BI’s joint part-time MBA with Fudan among top 20 worldwide
9 May 2025Higher education analytics firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranks BI’s joint part-time MBA programme with Fudan University as number 18 in the world in its Executive MBA Rankings 2025.
“Our joint MBA programme with Fudan University leverages the strengths of two leading institutions and uniquely combines global perspectives, business relevance, and cultural exchange to prepare students for success in the international business environment. We continuously strive to deliver top-quality research-based education, and I am very pleased to see that our programmes continue to be considered among the very best worldwide,” says Karen Spens, President at BI Norwegian Business School.
QS Quacquarelli Symonds is a global market leader in student insights and guidance, using data and analytics to deliver some of the most widely read rankings in the world.
The ranking evaluates programmes based on five indicators: career outcomes, diversity, employer reputation, executive profile, and thought leadership (academic reputation).
BI’s joint part-time MBA with Fudan scores particularly well in diversity, which measures gender balance and nationality diversity within the programme.
This year, 27 programmes made it onto the list.
The partnership between BI and School of Management Fudan University is one of the oldest partnerships between a Western business school and a Chinese university.
BI’s EMBA programme excels in QS rankings
BI’s executive MBA programme is ranked number 31 in Europe, out of 72 programmes that made it onto the list. Among the various indicators, BI’s EMBA ranks highest in academic reputation. This indicator assesses the reputation of institutions and their programmes by asking academic experts from around the world to nominate universities demonstrating academic excellence. QS gathers data via their Academic Survey, evaluating nominations for approximately 7,000 institutions each year.
The academic reputation indicator highlights the quality of institution’s research, approach to academic partnerships, and impact on education and society at large.
In the global ranking, BI’s EMBA ranks number 89 out of 205 programmes that made it to the list. Oxford (Saïd) is ranked number 1, HEC Paris number 2, and IESE Business School number 3.
See the full ranking here.
- QS measure schools on five indicators: career outcomes, diversity, employer reputation, executive profile, and thought leadership.
- Career outcomes measure salary increase and promotions.
- Diversity measures gender balance and nationality diversity within the programme.
- Employer reputation measures how top global employers perceive the institution.
- Executive profile measures the level of experience of the students.
- Thought leadership (academic reputation) measures the reputation of institutions for academic excellence.
- To measure academic reputation and employer reputation, QS uses surveys to gather data from thousands of academics and employers each year.