The guide to the best European business schools

Nowhere else can you find exclusive head-to-head rankings of the top European business schools and their programs ... starting salaries for typical grads ... examples of companies recruiting at each school ... candid comments from students ... and unbiased assessments of teaching staffs, programs, and facilities. Plus you get a clear-eyed look at the culture and life of each school, its city, and country.

The Guide to the Best European Business Schools gives you all the details you need to:

• Discover the cutting-edge advantages of international credentials
• Compare programs, reputations, connections, and cultures of Europe's top business schools
• Learn which grads get the best starting packages and the most exciting job offers
• Find the best locales for making contacts
• Get insider and recruiter assessments of each school's grads
• Learn costs and requirements

Contents

CHAPTER 1 - THE MBA IN EUROPE

• The European Experience
• The MBA in the United Kingdom: Europe's Largest MBA Market
• The MBA in Germany: Still an Emerging MBA Market
• The MBA in France: Home of the Grandes Ecoles
• The MBA in Spain: Europe?s Most Dynamic Economy
• The MBA in Switzerland: Small and High Quality

• Introduction to This Ranking
• Selecting the Best MBA for You
• Pros and Cons of Rankings

• 1. INSEAD-European Institute of Business Administration
• 2. London Business School
• 3. IMD-International Institute for Management Development
• 4. Rotterdam School of Management
• 5. Instituto de Empresa
• 6. Manchester Business School
• 7. IESE-International Business School of Management of the University of Navarra
• 8. ISA HEC School of Management
• 9. Ashridge Management College
• 10. SDA Bocconi-Scuola di Direzione Aziendale dell'Universita Luigi Bocconi
• 11. Cranfield School of Management
• 12. Nijenrode University-The Netherlands Business School
• 13. GSBA Zurich-Graduate School of Business Administration, Zurich
• 14. Warwick Business School
• 15. E. M. Lyon-Ecole de Management Lyon
• 16. Henley Management College
• 17. The judge Institute-University of Cambridge
• 18. ESADE-Escuela Superior de Administracion y Direccion de Empresas
• 19. Imperial College Management School
• 20. Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration

• Aric Austin, MTV, London
• Fernando Barnuevo, J.P. Morgan, New York
• Marcus Bernhardt, Radisson/SAS Hotels, Brussels
• Gemma Harman, A.T. Kearney, London

• City University Business School
• EAP-European School of Management
• ESSEC-Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales
• Said Business School-University of Oxford
• Strathclyde Graduate Business School
• University College Dublin-The Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business
• University of Nottingham Business School
• University of Edinburgh Management School
• WHU Koblenz-Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management
• Wirtschaftsuniversitat Wien-Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

• APPENDIX A: BY THE HUMOURS
• APPENDIX B : THE RANKING METHODOLOOY
• APPENDIX C : THE MBA IN TNE EUROPEAN CONSULTANCY BUSINESS
• APPENDIX D : LISTING OF 50 LEADING EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOLS
• APPENDIX : THE TOP 20 EUROPEAN BUSINESS SCHOOLS-AT A GLANCE
• Index