Business School Profiles of 18 European Business Schools

US MBA vs UK MBA has always been a topic of contention among MBA aspirants. Being a mathematician’s wife keeps my love for numbers alive and fresh all year round. We have already assessed some numbers for 40 US Business Schools in terms of age, class size, work experience, GMAT scores and GPA earlier. Let’s take a quick look at the numbers of top 18 European Business schools.

	School	Place	GMAT Score	Work Experience
1	HEC Paris	France	Average-600	Average-5.5 years
2	London Business School	UK	Average 697	Average -5.3 years
			Range- 600-800	Range 2-12 years
3	Insead	France / Singapore	Average- 704	Average- 6 years
			Range- 650-760	Range- 1-7+ years
4	IE Business School	Spain	Average 680	Minimum-3 years
			Range- 640-760	Average -5.3 years
5	IMD	Switzerland	Average-675	Average- 7 years
			Range-610-750	Minimum-3 years
6	IESE Business School	Spain	Average-672	Average-4 years
7	Emlyon Business School	France	Average- 621	Average- 7 years
8	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	Average-640	Average-5 years
9	Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School	Belgium	Average-640	Average-6

10	Esade Business School	Spain	Average-670	Average-6.3 years
				Minimum-2 years
11	Essec Business School	France / Singapore	Average-640	Average- 22 months
12	Cranfield School of Management	UK	Average-660	Average-8 years
13	City University: Cass	UK	Average-640	Minimum- 3 years
			Minimum-600
14	Warwick Business School	UK	Average-620	Average-8 years
				Minimum- 3 years
15	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	Average-550	Minimum- 3 years

16	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	Average-685	Average-6 years
17	Lancaster University Management School	UK	Minimum 600	Average- 7 years
				Minimum- 3 years
18	SDA Bocconi	Italy	Average 660	Average-5 years

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	School	Place	Age	Class Size	MBA Duration
1	HEC Paris	France	25-35	200	16 months
2	London Business School	UK	28.6	320	15-21 months
			Range-23-34
3	INSEAD	France / Singapore	Average- 29	937	10 months
			Range 20-31+
4	IE Business School	Spain	80% Range- 25-32	286	13 months

5	IMD	Switzerland	Average-30	90	12 months

6	IESE Business School	Spain	Average -27	215	2 years
7	Emlyon Business School	France	Average-31	27	12 months
8	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	Average-28	100-120	12 months
9	Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School	Belgium	Average-30	50	12 months
			Minimum 3
10	Esade Business School	Spain	Average-29	155	12-18 months

11	Essec Business School	France / Singapore	Range-22-32	200	15-18 months
12	Cranfield School of Management	UK	Average-33	119
13	City University: Cass	UK			12 months

14	Warwick Business School	UK	Average - 32		12 months
			Range: 25-45	60
15	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	Average - 30-35	40-50	12 months
			Minimum-24
16	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	Average-29	233	12 months
17	Lancaster University Management School	UK	Average- 30	75-90	12 months
			Range- 23- 46
18	SDA Bocconi	Italy	Average-29	54	12 months

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5 Comments

nitin

Posted November 26, 2009 at 3:19 am | Permalink

Hi, Is this a list or ranking !! surprising to see HEC on the top !! No considerations for Oxbridge either !!!
Dagny

Posted November 28, 2009 at 12:42 am | Permalink

HI Nitin,

I picked this list from certaion rankings list and oxbridge was not listed in top 18. Hence, not in the list.
subhadeep

Posted December 8, 2009 at 2:40 pm | Permalink

Hi dagny ,

It will be immensly helpful if you can also tabulate the list based on the cost and duration of MBA.
Dagny

Posted December 11, 2009 at 12:00 am | Permalink

Hi Subhadeep,

The list has already been tabulated acc to the duration.
Rahul

Posted June 29, 2010 at 11:49 am | Permalink

Hi,

I am a Finance professional. I will request your inputs on Masters in Finance from London Business School. Comparison between MBA and MiF from the school will be even more helpful.

Rahul