Rank
2020 |
Rank
2018 |
2 Yr
Avg. |
School Name |
Country |
1 |
1 |
1 |
HEC Paris |
France |
2 |
2 |
2 |
ESCP Business School |
FR/UK/GE/
SP/IT/PL |
3 |
4 |
4 |
Skema Business School |
FR/BR/CHN/SA/US |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Essec Business School |
France |
5 |
3 |
4 |
Edhec Business School |
France |
6 |
6 |
6 |
University of St Gallen |
Switzerland |
7 |
8 |
8 |
Università Bocconi/SDA Bocconi |
Italy |
8 |
7 |
8 |
MIT: Sloan |
US |
9 |
9 |
9 |
Imperial College Business School |
UK |
10 |
12 |
11 |
University of Oxford: Saïd |
UK |
11 |
13 |
12 |
Warwick Business School |
UK |
12 |
11 |
12 |
IE Business School |
Spain |
13 |
10 |
12 |
Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at SJTU |
China |
14 |
21 |
18 |
Nova School of Business and Economics |
Portugal |
15 |
15 |
15 |
Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management |
China |
16 |
16 |
16 |
Grenoble Ecole de Management |
France |
17 |
18 |
18 |
Peking University: Guanghua |
China |
18 |
14 |
16 |
Esade Business School |
Spain |
19 |
18 |
19 |
Stockholm School of Economics |
Sweden/Russia/Latvia |
20 |
17 |
19 |
Kozminski University |
Poland |
21 |
25 |
23 |
Neoma Business School |
France |
22 |
- |
- |
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management |
Germany |
23 |
26 |
25 |
Vlerick Business School |
Belgium |
24 |
20 |
22 |
City, University of London: Cass |
UK |
25 |
22 |
24 |
Eada Business School Barcelona |
Spain |
26 |
23 |
25 |
Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics |
Portugal |
27 |
- |
- |
Trinity College Dublin, Trinity Business School |
Ireland |
27 |
33 |
30 |
EMLyon Business School |
France |
29 |
24 |
27 |
Rennes School of Business |
France |
30 |
49 |
40 |
CUHK Business School |
China |
31 |
- |
- |
ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management |
Portugal |
32 |
31 |
32 |
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management |
Germany |
33 |
- |
- |
University Carlos III of Madrid |
Spain |
34 |
28 |
31 |
HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne |
Switzerland |
35 |
34 |
35 |
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University |
Netherlands |
36 |
41 |
39 |
Henley Business School |
UK |
37 |
37 |
37 |
University of Edinburgh Business School |
UK |
38 |
39 |
39 |
Lund University School of Economics and Management |
Sweden |
39 |
54 |
47 |
University of Bath School of Management |
UK |
40 |
45 |
43 |
Singapore Management University: Lee Kong Chian |
Singapore |
41 |
36 |
39 |
University College Dublin: Smurfit |
Ireland |
42 |
40 |
41 |
Bentley University |
US |
43 |
29 |
36 |
Lancaster University Management School |
UK |
44 |
42 |
43 |
University of Rochester: Simon |
US |
45 |
30 |
38 |
University of Maryland: Smith |
US |
46 |
35 |
41 |
Brandeis International Business School |
US |
47 |
38 |
43 |
Università della Svizzera italiana |
Switzerland |
48 |
44 |
46 |
University of Texas at Austin: McCombs |
US |
49 |
51 |
50 |
Durham University Business School |
UK |
50 |
- |
- |
Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management |
Netherlands |
51 |
62 |
57 |
University of Exeter Business School |
UK |
52 |
55 |
54 |
University of Strathclyde Business School |
UK |
53 |
53 |
53 |
University of Utah: David Eccles |
US |
54 |
51 |
53 |
Ohio State University: Fisher |
US |
55 |
57 |
56 |
Nottingham University Business School |
UK |
55 |
58 |
57 |
University of Glasgow: Adam Smith |
UK |
Footnotes *Data in these columns are for information only and are not used in the rankings.
Some 222 points separate the top school from the schools ranked number 55. The schools are divided into three groups, indicated by bold lines. The difference in score between schools ranked consecutively is greater within groups one and two than in group three. The top 7 schools, from HEC Paris to Università Bocconi form the elite group of providers of masters in finance programmes. The second group spans 23 places from MIT: Sloan to CUHK Business School. The third group of 26 schools is headed by ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics and Management.