B-School Rankings

Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are one of the most prestigious colleges every CAT aspirant dreams of getting into. However, there are many other prestigious business institutes where you can you go other then the most famous IIMs.

Executive MBA (E-MBA) program is designed for mid-level working professionals (executives) who desire to further enhance their competency in their area of management functioning. While a normal MBA program lasts for two years, the EMBA program can be completed in one year year.

MBA Distance Learning

There are hundreds of MBA colleges offering Distance MBA in India. But, there are only very few top distance leading management colleges that offer good value. The list is not based on any ranking of institutes.

GMAT is a popular management entrance exam in the world, however majority of business schools in India use Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted by IIMs as a standard entrance exam (for Indian students). Still, there are some reputed MBA colleges which accept GMAT score in India for Indian students.

Indian Institutes of Management (IIM) are one of the top Business Schools in India that offer management education. At present, there are 20 IIMs in India. You have to crack the CAT examination in order to get admission in the IIM.

Are you an MBA aspirant looking for the best MBA Colleges in Bangalore? Here are top MBA colleges in Bangaluru for candidates interested to do a post graduation in Business Management. While some institutes offer MBA (Masters of Business Administration), most others offer PGDM (Post Graduation and Diploma in Management). While IIM Bangalore uses only CAT, some institutes like XIME follow XAT and other entrance exam procedures.

Top 50 business schools in India, 2011 rankings by the Economic Times.

The best 25 Business Schools in India, 2011 ranking by Zee Business.

Ranking Parameters and Weightages - Teaching, Learning & Resources (0.30), Research and Professional Practice (0.30), Graduation Outcomes (0.20), Outreach and Inclusivity (0.10), Perception (0.10). IIM Bangalore has emerged as the top management institute followed by IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta.

Ranking Parameters and Weightages - Teaching, Learning & Resources (0.30), Research and Professional Practice (0.30), Graduation Outcomes (0.20), Outreach and Inclusivity (0.10), Perception (0.10)

Ranking Parameters: Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR), Research and Professional Practice (RP), Graduation Outcomes (GO), Outreach and Inclusivity (OI), Perception (PR).

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has released first ranking of top management institutes in India.

Top 50 business schools in India, ranked by Eduniversal.

Top Business Schools in the world, 2011 ranking by the Financial Times.

Top 20 Business Schools in India, 2010 rankings by Business Today Magazine.

Best 10 Government and Private Business Schools in India, MBA Rankings 2010 by Outlook India Magazine.

Top 40 Management Institutes in India, Business School Rankings 2010 by Business World Magazine.

Top 30 Business Schools in India, 2009 rankings by Business Today Magazine.

Top 50 Business Schools in India, MBA Rankings 2008 by Outlook India Magazine. IIM-Calcutta and IIM-Bangalore did not participate in this year’s survey.

Top 75 Management Colleges in India, MBA Rankings 2009 by Outlook India Magazine.

Weekly news and current affairs magazine OPEN has released its first OPEN-Cfore Survey of India’s Top 50 Best Business Schools in its issue dated September 18, 2009.

Top 50 Business Schools in India, MBA Rankings 2007 by Outlook India Magazine.

Top 10 Government B-Schools

  1. IIM Ahmedabad
  2. IIM Bangalore
  3. IIM Calcutta
  4. FMS Delhi
  5. IIM Kozhikode
  6. IIM Indore
  7. IIFT Delhi
  8. NITIE Mumbai
  9. JBIMS Mumbai
  10. SJMSoM, IIT Bombay

Top 10 Private B-Schools

  1. XLRI Jamshedpur
  2. MDI Gurgaon
  3. S.P. Jain Institute of Mgmt. Mumbai
  4. IMT Ghaziabad
  5. XIM Bhubaneswar
  6. NMIMS Mumbai
  7. IMI Delhi
  8. SCMHRD Pune
  9. TAPMI Manipal
  10. K.J. Somaiya Inst of Mgmt, Mumbai

(Source: Outlook India)

Business School Grading is done on the independent basis. CRISIL grades Business Schools which help any business school to benchmark itself with other business schools across India. Both quantitative and qualitative assessment parameters are used to ensure that evaluation framework is both robust and comprehensive. Assessment parameters used are Industry Interface, Management and Governance, Student Selection Processes, Student Outcomes, Research, Curriculum, Faculty, etc.

