Rankings
According to the rankings of the most important news and business magazines in Germany and worldwide, the University of Mannheim and Mannheim Business School take a leading position. In the ranking of the best Executive MBA programs in the world published by the Financial Times (FT), the 'ESSEC & MANNHEIM Executive MBA' was awarded second place in the area of "career progress made by former participants", and comes in at number eight in the category "international course experience".
An overview over selected rankings:
- Best German Business School
- Wirtschaftswoche/Handelsblatt Publishing Group (2002 - 2009, eight times in a row) - based on recommendations of German HR managers
- Capital (2004 and 2006) - based on recommendations of German HR managers
- CHE (2002, 2005 and 2008) - the only school with top ratings in all five categories in 2008
- Focus (2004, 2005 and 2007) - based on recommendations of German HR managers, professors of business administration, and other criteria
- # 8 in the International Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking (October 2009)
- # 1 in the category 'Highest weighted salary'
- # 1 in Marketing
- # 2 in Economics
- # 7 in Finance
- # 10 in International Business
- Best German Professors of Business Administration (Handelsblatt 2009)
- # 1 Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Christian Homburg
- # 2 Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Martin Weber
- # 8 Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Alfred Kieser
- # 41 Professor Ernst Maug, PhD
- Best German full-time MBA Program
- # 9 in the European business school ranking of Handelsblatt/karriere (2006)
- by far the best German business school in the ranking
- # 21 in the Global Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking (October 2009)
- # 6 among the best European programs
- # 3 in the category 'international resident students"
- # 2 in the category 'career progress of alumni'
- # 9 in the category 'international students'
- # 10 in the category 'international course experience'
- Among the World's Top 30 MBA Programs in the Ranking of the Economist (Which MBA? - 2010 Edition)
- # 26 overall ranking
- # 1 in the category 'faculty quality'
- # 1 in the category 'student diversity'
- # 4 in the category 'education experience'
- only German business school in the ranking
- Among the World's Top 30 Business Schools in the 2010 Global Ranking of Expansíon (Mexico)
- # 23 overall ranking
- # 10 in Europe
- by far the best German institution
- Among the World's Top 50 Business Schools and the best German institution in the Ranking of América Economía (2010)
- # 31 worldwide
- # 11 in Europe
- the best of only two German institutions in this ranking