In 2025, which school has the best MBA and business majors in the world?

MBA students at the graduation ceremony at Stanford Graduate School of Business (USA) in August

PHOTO: STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

America dominates in number of schools

QS in the UK on September 26 announced the rankings of the world's best universities in training masters of business administration (MBA) and other business fields (including management, finance, business analysis, marketing, supply chain management). These are also the fields that attract Vietnamese students in recent years when choosing destinations such as traditional study abroad countries such as the US, Canada, Australia and the UK.

In the 2024-2025 rankings alone, QS said it evaluated 340 MBA programs globally and many business masters programs in 58 countries and territories. The results showed that the US continued to dominate the MBA rankings with 11 schools in the top 20, of which Stanford Graduate School of Business (Stanford University, USA) continued to rank No. 1 for the fifth consecutive time.

The Wharton School of Business (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Harvard Business School (Harvard University, USA) also maintained their 2nd and 3rd positions. Meanwhile, the Sloan School of Management (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) rose 2 places to 4th place, replacing the London School of Business (UK) which has now dropped to 5th place. The rankings of the 10 best MBA training units in the world are as follows:

Name	Ranking 2025	Ranking 2024
Stanford GSB, USA	1	1
Penn (Wharton), USA	2	2
Harvard Business School, USA	3	3
MIT (Sloan)	4	6
London Business School, UK	5	4
HEC Paris, France	6	5
Cambridge (Judge), UK	7	9
Columbia Business School, USA	8	7
IE Business School, Spain	9	8
IESE Business School, Spain	10	9

Notably, no Asian school made it into the top 20 MBA schools in the world. The highest ranking of an Asian school belongs to the NUS Business School (National University of Singapore) at 25th place, followed by the School of Economics and Management (Tsinghua University, China) at 29th place. Topping the Canadian list is the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto), ranked 39th. The Melbourne Business School (University of Melbourne) holds the 32nd place, the highest in Australia.

In terms of the specialized rankings, the top schools in business analytics (BA) are: Sloan Management, Anderson Management, ESSEC Business. In the field of management, the top three rankings belong to the schools: HEC Paris, Stanford Graduate School of Business, ESSEC Business. In finance, the schools: Saïd Business, HEC Paris, Sloan Management dominate. In marketing, the top positions are: HEC Paris, ESSEC Business, IE Business. Ross Business, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Rotterdam Management lead the field of supply chain management.

What is the ranking method?

According to QS, to be ranked, MBA programs must be taught on campus, full-time, and have a class size of at least 15 students. Schools will be evaluated based on 13 criteria, divided into five main indicators: employability (accounting for 40% of the weight), entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes (15%), return on investment (20%), leadership thinking (15%), and diversity of nationality, gender, etc. of students and lecturers (10%).

According to QS, the data used for the rankings is collected through three surveys, one with global employers, one with academics and one with information provided by the universities. "The rankings provide useful information for those who want to develop a career in global business," said Nunzio Quacquarelli, President of QS, in a statement.

According to a report published in 2024, although MBA degrees are still very popular, more and more students are considering other options such as professional degrees, master's degrees or other career development options before pursuing an MBA, according to The PIE News .

QS is one of the most prestigious, experienced and influential university ranking organizations in the world, along with the rankings of Times Higher Education (UK) and Shanghai Ranking Consultancy (China). This organization has ranked universities since 2004 with Times Higher Education, 1 year after the world first had a global university ranking published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (later Shanghai Ranking Consultancy).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nam-2025-truong-nao-dao-tao-mba-va-cac-nganh-kinh-doanh-tot-nhat-the-gioi-185240929103517254.htm