Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is one of the world's top leading research universities. Established in 1963, it is the second oldest university in Hong Kong. CUHK is the only university in Hong Kong with a college system. The constituent colleges are: Chung Chi College, United College, New Asia College, Shaw College, Morningside College, C.W. Chu College, S.H. Ho College, Wu Yee Sun College and Lee Woo Sing College.

The main faculties at CUHK are:
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Business Administration
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Social Science
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Law
- The Graduate School


Ratings and Rankings:

- Placed among the World's Top 50 institutions in the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, it is ranked 46th in 2009, 42nd in 2008, 38th in 2007 and 50th in 2006.

- Placed among the world's top 100 in a number of academic disciplines in THE-QS Subject Rankings 2009, ranked 58th in Social Sciences, 67th in Arts & Humanities, 68th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, and 78th in Engineering & Information Technology.

- 2nd in Asia in the QS.com Asian University Rankings 2009.


- 8th in the ranking of Top universities in Asia by Webometrics 2009.

- Ranked 23-41st among the Top 100 institutions in Asia by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2008.

- 9th in the ranking of Top EMBA programs by Whitefield Consulting Worldwide 2008.

- 15th in the ranking of Top 85 Executive MBA (EMBA) programs by the Financial Times 2006.

- 96th globally in the Newsweek ranking of top 100 global universities 2006.

- 44th in the 2004 ranking of World Top 50 Universities in Subdiscipline Financial Economics (The econphd.net rankings).

- 6th among the Top Business Schools in Asia Pacific (International Education Commission 2003).

- No. 1 among the Top Business Schools in East Asia (Asia Inc, Hong Kong, 2003).

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Curtin University of Technology

Curtin University of Technology is Western Australia's largest and most multi-cultural university. It was previously known as the Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT). The University has campuses in Sydney, Malaysia and Singapore, and it conducts degree programs in Singapore, Vietnam, Mauritius, China, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, and more.

Curtin offers a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in business, humanities, health sciences, resources, engineering and related sciences. It offers higher degrees by research at the master and doctorate level. Research strengths are concentrated around four broad themes: Resources and energy; ICT and emerging technologies; Health; Sustainable development.

It is a member of the Australian Technology Network, an alliance of five of the most innovative and enterprising universities in Australia.

Awards and Rankings:

- Placed among the top 300 universities in the world. According to the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, it is ranked 235th in 2007, 232nd in 2008 and 244th in 2009.

- Placed among the world's top 200 universities for Engineering & IT (#195 globally) in THE-QS Rankings 2009.

- It is one of only 17 universities placed in the SJTU Academic Ranking of World Universities 2009.

- Placed among the top 10 MBA schools in Asia & Australasia (Economist's 2009 Full Time MBA Rankings).

- It is the highest-ranked Western Australian university and received a five-star rating for entry flexibility in the Good Universities Guide 2008.

- It is the only university in the world that has had two recipients of the prestigious 'Outstanding Contributions to Science Education Training Through Research Award', awarded by the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.

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Curtin Business School MBA

Curtin University of Technology is Australian top leading institution with five faculties including Curtin Business School (CBS), Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Faculty of Humanities, and Faculty of Science & Engineering. CBS has seven schools within the faculty:
- School of Accounting
- School of Business Law and Taxation
- School of Economics and Finance
- School of Information Systems
- School of Management
- School of Marketing
- Graduate School of Business

Curtin University Graduate School of Business offers two professional masters programs - the Master of Business Administration (MBA) and the Master of Leadership and Management (MLM). The MBA program has been accredited by the international Association of MBAs. It is recognized as one of the Top Online MBA Schools in Australia, offering an internationally-accredited M.B.A. degree which can be completed fully online with the additional requirement of a two-week capstone unit residential. Students have the option to pursue a Strategic Procurement major.

Rankings:

- The Distance MBA program was ranked the best in Australia and 4th in the world according to the Distance Learning MBA Rankings by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) 2008. No other Australian University was placed in the Top 10.

- 94th among the World's Top 100 MBA programs (EIU 2008). It was also ranked No. 2 worldwide for personal development and educational experience. Only four Australian MBA programs were listed in the top 100 list.

- Ranked 1st in Western Australia and 5th in Australia for its MBA program, according to the Australian Financial Review’s BOSS magazine 2007 survey.

- Placed among the Global 100 MBA, ranked 91st in the world by the Beyond Grey Pinstripes research survey.

- The MBA was rated 80th globally in the EIU 2007. Only three Australian MBA programs were listed in the top 100 list. It was rated 91st in 2006.

- 90th for its full-time MBA program (EIU 2005).

- It is the only Western Australian school to be rated in the five-star bracket in an index of Australian MBA courses, compiled by the Graduate Management Association of Australia (GMAA).

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City University of Hong Kong

Established in 1984, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is one of the best universities in Hong Kong, consistently placed among the world top leading institutions by a number of international league tables.

All bachelor’s degree and postgraduate programs are organized under the Colleges and the Schools: the College of Business, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Science and Engineering, the School of Creative Media, the School of Law, the Division of Building Science and Technology, and the Community College of City University.

The College of Business consists of the following departments: Accountancy, Economics and Finance, Information Systems, Management, Management Sciences, and Marketing. The Faculty of Business of CityU has become the only business school in the Greater China region to be triple accredited. It is accredited by AACSB International, EQUIS and AMBA.

The School of Law was the first in Hong Kong to offer the J.D. (Juris Doctor), it has also developed expertise in a range of fields including commercial law, environmental law, Hong Kong Basic Law, etc.

Rankings:

- According to the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings, it is ranked 124th in 2009, 147th in 2008, 149th in 2007, 154th in 2006.

