Bengaluru, April 24, 2009: The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), one of the leading management schools in the world, has been ranked # 6 in the Asia-Pacific region in the QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers' Choice, published recently by Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. IIMB is the only Indian management school to rank amongst the top ten, which includes business schools in Australia, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.
Significantly, IIMB at sixth place has improved on its ranking from the ninth place it received in the previous 2007-08 report.
The Employers' top 10 preferred schools in the Asia Pacific region are:
INSEAD Singapore, Melbourne Business School, NUS, AGSM, CEIBS, IIM Bangalore, Macquarie, HKUST, Monash and Nanyang.
The "QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009" originated in the early 1990s as an alternative to business school rankings and until this year has been known as the "Global Recruiters' Top Business Schools Research". The report provides a list of 200 business schools currently preferred by the most international employers for the purpose of hiring MBA graduates. This list is compiled from an annual survey of Human Resources (HR) managers and line managers with recruiting responsibilities at companies around the world. Each year employers recommend new schools to be added to this list, which employers around the world can then rate and comment upon.
Quacquarelli Symonds Limited (QS) was established in 1990 and comprises a team of over 100 highly diverse representatives from five continents and has its main offices in London, Paris, Singapore, with satellite offices in Alicante, Beijing, Johannesburg, Sydney and Washington DC.
Bengaluru, April 24, 2009: The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), one of the leading management schools in the world, has been ranked # 6 in the Asia-Pacific region in the QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009: The Employers' Choice, published recently by Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. IIMB is the only Indian management school to rank amongst the top ten, which includes business schools in Australia, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.
Significantly, IIMB at sixth place has improved on its ranking from the ninth place it received in the previous 2007-08 report.
The Employers' top 10 preferred schools in the Asia Pacific region are:
INSEAD Singapore, Melbourne Business School, NUS, AGSM, CEIBS, IIM Bangalore, Macquarie, HKUST, Monash and Nanyang.
The "QS Global 200 Business Schools 2009" originated in the early 1990s as an alternative to business school rankings and until this year has been known as the "Global Recruiters' Top Business Schools Research". The report provides a list of 200 business schools currently preferred by the most international employers for the purpose of hiring MBA graduates. This list is compiled from an annual survey of Human Resources (HR) managers and line managers with recruiting responsibilities at companies around the world. Each year employers recommend new schools to be added to this list, which employers around the world can then rate and comment upon.
Quacquarelli Symonds Limited (QS) was established in 1990 and comprises a team of over 100 highly diverse representatives from five continents and has its main offices in London, Paris, Singapore, with satellite offices in Alicante, Beijing, Johannesburg, Sydney and Washington DC.