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Financial Times Ranks Queen’s #1 in Canada for Executive Education

Queen’s scores in top 20 internationally in open-enrollment programs for fifth straight year.

May 16, 2005

For the fifth year in a row, Queen’s School of Business has been ranked by the influential European business publication Financial Times as the #1 provider of open-enrollment executive education in Canada, and among the best in the world. Queen’s was ranked #1 in Canada and #16 in the world in the main “open-enrollment” division, which refers to courses open to all senior managers, lasting between three days and two months. The #16 world ranking positions Queen’s above well-known schools such as Dartmouth, MIT, UCLA and HEC (Paris).

“Each year, the global business school arena becomes more competitive, and each year Queen’s continues to share the limelight with some of the world’s best names in business education,” said Dr. David Saunders, Dean of Queen’s School of Business. “It’s very encouraging to have Financial Times repeatedly echo the very positive feedback we receive from both our participants and their employers.”

Within the #16 ranking for open-enrollment programs, Financial Times scored Queen’s as #7 in the world in the important category of “Follow-up” — evaluating the “after-sale service” and continuing education opportunities Queen’s provides to participants once they return to their workplaces.

About Queen’s School of Business:
Queen's School of Business (business.queensu.ca) is one of the world’s premier business schools. MBA programs include: Queen’s MBA for Science & Technology, ranked most recently by BusinessWeek magazine as the #1 MBA in the world outside the U.S.; the new Queen’s-Cornell International Executive MBA , the first program of its kind in the world where students in two countries share the classroom experience simultaneously through real-time, interactive videoconference; the one-year Queen's Accelerated MBA for Business Graduates, also offered across Canada by videoconference; and the market-leading Queen’s Executive MBA – delivered at Queen’s facility in Ottawa, as well as by videoconference to 14 cities across Canada. In non-degree executive education, Queen's is Canada’s largest provider of open-enrollment programs, consistently ranked in the world’s top-20 by Financial Times (UK). The undergraduate Bachelor of Commerce is renowned for its rigorous entrance standards that stress both academics and leadership potential. MSc and PhD in Management programs produce leading researchers for industry and academe.

For more information, please contact:

Laurie Ross
Queen’s School of Business
613-533-2319
Lross@business.queensu.ca