- Three subjects are placed within the Global Top 200, with the Engineering and IT breaking into the top 100, placed at 92nd, while Social Sciences rated 123rd globally, and Arts & Humanities rated 138th in the world (THES 2009 survey).

- 18th in Asia and 6th in the Greater China Area in the Asian University Rankings published by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) in 2009.

- No. 1 in Hong Kong for engineering research papers according to a survey released by the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (2009).

- Placed as one of the Top 3 Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences in Greater China (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2008).

- Placed in the range of 42-68th in the ranking of Top 100 Institutions in Asia (ARWU 2008).

- Ranked 3rd in terms of the percentage of successful applications for funding from the 2008-09 General Research Fund (GRF).

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Chicago Booth School of Business

Chicago Booth offers Full-time, Part-time (Evening and Weekend) and Executive MBA programs. The University is also a major center for educating future academics, with graduate programs offering the A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in several fields.
The program allows students to largely structure their own course of study subject to the constraint of a broad set of requirements. This is in contrast to other top-tier business schools, which impose a cohort or learning team system that includes coursework to be completed in a pre-determined order. The program differentiates itself by allowing students the flexibility to construct a program of study that is tailored to their needs, and can be as broad or deep as they choose. There is only one required course for full-time and part-time program students: LEAD (Leadership Effectiveness and Development), which students take in their first quarter for full-time students and within the first four quarters for part-time students. LEAD focuses on the fundamental skills of leadership: motivating people, building relationships, and influencing outcomes. Students in the full time program may earn an International MBA, or IMBA, by studying abroad on exchange with another business school, taking certain electives, and by demonstrating oral proficiency in a second, non-native language.
The school's Executive MBA program is unique in that students may elect to spend the required residential periods on all three of the school's campuses worldwide (London, Chicago, Singapore), while also employing the cohort system. In Business Week Executive MBA Ranking 2009 the University of Chicago Booth School of Business landed in second place. The University of Chicago Booth School of Business has begun a new program using Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and YouTube to reach prospective part-time M.B.A students.

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University of Queensland

Founded in 1909, The University of Queensland (UQ) is a top ranked university located in Brisbane, Australia. It is the oldest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the country. UQ is a member of the Australia's Group of Eight (Go8), and the Universitas 21. It is the largest university in the state, with major campuses at St Lucia, Ipswich, Gatton and Herston. Other locations include teaching hospitals and health centres, the Dental school, veterinary science centres, agricultural science farms, marine research stations, physics research stations, seismography stations and a mine at Indooroopilly.

University of Queensland has the following Faculties:
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Business, Economics and Law
- Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Veterinary Science
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

UQ has developed globally-recognised Research Institutes including the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN); Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine; Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB); Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR); Queensland Brain Institute (QBI); and Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI).

Rankings:

- Awarded the maximum five-star rating for student demand, student staff ratios, research grants, research intensivity, and toughness to get in (St Lucia campus) (The 2010 edition of The Good Universities Guide). University of Queensland is also awarded four stars for getting a job, positive graduate outcomes, graduate starting salaries, access by equity groups, international enrolments, gender balance, non-government earnings and toughness to get in (Ipswich campus).

- It is the only Queensland university ranks in the world's top 50 in the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings. It is placed 41st in 2009, 43rd in 2008, 33rd in 2007, 45th in 2006.

- University of Queensland is rated as the top university in Queensland and one of the best in the nation. Its regional rank in the Australia-Pacific region is 9-16th in the Academic Ranking of World Universities undertaken by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2008). It is also placed among the top 100 universities in the world in life and agricultural sciences and clinical medicine and pharmacy.

- Rated as one of Australia`s best universities in the 2007 edition of The Good Universities Guide. It was awarded the maximum five-star rating for six key performance indicators: student demand, positive graduate outcomes, staff qualifications, research intensivity, research grants and toughness to get in (St Lucia campus).

- 91st in the Newsweek rankings of the world's top 100 universities (2006).

- University of Queensland is the 2nd best in the country (behind ANU) in the Webometrics ranking of top 3000 universities in the world (2006).

- Top 5 nationally in the Teaching Performance Rankings published in the Australian newspaper (August 2005).

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University of Melbourne

Founded in 1853, The University of Melbourne (Unimelb) is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria, with main campus located in Parkville.  It is a member of the "Group of Eight" leading research institutions, the Universitas 21 and Association of Pacific Rim Universities networks.

University of Melbourne is consistently placed among the world's top 100 institutions by major ranking publications such as the ARWU, THE-QS and HEEACT. It is the second-largest research organisation in Australia after the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). Melbourne is recognized as Australia's Number One research university, according to key indicators used by the Australian Government to allocate competitive research funding.

Rankings:

- University of Melbourne is ranked 6th in the Asia-Pacific region and 73rd worldwide in the Academic Ranking of World Universities published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2008. It is placed 79th internationally in 2007.

- 36th globally in The Times Higher World University Ranking 2009. It is the only Australian university to rank in the top 30 in all five subject areas including Engineering & IT; Arts & Humanities; Natural Sciences; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Social Sciences. In addition it is rated 6th in the world for the employability of its graduates.

- 1st in Australia, 4th in the Asia Pacific and 51st in the world, according to the Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT) university ranking 2009. It is placed 58th globally in 2008 and 64th in 2007.

- University of Melbourne is awarded the maximum five stars in the key areas of student demand, research grants, research intensivity, student-staff ratio, positive graduate outcomes, gender balance, non-government earnings (Good Universities Guide 2009).

- 3rd in the nation and 53rd in the world (Newsweek's top 100 global universities 2006).

- 3rd nationally in the Australia Teaching Performance Rankings published in the Australian newspaper (August 2005).

