Source: Queen's University
http://qnc.queensu.ca/story_loader.php?id=452f903eaade3 MBA repeats #1 BusinessWeek rankingOctober 13, 2006 Queen’s MBA
has been ranked #1 for the second time in a row by BusinessWeek magazine’s
influential biannual ranking of MBA programs outside the US, with five
Canadian schools dominating the top ten. The announcement was made today at
5:00 p.m. (Eastern time). The last time the ranking was released by the US
publication, in 2004, Queen’s School of Business also commanded the top
spot. "[At Queen’s School of Business] the workload is intense, but personal
attention from professors is second to none," said BusinessWeek in an online
report of the rankings. BusinessWeek’s methodology involves scoring the results of questionnaires
answered by more than 200 business school recruiters (45% weighting) and
9000 graduating MBA students (45% weighting), as well as an analysis of
"intellectual capital" that comes from faculty publications in 18 key
academic and practitioner journals (10% weighting). The BusinessWeek ranking focuses on what really matters — that our students
and the people who hire them think Queen’s MBA is best in class," said David
Saunders, Dean of Queen’s School of Business. "For years we’ve been proud to
share the limelight with some of the best business schools in the world, and
2006 is no exception." The Top 10 business schools outside of the US as ranked by BusinessWeek
magazine are: 1. Queen’s School of Business (#1 in 2004)
2. University of Western Ontario – Ivey (#6 in 2004)
3. University of Toronto – Rotman (#9 in 2004)
4. IMD (#2 in 2004)
5. London Business School (#5 in 2004)
6. INSEAD (#3 in 2004)
7. ESADE (#4 in 2004)
8. IESE (#7 in 2004)
9. York University – Schulich (not ranked in 2004)
10. HEC Montreal (#10 in 2004) Queen’s School of Business recently announced the evolution of its full-time
MBA program by becoming the first in Canada to provide participants with an
academic experience customized to their personal needs. Along with a new
core curriculum, each student in the program will be assigned a personal
development coach, career coach, team facilitator, personal trainer and
academic advisor to help realize their individual goals. "We are very excited to offer this unprecedented level of customization to
develop exceptional business leaders," said Shannon Goodspeed, Director,
Queen’s MBA. The complete results of BusinessWeek’s 2006 business school rankings are now
available online at www.businessweek.com/bschools and will be published in
the magazine’s next issue. About Queen’s School of Business:
Queen's School of Business (business.queensu.ca) is one of the world’s
premier business schools, offering undergraduate and graduate degrees and
non-degree executive education programs. Programs include: Queen's full-time
MBA ranked #1 in the world outside the US by BusinessWeek magazine;
Queen’s-Cornell Executive MBA, Queen's Accelerated MBA for Business
Graduates, and Queen’s Executive MBA — each offered by videoconference in
cities across Canada — and Queen’s Ottawa Executive MBA; the largest
offering of open enrolment executive development programs in the country,
ranked among the world’s top-25 by Financial Times (UK) and BusinessWeek;
Queen’s Bachelor of Commerce, renowned for its rigorous entrance standards;
and Queen’s MSc and PhD in Management programs, which produce leading
researchers for industry and academe. For more information please contact:
Amber Wallace, Queen’s School of Business, 613.533.3151,
awallace@business.queensu.ca Amy Laski, Environics Communications, 416.969.2737,
alaski@environicspr.com
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