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Best Full-Time Programs (Academic Reputation)

Overall Score (100%) is the sum of:
Academic Reputation (20%) | Student Selectivity (20%)
Faculty Resources (20%) | Linkages (15%)
Other Resources (15%) | Graduate Output (10%)


Best Full-Time Programs (By Academic Reputation)
Rank Overall School Score (20%)
1 2 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad 20.00
2 5 NUS Business School (National University of Singapore) 19.84
3 3 Asian Institute of Management (Philippines) 19.20
4 1 Melbourne Business School 19.04
5 12 Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore 17.59
6 20 Seoul National University (College of Business Administration) 17.54
7 10 Sasin Graduate Institute of Business and Administration (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand) 17.22
8 6 Chinese University of Hong Kong 16.74
9 9 Nanyang Business School (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) 16.26
10 13 International University of Japan (Graduate School of Management) 15.56
11 16 Waseda University Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies (Japan) 15.08
12 14 China Europe International Business School (China) 15.03
13 4 Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand (School of Management) 14.97
14 8 Macquarie Graduate School of Management (Australia) 14.65
15 11 Monash Mount Eliza Business School (Australia) 14.49
16 15 National Cheng-chi University, Taiwan (College of Commerce) 14.12
17 7 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Graduate School of Management) 14.01
18 39 Hitotsubashi University, Japan (Faculty of Commerce) 13.96
19 21 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (School of Management) 13.53
20 19 University of Queensland, Australia (Graduate School of Management) 13.10
21 18 Lahore University of Management Sciences (Pakistan) 13.05
22 23 National Taiwan University of Science & Technology (College of Management) 12.73
23 24 University of the Philippines (College of Business Administration) 12.73
24 38 RMIT University, Australia (School of Management) 12.67
25 29 University of Technology Sydney (Graduate School of Business) 12.25
26 30 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (India) 11.82
27 17 Brisbane Graduate School of Business (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) 11.71
28 22 University of Adelaide, Australia (Graduate School of Management) 11.71
29 35 University of Malaya (Faculty of Business and Accountancy) 11.71
30 25 Curtin University of Technology, Australia (Graduate School of Business) 11.66
31 31 T. A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal (India) 11.60
32 40 University of Dhaka (Institute of Business Administration) 11.55
33 44 Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan (School of International Politics, Economics and Business) 11.55
34 28 Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (India) 11.39
35 27 International Management Institute (India) 10.91
36 45 University of Waikato Management School (New Zealand) 10.43
37 37 University of South Australia (International Graduate School of Management) 10.27
38 32 Bharathidasan Institute of Management (India) 10.16
39 36 Malaysian Graduate School of Management (Universiti Putra Malaysia) 10.11
40 42 Universiti Sains Malaysia School of Management 10.05
41 46 Chungnam National University, South Korea (College of Economics and Management) 10.05
42 34 Ritsumeikan University, Japan (Graduate School of Business) 9.52
43 26 Mahanakorn University of Technology (Thailand) 9.25
44 43 B. K. School of Business Management (Gujarat University, India) 8.56
45 33 Khon Kaen University, Thailand (College of Graduate Study in Management) 8.50
46 41 Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (Pakistan) 8.40

See Overall Ranking for Best Full-Time Program

Students enrolled in a full-time MBA program take a full load each term and attend on-campus classes. Academic Reputation: Asian and international MBA schools and top corporations were asked to rate Asia's MBA institutions on a scale of 1 to 5. The total score was divided by number of responses. Student Selectivity: Derived from 1) number of enrolled MBA compared with total applicants, 2) median score of students in the entrance test or points system as proportion of the top score, and 3) working experience of students. Faculty Resources: Derived from 1) proportion of full-time and part-time teachers with a PhD degree, 2) proportion of full-time and part-time teachers with business background, 3) median pay, 4) per-teacher spending, and 5) student-teacher ratio. Linkages: Derived from 1) presence on the board of trustees, board of governors, board of advisers or similar body of CEOs, industry representatives, regulators and government officials, 2) size of the alumni association, 3) agreements with companies regarding on-the-job training and the like, and 4) agreements with other MBA schools on faculty and student exchanges and materials development. Extra 1 percentage point was awarded to schools with a foreign MBA business school as partner. Other Resources: Derived from 1) spending on outplacement program per student, 2) proportion of case studies on local and Asian companies, 3) library spending per student, and 4) availability of a building, library and Internet-ready computer exclusively for MBA students. Extra 2.5 percentage points were awarded to schools that grant full access to all facilities of mother universities such as health clinics, computer center and the like. Graduate Output: Derived from 1) proportion of students who have found a job three months after graduation, and 2) median pay of graduates who have found a job three months after graduation.

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