- University of Melbourne is tied for No. 1 with ANU in the ranking of international standing of Australian universities by The Melbourne Institute 2005.

- 2nd in the nation and 9th in Asia (Asia's Best Universities 2000).

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University of Adelaide

The University of Adelaide is a top leading public university located in South Australia. It it is the third oldest university in Australia, founded in 1874. The main campus of the University is at North Terrace, with other campuses located in Roseworthy, Waite, Thebarton, the National Wine Centre, and a campus in Singapore. It offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in the areas of agricultural sciences; architecture; business and management; computer science; dentistry; engineering; information technology; law; mathematics; medicine; music; and many more.

Associated with 5 Nobel Prize winners and more than 100 Rhodes scholars, Adelaide is highly regarded as one of the great old sandstone universities of the world. It is a member of the Group of Eight (Go8) and the Academic Consortium 21 (AC21). Go8 is formed by a group of top 8 research universities in Australia.

The University is divided into the following faculties:
- Faculty of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Faculty of Sciences
- Faculty of the Professions

The University is affiliated with a number of residential colleges: Aquinas College, Kathleen Lumley College, St Ann's College, St Mark's College and Lincoln College. The Barr Smith Library, main library of the University, is South Australia's largest research library.

It was the first Australian university to admit women to science courses; the first university to establish a Conservatorium of Music in the country; and graduated Australia's first woman surgeon, the nation's first astronaut, and Singapore’s first directly-elected President.

Ratings and Rankings:

- Ranked 81st globally in the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2009. It is also placed in the top 100 (#62) for Life Sciences & Biomedicine.

- 2nd in Australia in terms of competitive research income per capita (DEST Finance Data Collection and the Higher Education Research Data Collection, 2008).

- Ranked in the top 25 universities in the Asia Pacific region (ARWU 2007).

- Its MBA programs are rated 5-star by GMAA (2007).

- 62nd in the THES-QS World University Rankings 2007, moving up from 105th in 2006. It is placed in the global top 100 for three subject areas in 2007, including: Life Sciences & Biomedicine (100th), Natural Sciences (87th), Social Sciences (89th).

- Awarded the maximum five stars for staff-student ratios, research grants and research intensivity (Good Universities Guide 2007 edition). It also scored four stars for positive graduate outcomes, staff qualifications, student demand and international enrolments.

- Adelaide is in the top two national research rankings based on academic staff numbers ("Ranking and Clustering Australian University Research Performance, 1998-2002").

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Queensland University of Technology

Established in 1908, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is a world-class university located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is a member of the Australian Technology Network, a network of universities with strong focus on technological research. The university has main campuses in Gardens Point, Kelvin Grove, and Caboolture.

QUT has the following Faculties and Institutes:
- Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering
- Faculty of Business
- Creative Industries Faculty
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Health
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- QUT International College
- Institute of Creative Industries and Innovation
- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
- Institute for Sustainable Resources
- Information Security Institute

Awards and Rankings:

- Placed amongst the world's Top 250 institutions (Times Higher Education Supplement-QS World University Rankings). It is ranked 244th in 2009 and 212th in 2008.

- A top ten university in Australia, ranked 9th in the country and among the top 400 globally (Webometrics ranking of world universities 2009).

- The university won more awards for teaching excellence than any other Australian university at the 2008 Australian Learning and Teaching Council awards.

- Placed in the top 10 Australian universities for international standing (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 2007).

- Rated as a leader in student services provision in three key areas: quality of student life and support on campus, advocacy services, and the University’s level of consultation with students (National Union of Students).

- Received two Awards for Australian University Teaching and 8 Citations for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning in 2006.

- Placed in the top 200 universities in the world (THES 2006 and 2007). It is also placed among the top 100 universities in Engineering & IT (2007).

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University of Western Australia

The University of Western Australia (UWA) is one of the best ranking universities in Australia. Established in 1911, it is the oldest and most prestigious institution of higher learning in the state of Western Australia. It has one of the most picturesque university campuses in the country.

The university is a member of the prestigious Group of Eight -  a coalition of Australian top 8 research universities. It is also known as a "Sandstone University".

The university has the following faculties:
- Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts
- Business School
- Education
- Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
- Law
- Life and Physical Sciences
- Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
- Natural and Agricultural Sciences

UWA has established Research and Training Centres to enhance the University's teaching and research activities, including the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, Centre for Genetic Epidemiology and Biostatistics, WA Telecommunications Research Institute, Centre for Intelligent Information Processing Systems, Urban Design Centre, etc.

Several residential colleges are situated close to the main campus, including St Catherine's College, St Thomas More College, Currie Hall, Trinity, and St George's College.

Rankings:

- Placed among the world's top 100 institutions in THE-QS World University Rankings. It is rated 64th in 2007, 83rd in 2008 and 84th in 2009.

- Placed in the global top 100 for Life Sciences & Biomedicine, ranked 77th globally (THE-QS 2009).

- Placed in the world's top 150 institutions by Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Ranking of World Universities (2003 - 2008).

- 6th in Australia and 78th globally in the Newsweek ranking of Top 100 Global Universities 2006.

- 6th in the Melbourne Institute Index ranking of Australian universities (2005).

- Awarded 5-star rating for prestige, research performance, staff qualifications, student demand and gender balance (The Good Universities Guide 2003).

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Macquarie University

Founded in 1964, Macquarie University is one of the top universities in Australia with main campus situated in Macquarie Park. It has strong international reputation in various research and teaching areas, consistently ranks in the top 10 Australian universities for the number of Discovery Grants and Federation Fellowships awarded by the Australian Research Council and the number of major national research centres established on-campus.