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Business School Location Programme
Institute of Management Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad, NCR PGDM 
NMIMS (Narsee Monjee) Mumbai, Maharashtra MBA 
T.A. Pai Management Institute Manipal, Karnataka PGDM

Rank Institute
1 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
2 XLRI Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
3 Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi
4 SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
5 National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai
6 Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
7 SVKM’s NMIMS School of Business Management, Mumbai
8 Indian Institute of Management, Indore
9 Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad
10 Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Mumbai
11 Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
12 International Management Institute, New Delhi
13 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi
14 Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB)
15 New Delhi Institute of Management, New Delhi
16 ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad
17 KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
18 Acharya Institute of Management & Science (AIMS), Bangalore
19 Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
20 Institute of Management-Nirma University, Ahmedabad
21 NIILM Centre for Management Studies, Greater Noida
22 PSG Institute of Management (PSGIM), Coimbatore
23 Principal LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai
24 eMpi Business School, New Delhi
25 Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA), Chennai
26 Prestige Institute of Management & Research, Indore
27 TA Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal
28 KSR School of Management, Tiruchengode
29 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai
30 Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
30 FORE School of Management, New Delhi
32 ITS-Institute of Management, Greater Noida
33 Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow
34 Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam
35 Master School of Management, Meerut
36 Jagannath International Management School, New Delhi
36 Gian Jyoti Institute of Management & Technology, Mohali
38 Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur
39 Institute For Technology and Management, Navi Mumbai
40 National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad
41 International School of Informatics & Management (ISIM), Jaipur
42 Institute of Technology & Science, Ghaziabad
42 Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune
44 CH Institute of Management & Commerce, Indore
44 IFIM Business School, Bangalore
46 Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad
47 Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Delhi
48 Siva Sivani Institute of Management, Secunderabad
49 Mangalmay Institute of Management & Technology, Greater Noida
50 Galgotias Business School, Greater Noida
51 FLAME School of Business, Pune
52 Dhruva College of Management, Hyderabad
52 Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar
52 Gitam Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam
55 Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, Ernakulam
56 SIES College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai
57 IPS Business School, Jaipur
58 ICBM-School of Business Excellence, Hyderabad
59 Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior
60 Institute of Management Studies, Noida
61 Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM), Kolkata
61 ABV Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management (IIITM), Gwalior
61 Hyderabad Business School, Gitam University, Medak
64 Institute of Business Management & Research, Indore
65 Punjab College of Technical Education (PCTE), Ludhiana
66 Indus Business Academy, Bangalore
67 School of Communication & Management Studies (SCMS), Cochin
68 Faculty of Management Studies, Bangalore
69 Prin LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Bangalore
70 Xavier Institute of Social Service, Ranchi
71 IIMT Engineering College, Meerut
72 Acharya Bangalore B-School (ABBS), Bangalore
73 IILM Graduate School of Management, Greater Noida
74 Symbiosis Institute of Media & Communication (SIMC), Pune
75 Institute of Management & Research, Ghaziabad
76 Thiagarajar School of Management, Madurai
77 MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore
78 Indian Institute of Finance (IIF), Greater Noida
79 Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Inst for Management Development, Mysore
79 Institute of Management Studies (IMS), Dehradun
79 GEMS B-School, Bangalore
82 Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune
83 Sydenham Inst of Mgmt Studies, Research & Entrepreneurship Edu (SIMSREE), Mumbai
83 DoMS-National Institute of Technology, Trichy
85 Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune
86 IIMT College of Management, Greater Noida
87 Institute of Business & Computer Studies, Bhubaneswar
88 School of Management, Hindustan University, Chennai
89 Balaji Institute of Telecom & Management (BITM), Pune
89 Lala Lajpatrai Institute of Management, Mumbai
91 Institute for Technology and Management, Chennai
92 Marthoma College of Management & Technology, Ernakulam
92 Skyline Business School, Gurgaon
94 Sona School of Management, Salem
95 MIT School of Business, Pune
96 IBS Business School, Ahmedabad
97 Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad
98 St Aloysius Institute of Management and IT (AIMIT), Mangalore
98 Sinhgad Institute of Business Administration and Computer Applications, Lonavala
100 Jagan Institute of Management Studies, Jaipur

Rank School Name Country
1 University of St Gallen Switzerland
2 ESCP Europe Europe
3 WHU Beisheim Germany
4 HEC Paris France
5 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Netherlands
6 IE Business School Spain
7 Cems  
8 Essec Business School France
9 HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management Germany
10 Esade Business School Spain
11 EMLyon Business School France
12 Imperial College Business School UK
13 Grenoble Graduate School of Business France
14 Edhec Business School France
15 City University, Cass UK
16 Mannheim Business School Germany
17 Università Bocconi Italy
18 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad India
19 Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta India
20 Eada Spain

IIM-A & IIM-C in Top 20

IIM Calcutta's Post Graduate Program (PGP) has been ranked 19th worldwide in one of the most prestigious business school surveys worldwide - the 2013 Financial Times (FT) Global Masters in Management (MiM) B School Rankings. This is the first time IIMC has participated in the Global Rankings survey for Masters in Management and has entered the 19th spot on its debut. The Institute has been ranked above renowned universities of the world such as London School of Economics and Political Science, Copenhagen Business School, Manchester Business School and others.

