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Financial Times ranks Queen's in global Top 10
February 26, 2007
2003-05-19 - KINGSTON, ON, May 19, 2003 – Queen’s School of Business has been ranked as one of the world’s top 10 providers of executive education, according to the fifth annual survey published today by the influential European business publication The Financial Times. Queen’s was ranked 10th in the world in the main “open enrolment” division, up from 19th in 2002, and is the highest ranked non-US business school in this category. Queen’s is the only Canadian school to have made the list in all five years of the ranking’s history. In addition, Queen’s ranked #1 in the world for the follow-up service it provides to executives for the second straight year.
“To be ranked among the top ten in the world is proof that years of hard work and a tireless commitment to excellence in executive education at Queen’s is paying off,” said Dr. Lew Johnson, Acting Dean of Queen’s School of Business. “This ranking inspires all of us, and reinforces that Canadian managers are right to make Queen’s School of Business Canada’s top choice in executive education.”
The Financial Times ranked Queen’s #10 in the world for open executive programs — i.e., programs that are open to all executives, rather than custom-designed for one organization. Queen’s also scored among the top 10 in four of the 16 categories that make up the rankings, including a #1 world ranking for the second year in a row in the important area of “follow-up” — evaluating the “after-sale service” and continuing education opportunities Queen’s provides to participants once they return to their workplaces.
Two other Canadian business schools were included in the open enrolment ranking: University of Western Ontario-Ivey (#27) and York University-Schulich (#40). The rankings were based on two questionnaires, a survey of business schools and a survey of open enrolment program participants.
Today’s Financial Times ranking comes on the heels of the influential BusinessWeek rankings last fall, which recognized Queen’s School of Business as the #2 school outside of the United States, and the #1 school in Canada. Queen’s was the first Canadian university to launch a business degree program (in 1919), and the school is widely known for its expertise in executive education. In fact, more senior executives in Canada choose Queen’s School of Business than all other Canadian universities combined. Queen’s offers a wide portfolio of programs — from traditional disciplines such as finance, human resources and marketing to emerging fields such as strategic leadership. Building on its experience in executive education, Queen’s developed the world’s first Executive MBA program delivered through state-of-the-art multi-point videoconferencing technology to cities across the nation.
About Queen’s School of Business:
Queen's School of Business (www.business.queensu.ca) is one of North America’s premier business schools. The School’s programs include Queen's MBA for Science & Technology, ranked by BusinessWeek magazine (US) as the #1 MBA in Canada and #2 in the world outside the US; the market-leading Queen’s Executive MBA — ranked #1 in Canada by Canadian Business magazine and by a 2002 poll of senior Canadian executives — delivered at Queen’s facility in Ottawa, as well as to 14 cities across the country by real-time, interactive videoconference; the undergraduate Bachelor of Commerce, with the highest entrance standards in Canada; Queen's Executive Development Centre, Canada’s largest provider of executive education programs; and MSc and PhD programs that produce leading researchers for industry and academe.
For more information about Queen's Executive Development Centre programs, go to: www.execdev.com or call 1.888.EXEC DEV (1.888.393.2338)
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For more information, please contact:
Laurie Ross
Queen’s School of Business
613-533-2319
Lross@business.queensu.ca