IIM Kozhikode had a slight improvement in its ranking from the 171–180 band last year to the 161–170 band this year, while IIM Indore maintained its position from the previous year.
According to the QS Executive MBA rankings 2025, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore is the top-ranked Indian institution. IIM Bangalore dropped from 41 to 50 last year. Out of 233 of the top executive MBA programs worldwide, it is one of seven Indian universities that are listed in this year’s QS Executive MBA rankings. Three of the seven are IIMs, while the other four are private organizations.
The results were made public on Wednesday by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global analyzer of higher education.
The Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad (181-190), IIM Kozhikode (161-170 rank band), IIM Indore (181-190), Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad (191-200), and the Goa Institute of Management (201+) were the next highest ranked Indian institutions, with the Indian School of Business (ISB), a private institution with campuses in Hyderabad and Mohali, coming in at number 111-120.
Four of the seven institutions saw their rankings drop from the previous year: IIM Bangalore (down nine spots from last year’s 41), ISB (from 101-110 rank band last year, to 181-190 this year), IMT Ghaziabad (from 171-180 last year, to 181-190 this year), and the Woxsen School of Business (from 181+ last year, to 191-200 this year).
IIM Kozhikode saw a slight improvement in its ranking from the 171–180 band last year to the 161–170 band this year, while IIM Indore maintained its position from the previous year. While the Goa Institute of Management is making its first appearance in the list, six of these institutions were also included in the rankings the previous year.
There were only three Indian universities listed in the 2022 and 2023 rankings: IIM Bangalore, ISB, and IIM Kozhikode.
For the second consecutive year, the University of Oxford’s Said Business School topped the global rankings, followed by London Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, HEC Paris, and IESE Business School (with campuses in New York and Barcelona).
With 68 business schools on the list, the USA is the most represented nation or territory. France comes in second with 13 schools, the UK with 11, and Canada and Spain with nine each. This year, a total of seven institutions from China and India are included in the rankings.
IIM Bangalore, the only Indian university in the top 100, scored 87.1 on the “career outcomes” metric this year, ranking in the top 25 globally. With a score of 90.8 on the “career outcomes” indicator last year, the B-school did better. gh gh gh fh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh
It received scores of 24 for “diversity,” 36.8 for “executive profile,” and 70.4 for “employer reputation” (down from 73.9 the previous year).
Data from the QS Academic Survey and the QS Global Employer Survey are used in the QS executive MBA ranking. Additionally, it gathers information from the schools on indicators such as career advancement (such as average salary increases and promotions one year after graduation) and executive profile (the work experience of those enrolled). gh gh gh fh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh gh
“Executive MBA programs are designed for students who are already pursuing a business career and want to combine full-time work with education,” claims QS.
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