Global Business School Rankings 2026
TOP 50 EXECUTIVE MBA
Published 1st March 2026
50 Institutes in this ranking
An exercise in ranking the best higher education institutes in the world is no mean task. Information gathering in itself is an exhaustive exercise, while number-crunching and analysing gives meaning to the massive raw data. The aim of the Youth Incorporated and Times Of India Global University Ranking 2026 through this sophisticated exercise is to identify and ascertain the universities in the world that are fulfilling their commitment to providing quality education.
| Rank | Institute | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wharton School | USA |
| 2 | IE University | Spain |
| 3 | Columbia University | USA |
| 4 | INSEAD | France |
| 5 | London Business School | UK |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | USA |
| 7 | IESE | Spain |
| 8 | Columbia-London Business School | World |
| 9 | HEC Paris | France |
| 10 | National University Singapore | Singapore |
| 11 | UCLA (Anderson) - National University of Singapore | World |
| 12 | TRIUM (HEC Paris + LSE + NYU Stern) | World |
| 13 | Oxford University | UK |
| 14 | IMD | Switzerland |
| 15 | ESADE Business School | Spain |
| 16 | Cornell University | USA |
| 17 | Imperial College London | UK |
| 18 | Georgetown University | USA |
| 19 | Tsinghua University - INSEAD | World |
| 20 | University of Texas at Austin | USA |
| 21 | University of Toronto | Canada |
| 22 | Kellogg-York University (Schulich) | World |
| 23 | ESSEC-Mannheim | World |
| 24 | Emory University | USA |
| 25 | CEIBS | China |
| 26 | Duke University | USA |
| 27 | Rice University | USA |
| 28 | University of Miami | USA |
| 29 | Western University | Canada |
| 30 | University of Illinois UC | USA |
| 31 | University of Pittsburgh (Katz) | USA |
| 32 | University of Maryland (Smith) | USA |
| 33 | University of Wisconsin Madison | USA |
| 34 | University of St.Gallen | Switzerland |
| 35 | Grenoble Ecole de Management | France |
| 36 | University of Bath | UK |
| 37 | University of Rochester | USA |
| 38 | University of Leeds | UK |
| 39 | EMLYON Business School | France |
| 40 | Temple University | USA |
| 41 | Tulane University | USA |
| 42 | Purdue University | USA |
| 43 | Bayes Business School (City St George’s, University of London) | UK |
| 44 | Cranfield University | UK |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University | USA |
| 46 | ESIC Spain | Spain |
| 47 | Durham University | UK |
| 48 | University of Nottingham | UK |
| 49 | University of Florida | USA |
| 50 | Lancaster University | UK |