Financial Times Executive MBA 2022 Ranking
The Lisbon MBA, a joint program of CATÓLICA-LISBON and Nova SBE, in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management, is proud to announce that the Lisbon MBA Executive is among the best 100 in the world, in the 84th position and 40th in Europe according to the Financial Times Executive MBA 2022 ranking and it is also the only Portuguese MBA to be part of this ranking.
The Lisbon MBA has had a long-standing strategic partnership with MIT Sloan since 2009, recognized as the 7th best MBA in the world.
Among the main criteria under evaluation, it should be highlighted the good score of the program in the categories of average salary increase, goals achieved, and overall satisfaction of students with the program. According to the Financial Times, graduates of the Lisbon MBA Executive have a 55% increase in salary over the following three years. We should also highlight the score obtained in the ESG category, in 54th place worldwide and 32nd in Europe, reflecting the importance of the subject to the Lisbon MBA with content that reaches about 25% of the hours taught, either in disciplines such as marketing, finance, operations, in addition to consulting projects and internships in companies specifically related to ESG.
Being distinguished by the Financial Times ranking as one of the best programs in the world is a result that confirms the success that CATÓLICA-LISBON and Nova SBE have achieved in designing world-class MBA programs and reflects the continuous investment in faculty excellence.
According to Maria José Amich, Executive Director of the Lisbon MBA, “This distinction, made by the Financial Times, is extremely important for the entire community of the Lisbon MBA, students, teachers, alumni, management team and partner companies, among others. The success of our programs is based on a combination of factors ranging from the excellence of the faculty of the three leading schools that make up this joint-venture, CATOLICA LISBON and Nova SBE, in collaboration with MIT Sloan, a holistic teaching approach that covers the technical component of management and the development of key skills for agile and purposeful leadership and a focus on what we call Action Learning, “learning by doing”.
For Filipe Santos, dean of CATÓLICA-LISBON, and Daniel Traça, dean of Nova SBE, “this top position of The Lisbon MBA Executive reflects the success of the program and the excellent professional career of its graduates. It also reflects the success of this partnership that brings together three world-renowned schools to put Portugal and Lisbon on the map of MBAs of excellence, attracting talent from around the world. The future is built by developing talent and more humanistic and inclusive leaders capable of leading with purpose, and CATÓLICA-LISBON and Nova SBE will continue to work to assert themselves increasingly as world-class business schools, working in partnership with the best.
The Financial Times Executive MBA 2022 ranking is a reference of business schools worldwide. Every year it distinguishes the 100 best MBAs in the world according to criteria such as salary increases, career progression, diversity, and the social responsibility component of the programs. The results are obtained through alumni surveys and data collected and evaluated by the newspaper.
About The Lisbon MBA Católica|Nova
The Lisbon MBA Católica|Nova is an internationally recognized joint venture between CATÓLICA-LISBON and Nova SBE, in collaboration with MIT Sloan School of Management. Its value proposition is based on providing a truly global experience, with holistic development and a learning methodology based on action-learning experiences, in a diverse and entrepreneurial city.
CATÓLICA-LISBON and Nova SBE are internationally recognized and are part of an elite group of business schools – less than 1% in the world – that hold Triple Crown accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA).
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