IIM, Ahmadabad had featured in the FT Rankings for the first time in 2010 when it acquired 8th position. Thereafter, it acquired 7th rank in 2011 and 10th position in 2012. It has been ranked 18th this year. The ranking of the premier Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad came down by 8 places to 18th rank.

IIM, Calcutta was ranked number 2 in Economics whereas IIM, Ahmadabad was ranked at 8th position for the same. Moreover, IIM, Ahmadabad has secured 4th position for Marketing.

About IIM Calcutta

IIMC is the first IIM to be established in India and is the pioneer in Indian management education. In its endeavour to become a global institution, and as a step towards achieving its vision of becoming an 'International Centre of Excellence in Management Education', IIMC is poised to attain accreditation from what is considered to be the most prestigious global agency - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). IIMC has joined CEMS, an elite club of 28 premier business schools from across the world, as an Academic partner. IIMC is the only Indian member of this renowned alliance of leading global business schools and multinational corporations.

Rank B-School 
1 Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B)
2 Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A)
3 Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C)
4 Indian School of Business (ISB)
5 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay (SJMSM)
6 Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L)
7 Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) Delhi (DMS)
8 University Of Delhi Faculty Of Management Studies (FMS)
9 Management Development Institute (MDI)
10 Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) Jamshedpur
11 Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM-I)
12 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIM-K)
13 S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research
14 International Management Institute (IMI)
15 Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship (XIME)
16 Indian Institute Of Foreign Trade (IIFT Delhi)

Top Ten B-Schools in India

  • IIM, Ahmedabad
  • IIM, Bangalore
  • IIM, Kolkata
  • IIM, Lucknow
  • Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur
  • Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad
  • Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi
  • School of Management, IIT Mumbai
  • Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon
  • Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)

Other Top Ranked B-Schools in India

  • Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
  • Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi
  • Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
  • IIM, Ranchi
  • Xavier Instiutute of Social Service, Ranchi
  • IIM, Kozhikode
  • IIM, Indore
  • K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai
  • National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
  • Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

Rank B-School Name Country
1 Harvard Business School US
2 Stanford Graduate School of Business US
3 London Business School UK
4 University of Pennsylvania: Wharton US
5 Columbia Business School US
5 Insead France / Singapore
7 Iese Business School Spain
8 MIT: Sloan US
9 University of Chicago: Booth US
10 Yale School of Management US
11 University of California at Berkeley: Haas US
12 IMD Switzerland
13 IE Business School Spain
14 Hong Kong UST Business School China
15 Northwestern University: Kellogg US
16 University of Cambridge: Judge UK
17 Duke University: Fuqua US
17 New York University: Stern US
17 Ceibs China
20 Dartmouth College: Tuck US
21 HEC Paris France
22 Esade Business School Spain
23 University of Oxford: Saïd UK
23 University of Michigan: Ross US
25 Warwick Business School UK
26 UCLA: Anderson US
27 Cornell University: Johnson US
27 University of Virginia: Darden US
29 University of Hong Kong China
30 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad India
31 SDA Bocconi Italy
32 National University of Singapore Business School Singapore
33 University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler US
34 Carnegie Mellon: Tepper US
35 Rice University: Jones US
36 Indian School of Business India
36 Georgetown University: McDonough US
38 Nanyang Business School Singapore
39 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Netherlands
39 University of Texas at Austin: McCombs US
41 City University: Cass UK
41 Emory University: Goizueta US
43 Manchester Business School UK
44 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign US
45 Sungkyunkwan University GSB South Korea
46 Cranfield School of Management UK
47 Indiana University: Kelley US
48 University of California at Irvine: Merage US
49 Imperial College Business School UK
50 University of Maryland: Smith US
51 University of Toronto: Rotman Canada
52 The Lisbon MBA Portugal
52 Michigan State University: Broad US
54 University of Minnesota: Carlson US
55 University of Rochester: Simon US
56 Purdue University: Krannert US
57 Peking University: Guanghua China
58 University of Washington: Foster US
59 Vanderbilt University: Owen US
59 University of Cape Town GSB South Africa
61 Hult International Business School US / UK / UAE / China
62 Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM) Australia
62 Pennsylvania State University: Smeal US
64 Washington University: Olin US
65 University of Southern California: Marshall US
66 Mannheim Business School Germany
66 York University: Schulich Canada
68 Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore India
68 Melbourne Business School Australia
70 Ohio State University: Fisher US
71 Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller US
72 University of British Columbia: Sauder Canada
73 University of Strathclyde Business School UK
74 Tilburg University, TiasNimbas Netherlands
75 Texas A & M University: Mays US
75 Boston University School of Management US
77 Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai China
77 Lancaster University Management School UK
79 Coppead Brazil
80 University of Pittsburgh: Katz US
81 Wisconsin School of Business US
82 Boston College: Carroll US
83 Fudan University School of Management China
84 University of California, San Diego: Rady US
84 University of Bath School of Management UK
84 McGill University: Desautels Canada
87 Arizona State University: Carey US
88 University of St Gallen Switzerland
89 ESMT - European School of Management and Technology Germany
89 Western University: Ivey Canada
91 University College Dublin: Smurfit Ireland
92 Tulane University: Freeman US
93 Brigham Young University: Marriott US
94 Wake Forest University: Babcock US
95 EMLyon Business School France
95 Babson College: Olin US
97 Durham University Business School UK
98 University of California, Davis US
99 George Washington University US
100 Vlerick Business School Belgium