The university has the following faculties: Faculty of Business and Economics, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Human Sciences. It offers a broad range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Accounting, Actuarial Studies, Ancient History, Anthropology, Biotechnology, Business, Economics, Education, Engineering, Finance, Information Technology and Computing, International Studies, Law, Psychology and many more. The university’s teaching staff consistently received citation awards from the national Carrick Institute.

Macquarie University Research Centres include Ancient Cultures Research Centre; Centre for Comparative Law, History and Governance (CCLHG); Centre for Emotional Health (CEH); Centre for Genes to Geoscience; Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS); Centre for Research on Social Inclusion (CRSI); Centre for the Integrative Study of Animal Behaviour (MU-CISAB); etc.

Rankings and Ratings:

- Placed as a top 200 university in the world. According to the THES - QS World University Rankings, it is ranked 82nd in 2006, 168th in 2007, 182nd in 2008, 189th in 2009.

- Ranked 96th among the top 100 universities for Arts & Humanities (THE-QS 2009).

- 7th in Australia (along with Monash University and Adelaide University) and in the range of 201-302nd globally (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2008).

- Starting salaries for Macquarie graduates have been ranked among the highest in Australia (The Good Universities Guide 1998-2009).

- Placed among the top 40 universities in the Asia-Pacific region by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University rankings.

- Top 10 in Australia (Webometrics ranking of top 3000 universities in the world 2006).

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Cambridge tops QS University Ranking 2010

In the recent release of QS World University Ranking 2010, University of Cambridge (UK) took the top spot as Number One University in the world, ranked ahead of Harvard University (2nd) and Yale University (3rd). University College London has maintained its position (4th place) as was ranked in the 2009 league table.

United States has the most number of universities ranked in the world's top 200 (53 institutions), followed by United Kingdom (30 institutions), Germany (12), the Netherlands (12), Canada (10), Japan (10).

In Australia only the Group of Eight (Go8) universities are ranked in the global top 200, with ANU being the 1st nationally and 20th internationally, followed by University of Sydney (37th) and University of Melbourne (38th).

In Asia the highest ranked institution is University of Hong Kong (23rd globally, up a place from 24th in 2009), followed by University of Tokyo (24th) and Kyoto University (25th).

Top 20 Universities in the World:
1 University of Cambridge
2 Harvard University
3 Yale University
4 University College London
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
6 University of Oxford
7 Imperial College London
8 University of Chicago
9 California Institute of Technology
10 Princeton University
11 Columbia University
12 University of Pennsylvania
13 Stanford University
14 Duke University
15 University of Michigan
16 Cornell University
17 Johns Hopkins University
18 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
19 McGill University
20 Australian National University

Source: Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd 2010. www.topuniversities.com

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Australian Universities in THE Ranking 2010-2011

Australian universities performed very well in the rankings of world's top 200 universities by the Times Higher Education (THE) in its World University Rankings 2010-11. University of Melbourne improved its position as the highest ranked university in Australia, ranked 36th globally and ahead of Australian National University (43rd globally).

A total of 7 Australian universities have made it into the top 200 best institutions in the world.

Melbourne University is ranked top in Australia in teaching, research and citations, which measures research influence. It is rated second in industry income and third in international (proportion of international staff and students).

University of Sydney is ranked 3rd in the country and 71st in the world. The University of Adelaide is ranked Number 73 in the world and 4th among Australian leading universities. This places Adelaide in the top one per cent of universities in the world.

The University of Queensland was one of only five Australian universities (and the only Queensland university) in the top 100 (ranked 81st internationally), followed by the University of New South Wales (152) and Monash University (178).

American universities occupied the top 5 list in the prestigious Times Higher Education 2010-11 rankings, with Harvard rated No. 1 in the world.

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Top 10 Universities in Australia

What are the best ten universities in Australia? Generally we would consider the Group of Eight (Go8) members as amongst the best 8 institutions in the country, followed by another two prestigious universities (they can be Macquarie, Flinders, Wollongong, Newcastle, ...). Here we will look at major ranking publications to justify the top 10 list:

According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities released by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ANU is the highest rated institution in the country, placed 1st nationally and 59th globally in 2008. Three schools are placed within the Global Top 100, the other two are Melbourne (73rd) and Sydney (97th). All the Go8 members and Macquarie University are placed in the top 9 positions, with another 5 schools rated equal 10th (they are Flinders, James Cook University, Newcastle, Tasmania and Wollongong).

According to the Times Higher - QS World University Rankings 2009, Go8 institutions are all rated in the top 8 nationally and in world's top 100, followed by Macquarie (189th) and RMIT (223rd).

According to the ranking of international standing of Australian universities by The Melbourne Institute in 2007, Go8 members occupied the top 8 positions, followed by Macquarie (9th) and Queensland University of Technology (10th).

View below for more information on the ranking profiles of some of the prestigious universities:

University of New South Wales
UNSW graduates earn the highest starting salary in the nation (median salary of first degree Australian graduates), according to The Australian Graduate Survey......

University of Melbourne
It is recognized as Australia's No. 1 research university, according to key indicators used by the Australian Government to allocate competitive research funding......

University of Adelaide
It was the first Australian university to admit women to science courses; the first university to establish a Conservatorium of Music in the country......

University of Western Australia
Placed among the world's top 100 institutions in THE-QS World University Rankings......

University of Queensland
Awarded the maximum five-star rating for student demand, student staff ratios, research grants, research intensivity......

University of Sydney
2nd in Australia and 83rd internationally in the HEEACT (Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan) rankings 2008......


Monash University
It has been placed Number One in Australia and 18th in the world in THES "World's top 100 institutions for Engineering and IT"......

Australian National University
Ranked Number One in the country and 38th in the world according to the Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Universities, 2006......

Macquarie University
Starting salaries for Macquarie graduates have been ranked among the highest in Australia by The Good Universities Guide......

