Korea University E-MBA Ranked 19th in UK Financial Times Top 100 E-MBA Rankings

8 steps up from 27th in 2019...Ten consecutive years of 'domestic No. 1'

Korea University Business School (hereinbelow KUBS, Dean=Jae Wook Kim) Executive MBA (E-MBA) course ranked 19th in the world in the "2020 Top 100 EMBA Programs" by the Financial Times (FT). According to data released by FT on October 26, 2020, E-MBA of KUBS rose eight steps to 19th place from 27th in 2019, ranking first in Korea for the 10th consecutive year.

It was ranked higher than the world's prestigious business school, △University of Pennsylvania: Wharton (24th) △National University of Singapore (26th) △ Columbia Business School (28th), and Korea University achieved the highest rank  since 12th in 2012 in the FT E-MBA list.

This year's top prize was an E-MBA course jointly run by the U.S.-based Kellogg School of Management and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Yonsei University ranked 25th after Korea University.

FT E-MBA rankings are for universities certified by AACSB and EQUIS, which are international management education certification bodies, and the criteria include i) E-MBA graduates’ △salary △salary increase  △career progress  △aims achieved ii) diversity factors such as  △female faculty/students  △international faculty/students iii) FT research ranks.

The reason why Korea University's E-MBA ranking stands out is because it made it into the top 20 with its own program alone. While a number of top-ranked Asian universities jointly run degree courses with other universities, Korea University has proved that its practice-oriented curriculum, which strengthens its competence as a manager, is among the best in the world by achieving 19th place with a single program.