Ranking Insights for India

For the first time, IIM Bangalore has made an appearance at the 68th position in the top 100. With this, it has become third such Indian institution to have figured in top 100 management schools globally. Premier B-schools Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad (IIMA) and Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad which have already appeared before have slipped from their current positions to lower ranks in the Financial Times (London) Global MBA Ranking 2014. Rankings of IIMA and ISB slipped to 30 and 36, respectively, from their last year's positions of 26 and 34 respectively. ISB had slipped 14 points to rank 34 last year as against 20th position a year before. Similarly, IIMA had slipped 15 places at 26th rank from 11th position in 2012. In 2011, IIMA ranked 11th and ISB ranked 13th.

Top 14 B-Schools

  1. IIM Ahmedabad
  2. IIM Calcutta
  3. XLRI Jamshedpur
  4. FMS Delhi
  5. IIM Lucknow
  6. IIM Kozhikode
  7. SPJIMR Mumbai
  8. IIM Indore
  9. IIFT Delhi
  10. NITIE Mumbai
  11. IMI Delhi
  12. IMT Ghaziabad
  13. NMIMS Mumbai
  14. XIM Bhubanbeswar

Business School Country 2013 Rank
Chicago, University of - Booth School of Business United States 1
Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business United States 2
California at Berkeley, University of - Haas School of Business United States 3
Virginia, University of - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration United States 4
IESE Business School - University of Navarra Spain 5
Harvard Business School United States 6
New York University – Leonard N Stern School of Business United States 7
HEC School of Management, Paris France 8
Stanford Graduate School of Business United States 9
Columbia Business School United States 10
London Business School United Kingdom 11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT Sloan School of Management United States 12
IMD - International Institute for Management Development Switzerland 13
Queensland, University of – Business School Australia 14
Pennsylvania, University of – Wharton School United States 15
ESADE Business School Spain 16
Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management United States 17
UCLA Anderson School of Management United States 18
Emory University – Goizueta Business School United States 19
Bath, University of – School of Management United Kingdom 20
Carnegie Mellon University – The Tepper School of Business United States 21
York University – Schulich School of Business Canada 22
Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management United States 23
Michigan, University of – Stephen M. Ross School of Business United States 25
INSEAD France 26
Yale School of Management United States 28
Duke University – Fuqua School of Business United States 29
ESMT European School of Management and Technology Germany 30
Texas at Austin, University of – McCombs School of Business United States 31
Ohio State University – Fisher College of Business United States 32
Washington, University of – Foster School of Business United States 33
Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management United States 34
Indiana University – Kelley School of Business United States 35
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of – Kenan-Flagler Business School United States 36
Cambridge, University of – Judge Business School United Kingdom 37
Notre Dame, University of – Mendoza College of Business United States 38
Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad India 39
Strathclyde, University of – Business School United Kingdom 40
Mannheim Business School Germany 41
City University – Cass Business School United Kingdom 42
Rice University – Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Business United States 43
Georgetown University – Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business United States 44
Arizona State University – W. P. Carey School of Business United States 45
Cranfield School of Management United Kingdom 46
SDA Bocconi School of Management Italy 47
Washington University in St Louis – Olin Business School United States 48
Wisconsin School of Business United States 49
IE Business School Spain 50

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad (IIM-A) has been ranked at 39th position, as per the full-time Master of Business Administration (MBA) program ratings '2013 conducted by the Economist. The position of IIM-Ahmadabad as per the Economist's 2012 ranking was 56 globally, which has come up by 17 places in 2013. It is the only business school from India to feature in the Economist's ranking for full-time MBA programs for the past 4 years.

Every year Business Today Magazine publishes ranking of India's top Business Schools. This year, programmes of less than two years, such as those offered by Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad and Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, were not included in the rankings. In all, 213 B-schools participated. Some premier institutes that declined participation were IIM-B and IIM-L.