Queensland University of Technology
Placed among the top 10 Australian universities for international standing (Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 2007)......

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Australian Top 8 Research Universities

The Group of Eight (Go8) is formed by a group of top eight research intensive universities in Australia. 63% of Australia’s university research is at Go8 Universities.

Following are details and information for the Go8 institutions (not in ranking order):

1.Australian National University :

Canberra, The Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Phone number : 6126125511
Website : http://www.anu.edu.au/

2.University of Melbourne :

Victoria - 3010, Australia.
Telephone : +(613) 83444000.
Fax : +(613) 83445104.
Telex : Unimel AA35185.
Website : http://www.unimelb.edu.au/.

3.University of Sydney :

NSW 2006,
Australia.
Phone Number : +612 93512222.
ABN : 15211513464.
CRICOS Number : 00026A.
Website : http://www.usyd.edu.au/

4.University of Queensland :

Brisbane QLD 4072, Australia.
Phone Number : +61733651111.
(Mon - Fri : 8.00 am - 5.00 pm)
Website : http://www.uq.edu.au/.

5.University of Western Australia :

35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009,
Perth, Australia.
Telephone Number : +618 64886000.
Fax : +618 64881580.

6.University of New South Wales :

Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Telephone Number : +612 93851000.

7.Monash University :

Victoria 3800, Australia.
Telephone Number : +61399026000.
Website : http://www.monash.edu.au/

8.University of Adelaide :

Adelaide, Australia.
Telephone Number : +61883034455.
CRICOS Provider Number - 00123M.

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Best Rated Australian Universities

Following are the top Australian universities with 'five-star' performance ratings in The Good Universities Guide, an independent guide which provides ratings, rankings, comment and information about Australian higher education institutions.

Bond University - It is Queensland’s highest rating university earning the most five star ratings of any university in the state. The 2011 Good Universities Guide rated Bond University five stars for: Student:staff ratio, Positive Graduate Outcomes, Graduate Starting Salaries, Overall Satisfaction, Teaching Quality, Staff Qualifications, Generic Skills, Non-government Earnings.

University of Wollongong - It is one of the country’s leading research institutions. UOW received five stars in seven key areas (where only the top 20 per cent of universities in Australia can be awarded five stars in any one category): Getting a Job, Positive Graduate Outcomes, Staff Qualifications, Research Intensity, Graduate Satisfaction, Generic Skills, Staff to Student Ratio (2011).

Murdoch University - It achieved the top (five-star) rating for graduate satisfaction in the 2009 Good Universities Guide. Murdoch is the only university in Australia to achieve this honour for an extraordinary 13 times in 14 years. It also received five stars for teaching quality and achieved above average results in employment prospects, entry flexibility, staff to student ratios and Indigenous participation.

The University of Queensland - In the 2007 Guide, UQ was the only Queensland university to receive the highest rating for research grants and research intensivity. It was one of only three Queensland universities (the others are Bond and Central Queensland University) to receive the highest rating for positive graduate outcomes. In the 2011 Guide, UQ received the maximum five-star rating for student demand, student-staff ratios, research grants and research intensivity – and a further five stars for toughness to get in (St Lucia campus).

University of Southern Queensland - With a five-star rating being the very best, USQ was ranked among the top performers in the country for staff qualifications, the number of its graduates who find employment or continue on to higher degree studies, its flexible entry pathways, access by equity groups, Indigenous participation initiatives, international enrolments, gender balance, and the academic services given to students through its support, counselling and study skills programs (2011).

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Australian National University (ANU)

Founded in 1946, Australian National University (ANU) is a top ranked teaching and research university located in Canberra, Australia. It is a member of the Group of Eight (Go8), the International Alliance of Research Universities, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy.

The university offers a range of undergraduate programs, postgraduate studies and research through the ANU Colleges of Arts and Social Sciences, Asia and the Pacific, Engineering and Computer Science, Law, Business and Economics, Physical Sciences, and Medicine, Biology and Environment.

Rankings:

- No. 1 in Australia (Times Higher Education Supplement’s World University Rankings 2006 - 2009). It is rated as the 17th best university in the world in 2009.

- 11th globally for social sciences, 12th for Arts and Humanities, 21st for natural sciences, 21st for Life Sciences & Biomedicine, 42nd for Engineering & IT (THE-QS Rankings 2009).

- No. 1 in Australia (Academic Ranking of World Universities 2004 - 2008). It is placed 59th in the world in 2008, and 57th globally in 2007.

- Awarded five star ratings for educational experience, graduate starting salary and positive graduate outcomes (The 2008 Australian Good Universities Guide).

- Ranked Number One in the southern hemisphere (ARWU and London Times Higher Education Supplement, 2008).

- ANU is ranked No. 1 in Australia, followed by Melbourne (2nd) and Sydney (3rd), according to the ranking of international standing of Australia’s 37 public universities (Melbourne University’s Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, 2007).

- No. 1 in the nation and 38th in the world (Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Universities, 2006).

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Monash University

Established in 1958, Monash University is one of the world's premier educational institutions located in Melbourne, Australia. It is Australia's largest university with campuses in Clayton, Caulfield, Berwick, Peninsula, Parkville and Gippsland, as well as overseas campuses in Malaysia and South Africa, and a centre in Prato, Italy. The university is consistently placed among the world's best institutions by major international league tables such as the THES, ARWU, Newsweek, etc.

The university has the following faculties:
- Faculty of Art & Design
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Business and Economics
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Information Technology
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Faculty of Science

The university is a member of the prestigious "Group of Eight" - formed by a group of leading research-intensive universities in the country.

Monash College is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Monash University, offering specialised diplomas as an alternative entry point into Monash University bachelor degrees in Art and Design Studies, Arts, Business, Engineering Studies, Health Sciences, and Information Technology.

