INSEAD, NUS come in first and second in Asia Pacific for MBA programmes

SINGAPORE — INSEAD Singapore has been ranked the top business school in the Asia Pacific region for the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Global 200 Business School Report for 2014/2015, while the National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School took second place. NTU’s Nanyang Business School was ranked fifth. 

In the rankings, released today (Nov 20), INSEAD Singapore came in with an average Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) score of 702 and NUS scored 672, while NTU scored 650.

This is the second time in a row that INSEAD has clinched the top spot. NUS Business School climbed two spots from the last report's fourth position, while NTU climbed five spots from tenth. 

According to the QS Report, “Year-on-year, business schools in the Asia region are strengthening their role in the global MBA education scene”.

The number of Asian and Australian schools featured in the report has increased from 10 in 2004 to 30 this year.

The report also said: “This rapid rise in the number of internationally recognised schools is indicative of the improving standards of Asian institutions, as employers increasingly recognize the quality of MBA graduates from certain schools the region.”

This is also the first year that academic reputation has been included in the criteria.

The QS rankings originated in the early 1990s as a global survey which asked employers the schools they preferred to hire MBA graduates from.