Schulich School of Business Ranked Among Top 20 in the World in Latest Global Survey
TORONTO, ON – Thursday, May 19, 2016 – The Schulich School of Business at York University was today ranked 16th in the world and #1 in Canada in the annual global MBA survey conducted by América Economía, the leading business magazine in Latin America.
In addition to ranking 16th overall, Schulich placed 6th among business schools from North America. Harvard finished first overall, with London Business School, Yale, IMD and the University of California at Berkeley all placing among the top 10.
The América Economía ranking, titled “Best Business Schools for Latin Americans 2016”, rates leading MBA programs from around the world using a broad range of criteria, including Student Selectivity, International Experience and Diversity, Network Potential, and Emphasis on Innovation. The survey employs a statistical-based methodology to rank business schools, with points awarded in key areas of measurement such as international scope and orientation, average GMAT, and the total number of innovation and entrepreneurship centres and labs housed at the School.
“We’re delighted to have been rated by América Economía as one of the top 20 business schools in the world,” said Schulich Dean Dezsö J. Horváth. “Today’s results mark the seventh time this academic year that one of Schulich’s MBA or EMBA programs has been ranked #1 in Canada by a global survey, and in one of those surveys, our MBA program was ranked #1 in the world.”
About Schulich
Known as Canada’s Global Business School™, the Schulich School of Business in Toronto is ranked among the world’s leading business schools by a number of global surveys. Schulich’s MBA program is ranked #1 in the world by Corporate Knights, the world’s largest circulation magazine with an explicit focus on Corporate Social Responsibility, in a global survey that identifies which schools are doing the best job of preparing future business leaders for the environmental, social and ethical complexities of modern-day business. Schulich’s MBA program is also ranked #1 in Canada and among the world’s leading schools by The Economist, Forbes, CNN Expansión and América Economía. Schulich is also ranked among the world’s top 35 business schools for a career in investment banking in a global survey by eFinancialCareers.com. The Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program is ranked #5 in the world by The Economist and #1 in Canada by the Financial Times of London. For complete ranking details, please visit www.schulich.yorku.ca.
Global, innovative and diverse, Schulich offers business programs year-round at its state-of-the-art complex at York University; at its Miles S. Nadal Management Centre located in the heart of the Toronto’s financial district; and at its new campus in Hyderabad, India. Schulich also operates a number of satellite centres in Beijing and Shanghai, China; Mumbai, India; Seoul, South Korea; Mexico City, Mexico; and Sao Paulo, Brazil. Schulich offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate business degrees that lead to rewarding careers in the private, public and nonprofit sectors, and has 27,000 alumni working in over 90 countries. The School pioneered Canada’s first International MBA (IMBA) and International BBA (iBBA) degrees, as well as North America’s first ever cross-border Executive MBA degree, the Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA. In addition to Schulich’s Master of Finance and Master of Accounting degrees, the School launched one of the world’s first Master of Business Analytics and Master of Real Estate and Infrastructure degrees. Schulich’s Executive Education Centre provides executive development programs annually to more than 10,000 executives in Canada and abroad.
For more information, please contact:
Beth Marlin
Schulich School of Business
Email: bmarlin@schulich.yorku.ca
Phone: 905-717-6278