Rankings:

- 5th in Australia and 45th globally in the Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2009. It is also placed within the world top 50 for the following subject areas: 25th for Life Sciences and Biomedicine, 26th for Social Science, 37th for Arts & Humanities, 50th for Engineering and IT.

- 53rd internationally among the Top 100 Natural Science Universities (THE-QS Rankings 2008 & 2009).

- 137th in the Webometrics ranking (July 2009).

- Top 60 in the world for its full time MBA (EIU 2009).

- Placed among the world's top 300 institutions in the Academic Ranking of World Universities. It is ranked in the range of 201-302nd in 2008.

- 73rd in the Newsweek ranking of Top 100 Global Universities 2006.

- 1st in Australia and 18th in the world in THES "World's top 100 in Engineering and IT" (2004).

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University of Sydney

Founded in 1850, The University of Sydney (USyd) is the oldest university in Australia, with strong international reputation for outstanding teaching and research excellence.

The university has a number of residential colleges such as the Mandelbaum House, St Andrew's College, St John's College, St Paul's College, Sancta Sophia College, Wesley College, Women’s College, International House.

USyd is a member of the Academic Consortium 21 (AC21), Group of Eight, the Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) and the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN).

Notable alumni of the university include Nobel laureates (Sir John Cornforth, Sir Robert Robinson and Dr John Harsanyi), Prime Ministers of Australia (Sir Edmund Barton, Sir Earle Page, Sir William McMahon, Gough Whitlam, John Howard), President of the World Bank (James Wolfensohn), Astronauts (Paul D. Scully-Power, Philip K. Chapman), etc. Alumni Associations are active in overseas countries like Hong Kong, UK, Malaysia, North America.

Rankings:

- University of Sydney is ranked 36th among the world's best institutions, moving up a place from 37th in 2008 (THE-QS World University Rankings 2009).

- 4th in Australia and 125th globally in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities 2009.

- 3rd in the nation and 97th globally in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2008).

- University of Sydney is rated 2nd in Australia (behind University of Melbourne) and 83rd globally in the HEEACT (Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan) rankings 2008.

- Placed among the world's top 40 universities and ranked 3rd in terms of its score on the Academic Peer Review among Australian Universities. It is also placed in the world's top 50 for all the subject areas: 17th in the world for Arts and Humanities, 27th for social sciences, 41st for technology, 44th for natural sciences and 27th for biomedicine (UK Times Higher Education Supplement, October 2008).

- 3rd in the ranking of international standing of Australian universities by The Melbourne Institute (2005).

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Harvard Business School

Founded in 1908, HBS started with 59 students. Once it innovated the case method of research and teaching in 1920, HBS ramped up the class size which reached 500 students during the decade. In 1926, the school moved from the Cambridge side of the Charles River to its present location in Allston (part of Boston)—hence the custom of faculty and students referring to the rest of Harvard University as "across the river." Women were first admitted to its regular two-year Master in Business Administration (MBA) program with the Class of 1965.
HBS offers a two-year full time MBA program, which consists of one year of mandatory courses (Required Curriculum) and one year of unrestricted course selection (Elective Curriculum). Some students are also invited to attend two three-week pre-MBA programs that take place at the end of the summer before the Required Curriulum. Admission is highly selective, with an admissions rate of 12% for the class of 2010.
The student body is international and diverse, with 67% of students who are citizens of the United States. Women comprise 38% of the class of 2010.
Graduates of the Harvard Business graduate with a general management degree and not a particular specialization in a field.

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Judge Business School Cambridge

Location: Cambridge, England
Admission rate: 18%
Class size: 150
Term: One year
Tuition: £30,500 ($61,090)
Average starting salary: £55,029 ($110,240)

Started in 1990, Cambridge's MBA program has quickly risen to the top.
Teams of students work on consulting projects with small local companies as well as global corporations such as IBM, BP, and JPMorgan.
Electives include courses on hedge funds, real estate, and nonprofit management.
Graduates are entitled to work in Britain thanks to its Highly Skilled Migrant Program, and many indeed stay: Some 58% of students from last year's graduating class took jobs in Britain, though four-fifths of that group weren't British.

Source: Business Week

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ESADE Business School

ESADE Business School
Location: Barcelona
Admission rate: 20%
Class size: 120 in 18-month program; 30 in one-year program
Term: 18 months or one year
Tuition: €57,000 ($89,700) for 18-month MBA; €42,500 ($66,900) for one-year MBA
Average starting salary: €60,000 ($94,350)

This Jesuit institution offers two MBA programs at its Barcelona campus: a yearlong course for students with undergraduate degrees in economics, engineering, or business administration and at least five years of work experience, and an 18-month track for students with academic training in other areas and less work experience.
Small classes are a strong draw, as well as student diversity. The 30 students who completed the yearlong program in March represented 17 nationalities, while the 120 graduates of the 18-month program represented 35.

Source: Business Week

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HEC Paris

Location: Jouy-en-Josas, France
Admission rate: 20%
Class size: 188
Term: 16 months
Tuition: €42,000 ($65,875)
Average starting salary: €97,096 ($152,300)

Since 2005, all MBA students at HEC Paris have received iPods, which are used in nearly all courses to publish student presentations, provide near-instant feedback from professors, and offer on-demand explanations of course material. Students may earn a second MBA or an additional master's degree from one of nine partner schools, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the London School of Economics, and NYU's Stern School of Business. HEC Paris has worked hard to improve class diversity: Just 14% of students are French, down from 30% five years ago.

