“The Passing of the Crown”

The Financial Times has published the 2012 edition of its European Business School rankings. Spanish-based IE Business School overtakes HEC of France to become the number one business school in Europe, according to the respected financial newspaper.

	Rank 2012	3 year rank	Business School	Country	MBA rank 2012	EMBA rank 2012	MiM rank 2012	Open rank 2012
	1	4	IE Business School	Spain	3	6	5	10
	2	1	HEC Paris	France	6	2**	3	5
	3	3	London Business School	UK	1	8 (1)***	–	4
	4	3	Insead	France / Singapore	2	5 (4)***	–	6
	5	7	Esade Business School	Spain	12	9**	6	7
	6	6	Iese Business School	Spain	4	7	–	2
	7	5	IMD	Switzerland	5	10	–	1
	7	12	University of St Gallen	Switzerland	23	26	1	12
	9	7	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	Netherlands	10	18 (12)***	6	–
	10	10	ESCP Europe	France / UK / Germany / Spain / Italy	–	11	2	15
	11	12	SDA Bocconi	Italy	15	28	21	13
	12	11	University of Oxford: Saïd	UK	7	16	–	9
	13	17	Warwick Business School	UK	9	12	33	–
	14	14	Vlerick Business School	Belgium	17	34	30	18
	15	15	EMLyon Business School	France	–	27	8	24
	16	14	City University: Cass	UK / UAE	14	15	15	–
	16	16	Cranfield School of Management	UK	13	29	–	10
	18	17	Imperial College Business School	UK	16	14	12	–
	19	14	Essec Business School	France / Singapore	–	18**	4	3
	20	19	Stockholm School of Economics	Sweden / Russia	–	40*	16	19
	21	22	Aalto University	Finland / S. Korea / Singapore	–	31	36	19
	21	26	Grenoble Graduate School of Business	France	–	41*	11	27
	23	26	Eada	Spain	30*	45*	28	29
	23	37	ESMT – European School of Management and Technology	Germany	–	17	–	8
	25	27	Edhec Business School	France	–	–	10	21
	26	25	Tilburg University, TiasNimbas	Netherlands	–	32	49	26
	27	25	London School of Economics and Political Science	UK	–	2	14	–
	28	31	Ashridge	UK	–	36	–	14
	29	40	Henley Business School	UK	–	25	–	16
	29	47	Nova School of Business and Economics	Portugal	–	47*/**	45	25
	31	35	Euromed Management	France	–	22	32	31*
	32	42	Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics	Portugal	–	47*/**	58	23
	33	26	University of Strathclyde Business School	UK	26*	39*	34	–
	33	31	University College Dublin: Smurfit	Ireland	20	33	46	–
	33	39	Nyenrode Business Universiteit	Netherlands	–	42*	53	22
	36	31	Mannheim Business School	Germany	–	18**	12	–
	37	45	Kozminski University	Poland	–	21	26	–
	38	41	Politecnico di Milano School of Management	Italy	31*	46*	62	–
	39	34	Copenhagen Business School	Denmark	32*	35	39	–
	40	40	WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)	Austria	–	24**	20	–
	40	52	Antwerp Management School	Belgium	–	23	40	–
	42	37	Bradford University School of Management	UK	25	44*	54	–
	42	50	HEC Lausanne	Switzerland	–	37	18	–
	44	40	NHH	Norway	–	–	41	17
	44	50	HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management	Germany	29*	–	9	–
	46	42	Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management	Belgium	–	–	23	28
	47	46	Manchester Business School	UK	11	–	60	–
	48	47	Aston Business School	UK	22	–	34	–
	49	42	Lancaster University Management School	UK	18	–	55	–
	49	46	University of Cambridge: Judge	UK	8	–	–	–
	51	54	University of Edinburgh Business School	UK	19	–	58	–
	52	51	Rouen Business School	France	–	–	17	–
	53	49	ESC Toulouse	France	–	–	18	–
	53	55	Skema Business School	France	–	–	25	–
	55	–	Porto Business School	Portugal	–	49*	–	30*
	55	47	Durham University Business School	UK	24	–	55	–
	55	50	Audencia Nantes	France	–	–	21	–
	55	54	Reims Management School	France	–	–	23	–
	59	52	IAG-Louvain School of Management	Belgium	–	–	27	–
	60	57	Bem Bordeaux Management School	France	–	–	28	–
	61	56	Maastricht University School of Business and Economics	Netherlands	–	–	31	–
	62	68	BI Norwegian Business School	Norway	–	–	63	32*
	63	–	Leeds University Business School	UK	27*	–	64	–
	63	–	Télécom Business School	France	–	–	38	–
	63	62	IAE Aix-en-Provence, Aix-Marseille University GSM	France	–	–	37	–
	66	70	Koç University Graduate School of Business	Turkey	–	30	–	–
	67	64	University of Cologne, Faculty of Management	Germany	–	–	41	–
	68	–	ESC Montpellier	France	–	–	44	–
	68	67	Aarhus School of Business	Denmark	–	–	41	–
	70	66	ICN Business School	France	–	–	48	–
	70	70	ESC Tours-Poitiers	France	–	–	47	–
	72	–	University of Zurich	Switzerland	–	38	–	–
	72	69	Birmingham Business School	UK	20	–	–	–
	74	58	University of Bath School of Management	UK	–	–	49	–
	74	69	ESC Clermont	France	–	–	51	–
	76	70	Warsaw School of Economics	Poland	–	–	51	–
	77	–	Sabanci University School of Management	Turkey	–	42*	–	–
	78	74	University of Economics, Prague	Czech Republic	–	–	57	–
	79	–	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	–	–	61	–
	79	–	Nottingham University Business School	UK	28*	–	–	–