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Executive Education Open 2024

80 b-schools in this ranking
#NameLocationCourse designTeaching methods & materials
1
HEC Paris
France/Qatar22
2
IESE Business School
Spain/US/Germany/Brazil68
2
Esade Business School
Spain31
2
London Business School
UK/UAE44
5
Fundação Dom Cabral
Brazil13
Executive Education - Open programmes
FT Executive Education 2024 Rankings and analysis
Which schools topped the tables for custom and open programmes — and what the data tells us

Executive Education Custom 2024

90 b-schools in this ranking
#NameLocationProgramme designValue for money
1
Insead
France/Singapore11
2
IESE Business School
Spain/US/Germany/Brazil98
3
IMD — International Institute for Management Development
Switzerland/Singapore56
4
Duke Corporate Education
US/UK/Singapore/South Africa25
4
HEC Paris
France/Qatar62
Executive Education - Customised programmes
FT executive education rankings highlight comeback of online learning
New short-course tables show some reversal of post-Covid insistence on in-person training

Executive Education Custom 2023

75 b-schools in this ranking
#NameLocationProgramme designValue for money
1
Duke Corporate Education
US/UK/Singapore/South Africa14
2
Insead
France/Singapore/UAE53
3
HEC Paris
France/Qatar62
4
IESE Business School
Spain/US/Germany/Brazil99
5
ESMT Berlin
Germany21
Executive Education - Customised programmes
FT Executive Education 2023: Top 50 combined ranking
Based on business schools’ performance in the two main custom and open course rankings

Executive Education Open 2023

75 b-schools in this ranking
#NameLocationCourse designTeaching methods & materials
1
IESE Business School
Spain/US/Germany/Brazil24
2
HEC Paris
France/Qatar11
3
Esade Business School
Spain52
4
Insead
France/Singapore/UAE68
5
University of Oxford: Saïd
UK46
Executive Education - Open programmes
FT Executive Education Rankings 2023: Europe on top
European providers dominate the open-enrolment and custom course tables — with striking exceptions

Executive Education Open 2022

65 b-schools in this ranking
#NameCourse designQuality of participantsLocationTeaching methods & materials
1
HEC Paris
31France/Qatar1
2
IMD — International Institute for Management Development
22Switzerland3
3
IESE Business School
64Spain/US/Germany/Brazil9
4
Esade Business School
410Spain4
5
Western University: Ivey
717Canada/Hong Kong2
Executive Education - Open programmes
FT Executive Education Ranking 2022: demand bounces back
Appetite for short courses is increasing as the pandemic eases — and so is competition

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