B-School Rank
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 1
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta 2
XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur 3
Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi 4
Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode 5
Indian Institute of Management, Indore 6
S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai 7
Management Development Institute, Gurgaon 8
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi 9
International Management Institute, Delhi 10
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai 11
National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai 12
Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad 13
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai 14
Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi 15
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar 16
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune 17
Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur 18
T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal 19
Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay 20
Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida 21
Institute of Rural Management, Anand 22
Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad 23
Goa Institute of Management, Goa 24
Indian Institute of Management, Shillong 25
K J Somaiya institute of Management, Mumbai 26
Sydenham Institute of Management Studies (SIMSREE) 27
Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai 28
Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi 29
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management 30

Rank
Name of School
Country
1 Harvard Business School US
2 Stanford Graduate School of Business US
3 University of Pennsylvania: Wharton US
4 London Business School UK
5 Columbia Business School US
6 Insead France / Singapore
7 Iese Business School Spain
8 Hong Kong UST Business School China
9 MIT: Sloan US
10 University of Chicago: Booth US
11 IE Business School Spain
12 University of California at Berkeley: Haas US
13 Northwestern University: Kellogg US
14 Yale School of Management US
15 Ceibs China
16 Dartmouth College: Tuck US
16 University of Cambridge: Judge UK
18 Duke University: Fuqua US
19 IMD Switzerland
19 New York University: Stern US
21 HEC Paris France
22 Esade Business School Spain
23 UCLA: Anderson US
24 University of Oxford: Saïd UK
24 Cornell University: Johnson US
26 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad India
27 CUHK Business School China
28 Warwick Business School UK
29 Manchester Business School UK
30 University of Michigan: Ross US
31 University of Hong Kong China
32 Nanyang Business School Singapore
33 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Netherlands
34 Indian School of Business India
35 University of Virginia: Darden US
36 National University of Singapore Business School Singapore
37 Rice University: Jones US
38 Cranfield School of Management UK
39 SDA Bocconi Italy
40 City University: Cass UK
40 Georgetown University: McDonough US
42 Imperial College Business School UK
43 Carnegie Mellon: Tepper US
44 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign US
45 University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler US
46 University of Toronto: Rotman Canada
46 University of Texas at Austin: McCombs US
48 Australian School of Business (AGSM) Australia
49 Emory University: Goizueta US
50 University of Maryland: Smith US
51 Sungkyunkwan University SKK GSB South Korea
52 York University: Schulich Canada
53 Vanderbilt University: Owen US
54 Washington University: Olin US
54 Indiana University: Kelley US
54 University of California at Irvine: Merage US
57 Hult International Business School US / UK / UAE / China
57 University of British Columbia: Sauder Canada
59 University of Rochester: Simon US
59 Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller US
61 The Lisbon MBA Portugal
62 Michigan State University: Broad US
62 Melbourne Business School Australia
64 Tilburg University, TiasNimbas Netherlands
64 University College Dublin: Smurfit Ireland
66 Coppead Brazil
66 Peking University: Guanghua China
68 Purdue University: Krannert US
69 Mannheim Business School Germany
69 Texas A & M University: Mays US
71 Lancaster University Management School UK
72 University of Bath School of Management UK
72 Ohio State University: Fisher US
74 University of Cape Town GSB South Africa
74 University of Iowa: Tippie US
76 McGill University: Desautels Canada
77 Pennsylvania State University: Smeal US
78 University of Western Ontario: Ivey Canada
78 University of Washington: Foster US
80 Babson College: Olin US
81 Tulane University: Freeman US
82 University of St Gallen Switzerland
82 University of Southern California: Marshall US
84 George Washington University US
84 Vlerick Business School Belgium
86 Korea University Business School South Korea
87 Arizona State University: Carey US
87 University of Strathclyde Business School UK
89 Fudan University School of Management China
90 Incae Business School Costa Rica
91 Wisconsin School of Business US
92 EMLyon Business School France
93 Boston College: Carroll US
94 Case Western Reserve University: Weatherhead US
95 University of California, San Diego: Rady US
95 Boston University School of Management US
97 College of William and Mary: Mason US
98 SMU: Cox US
99 University of South Carolina: Moore US
100 University of Alberta Canada

Source: Financial Times

Top 50 B-Schools by survey conducted by Youth Incorporated, DNA and Rediffmail.com. The Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School have topped the ranking for the global business schools ranking 2012. The survey revealed that the universities offering multiple programs are more preferred than those that offer only MBA programs.

