Post Graduate Programmes of IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Calcutta are listed among the top 50 of the QS Masters in Management Ranking 2018 which was released recently. HEC Paris has been crowned the best institution in the world for studying a master's degree in management in the first-ever Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings: Masters in Management Rankings. New for 2018, this management ranking is one of three QS Business Masters Rankings, with rankings also published for finance and business analytics.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) has secured top position in India and moved up to rank 9 in the prestigious QS University Rankings BRICS, which was declared last week.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore is placed in 22nd rank while IIM Ahmedabad secured the next (23rd) position. IIM Calcutta's PGM is ranked 46.
IIM Calcutta is the only Indian member of CEMS alliance of leading global business schools and multinational corporations which was placed in the 8th ranking for its CEMS Master's in International Management programme.
In the 'Global MBA' course only IIM Ahmedabad (49) could secure a position in the top 50, while IIM Bangalore and Indian School of Business were in top 100 at 58th and 93th positions.
Regionally however - composed of Asia, Australia, and New Zealand - the three colleges were ranked among top 20 at seventh, ninth, and 12th positions.
IIM Calcutta - not in the top 100 - also found place at 18, regionally for Global MBA course.
One of five French schools in the top 20 for management, HEC Paris ranked ahead of London Business School and ESADE in second and third respectively.
"29 different countries are represented in this inaugural ranking, excluding the various global locations of CEMS which is ranked eighth in the world. The United Kingdom is the most-represented country with 24 schools, closely followed by 21 from the United States," said the QS rankings.
In these rankings, universities and schools were assessed by measuring five different metrics, with slight differences in weighting between each ranking. Those metrics are: Employability, Alumni Outcomes, Value for Money, Thought Leadership and Class & Faculty Diversity.
