France, best country in the Financial Times’ Master in Management 2025

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French business schools confirm their excellence in the new Masters in Management world ranking by the Financial Times: 25 training courses are present in the ranking, one more than in 2024, and four French institutions reach the Top 10 (HEC Paris, Insead, ESCP, Essec). France is the most represented country, ahead of India, the UK and Germany.

The 21st edition of the Masters in Management (MiM) ranks 100 institutions among 137 worldwide which participated in the programme. Like all rankings from the Financial Times, this one relies on a range of indicators including the salaries and salary increases of former students, the quality/price ratio between training courses and opportunities, career opportunities, as well as international diversity and women/men ratio among students and teachers. The resulting ranking is drawn using information collected during two separate studies: one directed to business schools and the other to former students who graduated in 2022.

The excellence of Europe and France

As the Financial Times observes, “most programmes assessed in the ranking are still in Europe, spearheaded by 25 French business schools, nine British, eight German and five Portuguese”, even though “eleven Indian business schools are now included”. With 25 institutions ranked (out of 100), France even accounts for 25% of schools ranked.

Masters’ courses ranked in this list are general management programmes directed to “students with low or none professional experience” who registers to these training courses to obtain a degree. Courses “may be taught in several languages”, but “must be fully available in English”.

Four French schools in the Top 10

“In the eight best business schools, three are present in France”, says the Financial Times. And compared to the Top 10, the same four French institutions are present:

HEC Paris, at 2nd world position (same as in 2024);
INSEAD, in third position (same as in 2024);
ESCP Business School, 7th;
ESSEC Business School, 10th, tied.

Then are four additional institutions to form a Top 20:

A total of 25 French schools ranked

From 21st to 50th position, eight additional MiMs from French institutions present in diverse locations are present:

Then nine more business schools are present between the 51st and 100th position: Institut Mines Télécom Business School, Kedge Business School, ICN Business School, Essca, IAE Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management, EM Normandie, Rennes School of Business, Esdes, Clermont School of Business.

In total, with four schools in the Top 10, four more in the Top 20, eight in the Top 50 and nine between the 51st and 100th position, 25 French courses stand out in the FT’s ranking.