Rank B-School Country
1 Harvard University  USA 
2  Stanford University  USA 
3  University of Pennsylvania USA 
4  Columbia University  USA 
5  London Business School UK 
6  INSEAD France 
7  IE Business School  Spain 
8  MIT USA 
9  University of Chicago USA 
10  IIM Ahmedabad  India 
11  Northwestern University USA 
12  University of California at Berkeley USA 
13  New York University  USA 
14  Dartmouth College  USA 
15  Hong Kong UST China 
16  Indian School of Business India 
17  IIM Calcutta India 
18  IMD Switzerland 
19  Duke University  USA 
20  Yale University  USA 
21  Cambridge University  UK 
22  Oxford University  UK 
23  Cornell University  USA 
24  HEC Paris France 
25  National University Singapore Singapore 
26  University of Manchester UK 
27  University of Virginia  USA 
28  IESE Spain 
29  Australian Graduate School of Management  Australia 
30  CEIBS China 
31  University of Hong Kong China 
32  ESADE Spain 
33  Nanyang Technological University Singapore 
34  Imperial College UK 
35  Carnegie Mellon University USA 
36  Chinese University of Hong Kong China
37  University of Melbourne Australia 
38  University of Michigan Ann Arbor  USA 
39  Georgetown University USA 
40  SDA Bocconi Italy 
41  University of Toronto  Canada 
42  McGill University Canada 
43  Rotterdam School of Management  Netherlands 
44  University of Cape Town South Africa 
45  Peking University  China 
46  Rice University USA 
47  University of California at Los Angeles  USA 
48  Emory University USA 
49  Penn State University (Smeal) USA 
50  Indiana University (Kelley) USA 

India's top 50 Business Schools by Business Today-Nielsen survey.

Rank B-School
1 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
2 Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
3 Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi
4 XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur
5 Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
6 Indian InStitute of Management, Indere
7 Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbal
8 Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
9 Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
10 S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai
11 Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
12 Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee
13 Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
14 Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
15 National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
16 ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad
17 Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
18 Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay
19 Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi
20 Symbiosis Centre for Mgmt. and HR Development, Pune
21 Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai
22 Institute of Rural Management, Anand
23 Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida
24 Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi
25 Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
26 Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras
27 Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
28 Goa Institute of Management, Goa
29 Institute for Technology and Management, Mumbai
30 Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
31 Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur
32 Doon Business School Dehradun
33 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
34 Amity Business School, Noida
35 International Management Institute, Delhi
36 Presidency College, Bangalore
37 Christ University Institute of Management, Bangalore
38 Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi
39 I.T.S. Institute of Management, Greater Nelda
40 K J Somaiya institute of Management, Mumbai
41 Amrita School ol Business, Coimbatore
42 Fortune Institute of International Business, Delhi
43 Regional College of Management, Bhubaneswar
44 Acharya Institute of Management and Science, Bangalore
45 T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal
46 ICFAI Business School, Mumbai
47 Indian Institute of Management, Shillong
48 ICFAI Business School, Pune
49 Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur
50 Balaji Institute of Telecom and Management, Pune

Rank Business School Country
1 Chicago, University of - Booth School of Business United States
2 Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business United States
3 Virginia, University of - Darden Graduate School of Business Administration United States
4 Harvard Business School United States
5 Columbia Business School United States
6 California at Berkeley, University of - Haas School of Business United States
7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT Sloan School of Management United States
8 Stanford Graduate School of Business United States
9 IESE Business School - University of Navarra Spain
10 IMD - International Institute for Management Development Switzerland
11 New York University – Leonard N Stern School of Business United States
12 London Business School United Kingdom
13 Pennsylvania, University of – Wharton School United States
14 HEC School of Management, Paris France
15 Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management United States
16 York University – Schulich School of Business Canada
17 Carnegie Mellon University – The Tepper School of Business United States
18 ESADE Business School Spain
19 INSEAD France
20 Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management United States
21 Emory University – Goizueta Business School United States
22 IE Business School Spain
23 UCLA Anderson School of Management United States
24 Michigan, University of – Stephen M. Ross School of Business United States
25 Bath, University of – School of Management United Kingdom
26 Yale School of Management United States
27 Queensland, University of – Business School Australia
28 Texas at Austin, University of – McCombs School of Business United States
29 Duke University – Fuqua School of Business United States
30 City University – Cass Business School United Kingdom
31 Hult International Business School United States
32 Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of Management United States
33 Ohio State University – Fisher College of Business United States
34 Washington, University of – Foster School of Business United States
35 Georgetown University – Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business United States
36 Mannheim Business School Germany
37 Cranfield School of Management United Kingdom
38 Melbourne Business School – University of Melbourne Australia
39 Rice University – Jesse H Jones Graduate School of Business United States
40 North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of – Kenan-Flagler Business School United States
41 Hong Kong, University of – Faculty of Business and Economics Hong Kong
42 Henley Business School United Kingdom
43 Southern California, University of – Marshall School of Business United States
44 Indiana University – Kelley School of Business United States
45 Cambridge, University of – Judge Business School United Kingdom
46 Curtin Graduate School of Business Australia
47 Washington University in St Louis – Olin Business School United States
48 Oxford, University of – Saïd Business School United Kingdom
49 Notre Dame, University of – Mendoza College of Business United States
50 Wake Forest University Schools of Business United States
51 Wisconsin School of Business United States
52 EDHEC Business School France
53 Maryland, University of – Robert H Smith School of Business United States
54 Strathclyde, University of – Business School United Kingdom
55 Boston University School of Management United States
56 Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad India
57 EMLYON France
58 Minnesota, University of – Carlson School of Management United States
59 Arizona State University – W. P. Carey School of Business United States
60 Warwick Business School United Kingdom
61 Macquarie Graduate School of Management Australia
62 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – School of Business and Management Hong Kong
63 University College Dublin – Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business Ireland
64 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Netherlands
65 Iowa, University of – Henry B Tippie School of Management United States
66 Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgium
67 California at Davis, University of-Graduate School of Management United States
68 Pennsylvania State University – Smeal College of Business United States
69 Grenoble Graduate School of Business France
70 SDA Bocconi School of Management Italy
71 Texas Christian University – Neeley School of Business United States
72 Nanyang Business School – Nanyang Technological University Singapore
73 George Washington University – School of Business United States
74 Durham Business School United Kingdom
75 McGill University – Desautels Faculty of Management Canada
76 Audencia Nantes School of Management France
77 Temple University – Fox School of Business United States
78 Concordia University – John Molson School of Business Canada
79 International University of Japan – Graduate School of International Management
80 Lancaster University Management School United Kingdom
81 University of St. Gallen Switzerland
82 Southern Methodist University – Cox School of Business United States
83 Yonsei University School of Business Republic of Korea
84 Birmingham, University of – Birmingham Business School United Kingdom
85 China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) China
86 Nottingham University Business School United Kingdom
87 WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management Germany
88 Aston Business School United Kingdom
89 Rochester, University of – William E Simon Graduate School of Business United States
90 Purdue University – Krannert Graduate School of Management United States
91 British Columbia, University of – Sauder School of Business Canada
92 National University of Singapore – The NUS Business School Singapore
93 HEC Montréal Canada
94 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
95 Calgary, University of – Haskayne School of Business Canada
96 Copenhagen Business School Denmark
97 International University of Monaco
98 University of Georgia – Terry College of Business United States
99 Pittsburgh, University of – Katz Graduate School of Business United States
100 Case Western Reserve University – Weatherhead School of Management United States

