The Wall Street Journal ranks RSM Erasmus University Executive Education & Development 7th in Europe

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) released its annual MBA ranking today, placing RSM Erasmus University’s MBA programme at number 14 on the list of the top 20 international MBA programmes. The ranking was based on the appeal of graduates to corporate recruiters and shows that, as an international-facing school with a unique European perspective, RSM is producing graduates sought-after by top multi-national companies.

The ranking saw RSM’s MBA programme move up one place from last year. Like last year, it ranked at 7th place in Europe, and is the top ranked programme in the Netherlands.

Mike Page, Dean of Post-Experience Programmes, RSM Erasmus University, commented on the ranking: “It is rewarding that corporate recruiters think so highly of our graduates.”

Unlike other polls, WSJ’s international ranking is based exclusively on the opinions and activities of corporate recruiters. The goal of the ranking is to find out which business schools are producing the most marketable MBA graduates – the graduates being recruited most by multi-national companies.

It is the fifth annual MBA ranking conducted by the WSJ and, like last year, the survey was divided into three separate rankings according to different recruitment patterns.

The international list ranks business schools that have a global reach in their job-placement activities. In order to qualify for the international category, which included schools from Europe, North American and Central America, the programme had to attract recruiters from more than four different countries. RSM’s MBA programme currently draws recruiters from at least eight countries.

Both other rankings were US-based, for schools which drew national or local recruiters.

To achieve the ranking, recruiters were asked to rate each school according to 20 different attributes such as leadership ability and communication skills, as well as reveal future plans to recruit from the school. Additional criteria for the ranking was the number of countries from which the school attracts recruiters.

Click here to download the ranking overview (in PDF).

Source: RSM