IIM-A & ISB climb up, IIM-B slips on FT Global MBA rankings

For IIM-A, this is an improvement of four notches, up from 30th place in 2014

The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad (ISB), have improved their performance in the Financial Times Global MBA Rankings, 2015.

IIM-A has secured 26th position among 100 B-schools across the world. ISB is 33rd. For IIM-A, this is an improvement from 30th in 2014. ISB has climbed three places, from 36th spot last year.

IIM Bangalore which debuted on the rankings last year, securing 68th position, has slipped to 82nd this year.

Harvard Business School retains the top spot, third year in a row, with London Business School bagging the second position and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania bagging the third. Stanford Graduate School of Business, which stood second last year, slipped to fourth position, sharing the space with Insead.

China’s Fudan University School of Management and the UK’s Lancaster University Management School recorded the strongest progress, climbing 28 and 27 places, respectively, to 55th and 50th. China has six institutions in the ranking.

On weighted salary, while an IIM-A student is paid $167,676 (88 per cent rise on 2014), an ISB student is paid $126,544 (131 per cent rise). For an IIM-B student, the weighted salary was $134,538, an increase of 75 per cent on last year.

The ranking is based on surveys of the business schools and their graduates of 2011.