The 2012 Financial Times Ranking of the World’s Best EMBA Programs
| 2012 Rank & School | 2011 Rank | Difference |
| 1. Kellogg/Hong Kong UST | 1 | —– |
| 2. Columbia/London Business School | 3 | +1 |
| 3. Trium: HEC Paris/LSE/NYU Stern | 2 | -1 |
| 4. Tsinghua/INSEAD | NR | —– |
| 5. UCLA Anderson/Nat’l Univ. of Singapore | 9 | +4 |
| 6. INSEAD | 4 | -2 |
| 7. CEIBS | 11 | +4 |
| 8. Pennsylvania (Wharton) | 7 | -1 |
| 9. Washington Olin/Fudan | 15 | +6 |
| 10. Chicago (Booth) | 5 | -5 |
| 11. Sun Yat-Sen Business School | NR | —– |
| 12. Korea University Business School | 23 | +11 |
| 12. IE Business School | 7 | -5 |
| 14. IESE Business School | 13 | -1 |
| 15. London Business School | 10 | -5 |
| 16. Duke (Fuqua) (Global Executive) | 6 | -10 |
| 17. CUHK Business School | 14 | -3 |
| 18. Kellogg/WHU Beisheim | 17 | -1 |
| 19. Georgetown/ESADE | NR | —– |
| 20. IMD | 16 | -4 |
| 21. ESCP Europe | 31 | +10 |
| 21. Arizona State (Carey) | 20 | -1 |
| 23. Northwestern (Kellogg) | 17 | -6 |
| 24. One MBA: UNC/CUHK & others | NR | —– |
| 24. Warwick Business School | 34 | +10 |
Source: The Financial Times 2012 and 2011 EMBA rankings
(See the following page for schools ranked 26th through 50th)
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