22 May 2015
Success for Nottingham Executive MBA in the Economist EMBA Ranking 2015

For the second time, Nottingham University Business School has significantly improved its position in the latest international league table of Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) programmes rising a massive 19 places to 21st globally (second in the UK) in The Economist’s 2015 Executive MBA ranking against tough competition from North America, Europe, and Asia. 

The School achieved an outstanding first place in the measure of percentage salary increase of EMBA alumni after graduation, while in the overall measure of alumni salary increase over three years, it placed second globally. The School also rated very well for the high number of women on its Executive MBA programme.

The Economist 2015 EMBA ranking rates business schools against each other in terms of:

• Opening new career opportunities and career progression of graduates

• Personal development

• Student and faculty quality

• Salary increase

• Offering the potential to network

Professor Martin Binks, Dean of Nottingham University Business School, said:

“Given the increasing level of global competition in The Economist’s ranking, the result is impressive and reflects the exceptional quality of our Executive MBA students, alumni, and the course, as well as the specialist EMBAs we offer in Entrepreneurship, Healthcare, and Corporate Social Responsibility.”

“This ranking surveys our part-time Executive MBAs while they are at the Business School, so it is gratifying to see the benefits of our ongoing focus on the quality of our EMBA programme, which is already endorsed by our AMBA and EQUIS accreditations.”

Dr John Colley, the School’s MBA Programmes Director, said:

“This excellent result affirms that our Executive MBA students are among the School’s highest performing students, both on the course and in their careers. Students and alumni also rated us highly for their ability to network with each other and with our faculty.”

The Economist ranking is distinctive for being the most "student-centric" of all the MBA rankings because it claims to measure the way business schools meet the demands that students have of an EMBA programme.

To qualify for inclusion in The Economist ranking, the schools with part-time EMBA programmes that responded to the survey had to meet various thresholds of data provision, as well as attaining a minimum number of responses to a survey gauging the opinion and career progression of current EMBA students and alumni who graduated within the last three years. These were set as a proportion of the annual intake of students to the programme.

The findings are based on detailed questionnaires completed by business schools and around 10,000 current EMBA students and graduates around the world.

See the full ranking

More information is available from Dr Sophia Taylor, External Relations Manager, Nottingham University Business School, on +44 (0)115 846 6974, S.taylor@nottingham.ac.uk