Today in Global Perspectives class professor was seemingly glowing when he broke a news. Turned out that Financial Times published their Global MBA Rankings 2010 just two days ago on January 25. MBA program at GWSB climbed from position 71 to 57 among top 100 MBA programs worldwide. What he was even more proud of was that in a separate ranking of Top Schools by Subject George Washington University MBA program ranked #5 in Top 10 programs for International Business. The reason for his being especially happy about the ranking in International Business section is that it is probably in great part credited to the success of the department he is working at.
I mentioned before in one of the posts that rankings are quite helpful in getting preliminary information about schools and sizing up the programs. But once that information is analyzed, one needs to look beyond the rankings and find the best match for him/herself, based on personal goals and circumstances, not purely the rankings. At any rate, this news is a nice validation for all of us in GWSB.
The Financial Times Global MBA rankings is one of the three most recognized rankings of MBA programs in the USA. The FT rankings are taking more global outlook, instead of looking only at the US business schools. Just as the professor mentioned in the first lecture on Global Perspectives. The other two rankings are mostly recognized for rankings of domestic business schools:
- Top Business School Rankings by Businessweek &
- Best Business Schools Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
I guess this new ranking will be celebrated and touted in the school now. But the real moral of the story is:
- Heed to your professor’s advice when he is prompting you to subscribe for Financial Times and you will never be two days behind on a good news
- Attend the lectures, and you will be up to speed on most important news you might have accidentally missed.
Edited 2/1/2010: Today businessbecause.com caught up on the Global MBA Ranking from Financial Times with a review on losers and winners, and some comparisons between the schools in various regions of the world.
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I am guessing this is the biggest jump GWU has had in the rankings. This is inline with the Deans vision of making GWU stand among the top 25 in US by 2015, and of course it will have a domino effect on the world rankings.
Cheers!