FT Executive Education Rankings 2023: Europe on top

FT Executive Education Rankings 2023: Europe on top

European business schools dominate the top tiers of the FT’s 2023 main rankings of open-enrolment and custom executive education programmes — with some standout exceptions.

Business schools headquartered in Europe offer 11 of the 12 top-ranked open programmes — headed by Barcelona’s Iese — and nine of the leading 12 custom courses, individually designed for client organisations. But Duke Corporate Education, based in the US, emphatically bucks the trend, taking the top spot in the custom ranking.

Duke CE is followed in the custom table by France’s Insead, HEC Paris, Iese and ESMT in Germany. University of Michigan: Ross in the US is ranked sixth, and Fundação Dom Cabral of Brazil is in 11th place.

Among the top 12 schools in the open-enrolment ranking, Fundação Dom Cabral is the only non-European provider, in joint seventh place, while other highly ranked institutions include Oxford: Saïd, London Business School and IMD in Switzerland.

European providers led by HEC Paris, Iese and Insead in France also top the combined table, based on strong performances in the main twin rankings for courses open to all and for custom programmes. Duke CE does not offer open-enrolment courses, so does not feature here.

Executive education comprises usually shorter, non-degree programmes. The FT’s rankings of open-enrolment and