Source: Business Week

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IE Business School

Location: Madrid
Admission rate: 21%
Class size: 280
Term: 13 months
Tuition: €48,000 ($75,700), plus €1,100 ($1,735) contribution to the IE Business School Foundation
Average starting salary: $120,190

More than 90% of full-time MBA students at Instituto de Empresa Business School come from outside Spain and comprise about 57 nationalities, with Latin American students making up 40% of the student body. Some students complete dual degrees in international affairs at the Fletcher School at Tufts University or in logistics and supply chain management at MIT. In 2004, IE opened a Center for Eco-Intelligent Management to promote sustainable business.

Source: Business Week

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IESE Business School

Location: Barcelona
Admission rate: 19%
Class size: 216
Term: 18 months
Tuition: €64,900 ($102,000)
Average starting salary: €84,400 ($133,000)

IESE's MBA program includes intensive Spanish courses to ready students for business in Spanish-speaking countries. A third of students begin the program on a bilingual track, taking half their coursework in Spanish; others who improve their language skills sufficiently may take business courses in Spanish their second year and earn a bilingual degree. IESE naturally attracts Latin Americans, who make up 14% of the class; Spaniards make up another 20%. Next year's intake will include 35 Americans, a 60% increase over this year.

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London Business School

Location: London
Admission rate: 15%
Class size: 315
Term: 15 to 21 months
Tuition: £44,490 ($88,980)
Average starting salary: £61,699 ($122,900)

It's not all work and no play at this elite institution: students participate in clubs devoted to pastimes ranging from rugby to wine and cheese.
About 17% of students are American, one of 59 nationalities in the full-time class.
Up to seven women's scholarships are granted yearly, including two £11,000 ($22,070) allotments from the school's Women in Business Club; three £20,000 ($40,130) awards from Deutsche Bank; and two £20,000 fellowships from the Forté Foundation, a consortium of corporations, business schools, and nonprofits.

Source: Business Week

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IMD

Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Admission rate: 27%
Class size: 90
Term: 11 months
Tuition: CHF 58,000 ($58,000)
Average starting salary:€94,000 ($147,600)

As part of its rigorous leadership training courses, IMD offers students 20 sessions with a psychologist as an elective to increase self-understanding and empathy. 
Since 2002 classes have traveled to Bosnia-Herzegovina, Argentina, and South Africa to learn how business development can improve the lot of fragile countries. 
This year's class comprises 44 nationalities: 33% are European, 22% Asian, and 15% African or Middle Eastern. Last year, 70% of the class took jobs in Europe after graduation.


Source: Business Week

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INSEAD FULL TIME MBA

Location: Fontainebleau, France, and Singapore

Admission rate: Undisclosed

Class size: 919, divided among September and January entries

Term: 10 months

Tuition: €50,000 ($78,000)

Average starting salary: €81,831 ($128,600)

Aside from its two physical campuses, INSEAD runs a virtual campus on Second Life, where students and professors in France, Singapore, or elsewhere can interact in real time. 

Students can choose among 15 electives in entrepreneurship—including one that involves starting a business on Second Life—and contend for €10,000 ($15,800) in semiannual business venture competitions. 

A third of students start out in Singapore, and 70% study on both campuses. 

Some also take electives at the Wharton School.

Source: Business Week

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Saïd Business School University of Oxford

Location: Oxford, England
Admission rate: 20%
Class size: 215
Term: 11 months
Tuition: £30,000 ($60,000)
Average starting salary: £65,000 ($130,600)

Oxford MBA students carry out two major undertakings during their studies: an entrepreneurship project, in which they develop business plans to present to venture capitalists, and a strategic consulting project, in which they work for corporations around the world.
Just 5% of students are British, but 48% of last year's graduates took jobs there. An additional 11% found employment elsewhere in Europe, 20% in North America, and 14% in Asia-Pacific.
In 2004, Oxford launched the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, which provides five MBA scholarships each year.

Source: Business Week

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SDA Bocconi School of Management

Location: Milan
Admission rate: Approx. 33%
Class size: 100
Term: One year
Tuition: €36,000 ($56,500)
Average starting salary: €62,900 ($98,800)

SDA Bocconi scrapped its Italian-language track this year to boost international enrollment, and raised the number of female students to 40% from 18% in three years thanks to a mix of grants and marketing.
In the final two months of the program, students choose one of three concentrations: marketing and innovation, finance, or strategy.
A limited number of students may opt to spend their last four months of study at one of many partner schools around the world, including China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, Melbourne Business School, London Business School, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Source: Business Week

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ONLINE MBA RANKING - BUSINESS WEEK

• Aarhus University

• Aberdeen Business School

• Arizona State University (Carey)

• Babson College (Olin)

• Ball State University (Miller)

• Boston University

• CENTRUM Católica

• Colorado State University

• DeVry University (Keller)

• Drexel University (LeBow)

• East Carolina University

• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

• Euro-MBA

• Florida State University

• Georgia WebMBA

• IE Business School

• Indiana University (Kelley)

• INSEAD

• James Madison University

• Michigan Technological University

• Mississippi State University

• Northeastern University

• Pace University (Lubin)

• Pennsylvania State University - World Campus

• Portland State University

• Regent University

• Rowan University (Rohrer)

• Sam Houston State University

• Southern Nazarene University

• St. Joseph's University (Haub)

• Suffolk University (Sawyer)

• Syracuse University (Whitman)

• Thunderbird School of Global Management

• University of Colorado - Colorado Springs

• University of Florida (Hough)

• University of Massachusetts - Amherst (Isenberg)

• University of Michigan - Dearborn

• University of Nebraska - Lincoln

• University of Northern Iowa

• University of Scranton (Kania)

• University of South Dakota (Beacom)

• University of St. Thomas (Opus)

• University of Tennessee - Martin

• University of Texas - Dallas

• University of Wales (Kennedy)

