Copenhagen Business School's Full-Time MBA Achieves Top 100 Global Ranking in Financial Times 2024; Secures #8 Position in International Mobility and Other Impressive Metrics

Demonstrating success in achieving participants' goals, the CBS MBA boasts an impressive 84% of ‘Aims Achieved,’ and 86% of graduates achieve employment within three months of graduation. The programme places strong emphasis on gender balance, evident in the composition of the class - 44% female participants and 45% of the CBS advisory board are women.

Andreas Rasche, Associate Dean of the Full-Time MBA and Professor of Business in Society at CBS, remarks, "The CBS Full-Time MBA focuses on sustainability with a high degree of authenticity. We are placed in one of the most sustainable cities in the world, and we have integrated discussions around social, environmental and governance (ESG) topics across the curriculum. We are delighted to see that we have secured a top position when it comes to international mobility, which supports the fact that we attract talented and highly global leaders who recognise the inherent need for sustainability in business around the world.”

Key highlights of the programme’s success include a substantial 40% average salary increase for graduates three years after graduation. Additionally, the programme is ranked 35th in the world when it comes to sector diversity, calculated according to the diversity of sectors the participants worked in at the time of admission, before the MBA.

“The ranking showcases our global quality, well-balanced class, and Copenhagen Business School’s commitment to female representation. With high achievements in gender composition, international mobility, and sector diversity the programme creates a highly engaging classroom atmosphere where diversity of perspectives is shared. This diverse outlook combined with the focus on sustainability creates a rich and unique MBA education,” says Gitte Kramhøft Jakobsen, Head of Programme Management, CBS MBA Programmes.

The CBS MBA excelled in other criteria, securing the 38th position globally in the 'Research Rank,' based on faculty articles published in respected academic journals, and earned the 54th spot worldwide for its ´Value for Money,’ which is calculated using salary today, course length, tuition and other costs, including lost income during the MBA.

The FT Global MBA ranking, released annually, evaluates the top 100 business schools worldwide using 21 metrics that assess career advancement, diversity, and research/ESG. This ranking considers data spanning the past three years and is determined by responses from the MBA classes of 2020, 2019, and 2018. To explore the complete Financial Times MBA Ranking methodology and criteria weights, please click here.

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