QS Global MBA Rankings 2025 released; IIM Bangalore retains top spot

New Delhi: Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has released the QS Global MBA Rankings 2025 and QS Business Master’s Rankings 2025. According to London-based higher education analysts, 11 Indian institutes have secured positions in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2025. The QS Business Master’s Rankings 2025 covers five specialised areas: Master’s in Business Analytics, Master’s in Finance, Master’s in Management, Master’s in Marketing, and Master’s in Supply Chain Management.

According to the QS Global MBA Rankings 2025, Stanford Graduate School of Business in the United States remains the top-ranked business school in the world for the fifth consecutive year. Penn (Wharton) and Harvard Business School follow in second and third place, respectively. London Business School in the United Kingdom is ranked as the best B-school for pursuing an MBA outside the US. QS evaluated a total of 340 institutions across 58 countries to identify the top global MBA programs.

QS Global MBA Rankings 2025: Top Indian Institutes

Three Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) — IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, and IIM Calcutta — along with the Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad, have made it into the world’s top 100 for their MBA programs. Interestingly, all the three IIMs have been ranked among the top 50 globally for employability. A total of 11 Indian institutes secured a place in the QS Global MBA Rankings 2025.

Rank Institute Overall score
48IIM Bangalore68.5
53IIM Ahmedabad66.3
=59IIM Calcutta63.3
78Indian Schools of Business (ISB) Hyderabad60.1
151-200IIM Indore42.2
151-200IIM Lucknow41.3
151-200IIM Udaipur42.7
201-250International Management Insititute – Delhi35.3
201-250Management Development Insitute, Gurgaon35.3
201-250XLRI-Xavier School of Management40.2
251+International Management Insititute – Kolkata28.3

QS Business Master’s Rankings 2025

This higher education analyst, QS, has decided to award rankings for specialised high-demand courses including Master’s in Business Analytics, Master’s in Finance, Master’s in Management, Master’s in Marketing and Master’s in Supply Chain Management.

Master’s in Business Analytics

  1. MIT (Sloan) – Master of Business Analytics
  2. UCLA (Anderson) – Master of Business Analytics
  3. ESSEC/CentraleSupélec – Master in Data Sciences & Business Analytics

Master’s in Finance

  1. Oxford (Said) – MSc Financial Economics
  2. HEC Paris – Master in International Finance
  3. MIT (Sloan) – Master of Finance

Master’s in Management

  1. HEC Paris – Master in Strategic Management
  2. Stanford Graduate School of Business – MSx
  3. ESSEC Business School – Master in Strategy & Management of International Business

Master’s in Marketing

  1. HEC Paris – Master in Marketing
  2. ESSEC Business School – MSc in Marketing Management and Digital
  3. IE Business School – Master in Strategic Marketing and Communications

Master’s in Supply Chain Management

  1. Michigan (Ross) – Master of Supply Chain Management
  2. WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) – Supply Chain Management
  3. Erasmus (RSM) – Master of Science in Supply Chain Management

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