This is Europe's top business school in 2025

Insead has secured the top position in the Financial Times European Business Schools Ranking 2025, placing ahead of leading institutions in the UK. According to the FT report, the business schools evaluation is done across 100 institutions along five programme categories.

Insead, which operates campuses in France, Singapore and the UAE, leads the table with strong scores across MBA, EMBA, MiM and executive education. The ranking shows that UK institutions, including London Business School and Oxford Saïd, remain in the top tier but fall behind the overall performance achieved by Insead.

The annual FT ranking combines data from MBA, Executive MBA, Masters in Management and executive education programmes. The methodology measures salary outcomes, international mobility, diversity and research strength. According to the FT, “Some 152 points separate the top programme, at Insead, from the school ranked 100.”


HEC Paris and London Business School follow Insead in second and third place. ESCP Business School and IESE Business School complete the top five. According to FT, schools in tiers I and II score above the cohort average, reflecting wider gaps at the top of the list.

Top 10 European Business Schools in 2025, according to Financial Times

Rank	Business School	Location (Main Campus)
1	Insead	France / Singapore / UAE
2	HEC Paris	France
3	London Business School	UK / UAE
4	ESCP Business School	France / Germany / Italy / Poland / Spain / UK
5	IESE Business School	Spain / US / Germany
6	SDA Bocconi School of Management	Italy
7	Essec Business School	France / Singapore / Morocco
8	University of St Gallen	Switzerland
9	Edhec Business School	France
10	EMLyon Business School	France