(Source: The Economist)

Top 40 B-Schools in India

  1. IIM, Ahmedabad
  2. IIM, Bangalore
  3. IIM, Calcutta
  4. XLRI, Jamshedpur
  5. FMS, Delhi
  6. IIM, Kozhikode
  7. IIM, lndore
  8. S.P. Jain Institute, Mumbai
  9. IIFT, Delhi
  10. NITIE, Mumbai
  11. IMT, Ghaziabad
  12. XIMB, Bhubaneswar
  13. NMIMS, Mumbai
  14. IMI, Delhi
  15. SCMHRD, Pune
  16. S.J. Mehta School, IIT Bombay, Mumbai
  17. K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai
  18. TAPMI, Manipal
  19. DMS, IIT Delhi
  20. DMS, IIT Madras, Chennai
  21. Goa Institute of Management, Goa
  22. IRMA Anand
  23. Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirapalli
  24. MANAGE, Hyderabad
  25. Sydenham Institute of Management, Mumbai
  26. Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai
  27. IISWBM, Calcutta
  28. Balaji Institute of Modern Management, Pune
  29. NIAM, Jaipur
  30. Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
  31. MIB - MHROD, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi
  32. LBSIM, Delhi
  33. Fore School of Management, Delhi
  34. DMS, NIT Trichy, Tiruchirapalli
  35. IPE, Hyderabad
  36. DMS, ISM University, Dhanbad
  37. FMS - BHU, Varanasi
  38. IFIM Business School, Bangalore
  39. IFMR, Chennai
  40. Indian Institute of Finance, Delhi

