Announcement

IVEY BUSINESS SCHOOL’S INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS
Dean Carol Stephenson

Ivey Business School participates in three media rankings each year: Financial Times, Business Week and the Wall Street Journal. Each ranking surveys a different stakeholder group and quantifies value from a different point of view and methodology. Overall, Ivey Business School consistently ranks among the top business schools in the world, particularly in Greater China, where Ivey Business School was the ONLY business school ranked among the world’s top 25 education institutions by all three rankings. More

My position on the rankings is that they are just one of many factors that are inputs to assessing business schools. If you are considering applying to a school, you should determine the program that best meets your learning and living style, your reasons for pursuing an EMBA/MBA degree and your career aspirations. While rankings provide summary information of how business schools compare in areas in which common elements can be measured, such as average salaries, they do not reveal the true nature of how one school differentiates itself from another. Only through class visits, speaking to alumni, current students, and recruiters, as well as thoroughly investigating the full program, extra-curricular activities and services offered can you make the right choice for you.

Ivey Business School in the International Rankings

Financial Times EMBA (October 2005)

In the Financial Times (FT) fifth annual ranking of EMBA programs, Ivey Business School was ranked 14th (up from 16 in 2004). In all five rankings Ivey Business School has consistently ranked within the top 20 among the 75 EMBA programs that have qualified to participate. Ivey Business School was also ranked in the top 10 in two categories: work experience (seniority) of the students and international composition the classes both in Canada and Hong Kong.

Beyond Grey Pinstripes (October 2005)

Ivey Business School has been ranked 14th worldwide in the Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2005 ranking, which profiles the top 30 business schools that are the forefront of incorporating social and environmental issues into the fabric of their MBA programs.
Ivey Business School’s Professor Tima Bansal was a runner up for the Grey Pinstripes Faculty Pioneer Award for demonstrating continuing commitment to create and maintain initiatives and research in the area of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development. Professor Bansal is the lead faculty member for one of Ivey Business School’s four Cross-Enterprise Leadership research centres: Building Sustainable Value.

Business Week EMBA (October 2005)

In Business Week’s biannual survey of EMBA programs, Ivey Business School was ranked 22nd (up from 25 in 2003) overall. Ivey Business School was also voted by students as one of the top six schools worldwide in terms of teaching global business. This ranking is based on survey responses of graduating students (90%) and a survey of EMBA Program Directors (10%).

The Wall Street Journal (September 2005)

The fifth annual Wall Street Journal MBA survey based on the responses from corporate recruiters about perceptions of business schools at which they have recruited for the past to years.

Highlights:
• Ivey Business School was ranked #6 in the world and #1 in Canada by international recruiters.
• In the same survey Ivey Business School was ranked #9 in the world by recruiters from the financial services industry. No other Canadian business school achieved standing in this sector.

The Financial Times (May 2005) survey of the world's top 40 providers of executive education ranked Ivey Business School 21st in the world and #1 in Canada. Ivey Business School also came first in Greater China. The comprehensive rankings are based on the combined strength of a school's custom programs, which are tailor-made for individual companies, and open enrollment programs, which are available to executives from a broad range of companies.

The Financial Times MBA (January 2005)

In the Financial Times 7th annual ranking of MBA programs, 100 of the world’s top MBA programs were ranked. Four separate leagues of closely ranked business schools were identified. Ivey Business School was ranked 34th in the second highest league, along with schools such as IMD, MIT and Darden.

According to the Financial Times business education editor: "The shining beacon in salaries in Canada is the Ivey school at The University of Western Ontario. Alumni there earn more than $100,000 (weighted over three years). Although 28 US schools and 10 European ones have alumni who report salaries of more than $100,000, Ivey is the only Canadian school that has achieved this." Of the Canadian business schools, Ivey Business School’s program provides the greatest depth of international exposure and experience -- ranking #1 in Canada and #22 worldwide. According to the Financial Times, Ivey Business School faculty are also the second highest producers of quality research in Canada (ranking 29th worldwide).

This survey is based on the responses of students who graduated in 2001, with 55% of the weighting based on alumni career progress, 25% based on diversity within the program and 20% based on the school’s research and idea generation capabilities.

The Financial Times EMBA (October 2004)

In the Financial Times fourth annual ranking of the top 75 EMBA programs world wide, Ivey Business School maintained its top 20 position, ranking 16 out of the 75 schools that qualified to participate. The final position of the school is calculated based on its performance in three main areas: the career progress of the alumni (salary levels today and percentage salary increase since the start of the program); the school’s diversity and the international experience it offers; and the school’s intellectual output and research. Ivey Business School’s EMBA students were rated top 10 for the depth of their work experience and international exposure as well as top 20 for the international diversity of the class.

Business Week MBA (October 2004)

In this bi-annual ranking of MBA programs, Ivey Business School was ranked 6th out of the top 10 international schools, maintaining the same position as 2002. This survey is based on the responses of 2004 MBA graduates (45%), corporate recruiters (45%) and includes a rating of each school’s research output in practitioner publications. Business Week’s top tier listing consists of two separate rankings: 30 US schools and 10 international schools.

According to Business Week, Ivey Business School’s global reach is a key element in the school’s success: Also rewarded for its global reach is the Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario, at No. 6. It's the largest producer of case studies after Harvard Business School and leads the world in output of Asian case studies. Recent grads rave about the 400-plus case studies they dissected and a curriculum that includes courses on how to job-hunt and how to mine alumni connections. It's working: The school moved up two places with recruiters. "Ivey graduates [have] strong academic achievement and analytic ability as well as leadership, drive, and initiative," says General Electric Canada staffing manager Terry Peach.” Kate Hazelwood, Business Week Online

The Wall Street Journal MBA (September 2004) 4th annual MBA survey ranked the Richard Ivey School of Business as the top-ranked Canadian business school. In the same survey, Ivey Business School was also ranked #2 worldwide by recruiters in the Management Consulting industry. This ranking, which focuses solely on recruiter feedback, surveyed 261 schools of which 71 were eligible to be ranked. Three separate listings were created for National, Regional and International schools. Ivey Business School was ranked 35th in a short list of 44 Regional schools in North America. Both Rotman (42) and Schulich (43) were included in the Regional listing.

Business Week EMBA (October 2003)

This biennial EMBA survey ranked Ivey Business School’s EMBA program 25th worldwide. Ivey Business School’s EMBA is the only Canadian EMBA program ranked among the top 25 in both 2001 and 2003. The 2003 rankings are based on surveys of more than 2,750 graduates of 64 B-schools, as well as a poll of EMBA directors at those 64 schools.