• University of Warwick

• University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Pamplin)

• Walden University

• Webster University (Walker)

• West Virginia University

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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EXECUTIVE MBA RANKING - BUSINESS WEEK

1 Northwestern University (Kellogg)

2 University of Chicago (Booth)

3 University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

4 Columbia University

5 University of Southern California (Marshall)

6 IE Business School

7 University of Michigan (Ross)

8 University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson)

9 Southern Methodist University (Cox)

10 Duke University (Fuqua)

11 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

12 Emory University (Goizueta)

13 IESE Business School

14 New York University (Stern)

15 Ohio State University (Fisher)

16 IMD

17 ESADE

18 Georgetown University (McDonough)

19 INSEAD

20 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)

21 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead)

22 University of Texas - Dallas

23 Boston University

24 London Business School

25 Queen's University

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US PART-TIME MBA RANKING - BUSINESS WEEK

US TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS:

1 Worcester Polytechnic Institute

2 University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson)

3 University of California - Berkeley (Haas)

4 University of Nebraska - Lincoln

5 University of Michigan (Ross)

6 Elon University (Love)

7 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)

8 Rice University (Jones)

9 Indiana University Southeast

10 Drexel University (LeBow)

11 Emory University (Goizueta)

12 University of Chicago (Booth)

13 Loyola Marymount University

14 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead)

15 Southern Methodist University (Cox)

16 Loyola University - Chicago

17 University of Richmond (Reynolds)

18 Belmont University (Massey)

19 University of Southern California (Marshall)

20 Ohio State University (Fisher)

21 University of Nevada - Reno

22 Boston University

23 New York University (Stern)

24 University of Texas - Dallas

25 Seattle University (Albers)

26 University of San Diego

27 Santa Clara University (Leavey)

28 University of Texas - San Antonio

29 Georgia State University (Robinson)

30 University of Maryland (Smith)

31 University of California - Irvine (Merage)

32 Wake Forest University

33 Boston College (Carroll)

34 University of Louisville

35 Lehigh University

36 Butler University

37 University of Texas - Austin (McCombs)

38 University of Delaware (Lerner)

39 Rollins College (Crummer)

40 University of Washington (Foster)

41 University of Michigan - Flint

42 Georgetown University (McDonough)

43 University of California - Davis

44 Arizona State University (Carey)

45 St. Louis University (Cook)

46 Washington University - St. Louis (Olin)

47 American University (Kogod)

48 University of Houston (Bauer)

49 Villanova University

50 University of Utah (Eccles)

51 University of Washington - Bothell

52 University of Nevada - Las Vegas

53 University of Denver (Daniels)

54 Marquette University

55 Fordham University

56 Kennesaw State University (Coles)

57 University of Iowa (Tippie)

58 College of William & Mary (Mason)

59 University of Arkansas - Fayettville (Walton)

60 University of Massachusetts - Amherst (Isenberg)

61 Xavier University (Williams)

62 University of South Alabama (Mitchell)

63 University of Minnesota (Carlson)

64 University of North Carolina - Greensboro (Bryan)

65 University of Florida (Hough)

66 University of North Carolina - Charlotte (Belk)

67 Bryant University

68 University of Wisconsin - Madison

69 University at Buffalo

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FULL TIME MBA RANKING - BUSINESS WEEK

US TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS:



1  University of Chicago (Booth)

2  Harvard University

3  University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)

4  Northwestern University (Kellogg)

5  Stanford University

6  Duke University (Fuqua)

7  University of Michigan (Ross)

8  University of California - Berkeley (Haas)

9  Columbia University

10  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan)

11 University of Virginia (Darden)

12 Southern Methodist University (Cox)

13 Cornell University (Johnson)

14 Dartmouth College (Tuck)

15 Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper)

16 University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler)

17 University of California - Los Angeles (Anderson)

18 New York University (Stern)

19 Indiana University (Kelley

20 Michigan State University (Broad)

21 Yale University

22 Emory University (Goizueta)

23 Georgia Institute of Technology

24 University of Notre Dame (Mendoza)

25 University of Texas - Austin (McCombs)

26 University of Southern California (Marshall)

27 Brigham Young University (Marriott)

28 University of Minnesota (Carlson)

29 Rice University (Jones)

30 Texas A&M University (Mays)

31 University of Washington (Foster)

32 Ohio State University (Fisher)

33 Georgetown University (McDonough)

34 University of Wisconsin - Madison

35 Tulane University (Freeman)

36 University of Georgia (Terry)

37 Vanderbilt University (Owen)

38 Boston University

39 Babson College (Olin)

40 Washington University - St. Louis (Olin)

41 Purdue University (Krannert)

42 University of Maryland (Smith)

43 University of Rochester (Simon)

44 Pennsylvania State University (Smeal)

45 Thunderbird School of Global Management

46 University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign

47 College of William & Mary (Mason)

48 Wake Forest University

49 Arizona State University (Carey)

50 Boston College (Carroll)

51 Case Western Reserve University (Weatherhead)

52 George Washington University

53 Howard University

54 University of Pittsburgh (Katz)

55 Rutgers University - Newark and New Brunswick

56 Northeastern University

57 University at Buffalo

NO US TOP BUSINESS SCHOOLS:

1 INSEAD

2 Queen's University

3 IE Business School

4 ESADE

5 London Business School

6 University of Western Ontario (Ivey)

7 IMD

8 University of Toronto (Rotman)

9 York University (Schulich)

10 University of Cambridge (Judge)

11 McGill University (Desautels)

12 IESE Business School

13 Cranfield University

14 HEC - Paris

15 HEC - Montreal

16 University of Oxford (Saïd)

17 Manchester Business School

18 SDA Bocconi

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