 ESC Clermont Business School France
88 77 95 87 University of Glasgow: Adam Smith UK
89 68 77 78 ICN Business School France
90 University of Bath School of Management UK
91 87 86 88 Esdes Business School France
92 78 University of Amsterdam — Amsterdam Business School Netherlands
93 Paris School of Business France
94 Católica Porto Business School Portugal
95 86 Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management Netherlands
96 Lucerne School of Business Switzerland
97 Aston Business School UK
98 Leeds University Business School UK
99 EMLV Business School France
100 ISC Paris France

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