Rank School Name Country
1 Stanford Graduate School of Business US
2 Harvard Business School US
3 University of Pennsylvania: Wharton US
4 London Business School UK
5 Columbia Business School US
6 Insead France / Singapore
7 MIT: Sloan US
8 IE Business School Spain
9 Iese Business School Spain
10 Hong Kong UST Business School China
11 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) India
12 University of Chicago: Booth US
13 IMD Switzerland
14 University of California at Berkeley: Haas US
15 Duke University: Fuqua US
16 Northwestern University: Kellogg US
17 New York University: Stern US
18 HEC Paris France
19 Dartmouth College: Tuck US
20 Indian School of Business India
20 Yale School of Management US
20 University of Oxford: Saïd UK
23 National University of Singapore School of Business Singapore
24 Ceibs China
24 Cornell University: Johnson US
26 University of Cambridge: Judge UK
27 Warwick Business School UK
28 Chinese University of Hong Kong China
29 University of Michigan: Ross US
30 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Netherlands
31 Manchester Business School UK
32 UCLA: Anderson US
33 Esade Business School Spain
34 Nanyang Business School Singapore
35 Carnegie Mellon: Tepper US
36 Cranfield School of Management UK
37 University of Hong Kong China
38 University of Virginia: Darden US
38 City University: CassFeatured business school UK
40 Emory University: Goizueta US
41 Australian School of Business: AGSM Australia
42 SDA Bocconi Italy
43 Georgetown University: McDonough US
44 University of Toronto: Rotman Canada
45 Rice University: Jones US
46 Imperial College Business School UK
46 Melbourne Business School Australia
46 Indiana University: Kelley US
49 Pennsylvania State University: Smeal US
49 University of Rochester: Simon US
51 Coppead Brazil
51 Texas A & M University: Mays US
51 University of Texas at Austin: McCombs US
54 Peking University: Guanghua China
54 University of Cape Town GSB South Africa
56 University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler US
57 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign US
58 University of Maryland: Smith US
59 York University: Schulich Canada
59 Purdue University: Krannert US
61 Washington University: Olin US
61 Vanderbilt University: Owen US
61 University of Southern California: Marshall US
61 McGill University: Desautels Canada
65 Hult International Business School US / UK / UAE / China
66 Sungkyunkwan University SKK GSB South Korea
66 Ohio State University: Fisher US
68 University of Western Ontario: Ivey Canada
69 Boston College: Carroll US
70 Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School Belgium
71 Lancaster University Management School UK
72 University of Minnesota: Carlson US
73 University of Washington: Foster US
74 Georgia Institute of Technology US
74 Wisconsin School of Business US
76 Incae Business School Costa Rica
77 Michigan State University: Broad US
77 Boston University School of Management US
79 George Washington University US
80 Wake Forest University: Babcock US
81 University of California at Irvine: Merage US
82 University of British Columbia: Sauder Canada
83 University of Pittsburgh: Katz US
83 University of Edinburgh Business SchoolFeatured business school UK
85 University of Notre Dame: Mendoza US
86 Northeastern University US
86 Birmingham Business School UK
86 University College Dublin: Smurfit Ireland
89 Thunderbird School of Global ManagementFeatured business school US
90 University of Iowa: Tippie US
91 Aston Business School UK
91 SP Jain Center of Management Dubai / Singapore
93 Universität St.Gallen Switzerland
94 Durham Business School UK
95 University of South Carolina: Moore US
95 Ipade Mexico
95 Bradford University School of Management UK
98 Brigham Young University: Marriott US
98 SMU: Cox US
100 Babson College: Olin US
(Source: Financial Times)

  1. IIM Bangalore
  2. IIM Calcutta
  3. IIM Ahmedabad
  4. IIM Indore
  5. IIM Lucknow
  6. IIM Kozhikode
  7. IIFT Delhi
  8. ISB Hyderabad
  9. IIM Shillong
  10. FMS Delhi
  11. XLRI Jamshedpur
  12. SCMHRD Pune
  13. SIBM Pune
  14. DMS IIT Delhi
  15. SPJIMR Mumbai
  16. NMIMS Mumbai
  17. JBIMS Mumbai
  18. TISS Mumbai
  19. ICFAI Hyderabad
  20. ICFAI Mumbai
  21. BIMTECH Greater Noida
  22. DMS IIT Kanpur
  23. IIPM Mumbai
  24. IMT Ghaziabad
  25. XIM Bhubaneswar
  26. XIME Bangalore
  27. MDI Gurgaon
  28. BITS Pilani
  29. DMS IIT Roorkee
  30. K.J.Somaiya Mumbai
  31. IIPM Delhi
  32. ITM Mumbai
  33. XISS Ranchi
  34. NIM Ahmedabad
  35. SJMSM IIT Bombay
  36. MICA Ahmedabad
  37. IMI Delhi
  38. LBSIM Delhi
  39. VGSOM IIT Kharagpur
  40. IRMA Anand
  41. ABS Noida
  42. GIM Goa
  43. NITIE Mumbai
  44. L.N.Welingkar Mumbai
  45. DMS IIT Chennai
  46. FORE Delhi
  47. LIBA Chennai
  48. TAPMI Manipal
  49. CCIM Bangalore
  50. DMS Osmania University Hyderabad

(Source: Business Today)

India's Best B-Schools (Overall Top 20 Ranking)
  1. IIM Ahmedabad
  2. IIM Calcutta
  3. XLRI Jamshedpur
  4. NMIMS Mumbai
  5. IIM Kozhikode
  6. NITIE Mumbai
  7. IIM Indore
  8. SJMSoM IIT Bombay
  9. KJ Somaiya Mumbai
  10. XIM Bhubaneswar
  11. DMS IIT Delhi
  12. SPJIMR Mumbai
  13. IMT Ghaziabad
  14. FMS BHU
  15. MDI Gurgaon
  16. FMS Delhi
  17. IIFT Delhi
  18. AIMS Bangalore
  19. IMI Delhi
  20. VGSoM IIT Kharagpur

(Source: Business World Magazine)