Financial Times EMBA Ranking: Frankfurt School in 2nd place in Germany

• Top 4 worldwide for ‘Career Progress’ and ‘Carbon Footprint’
• More than 60% international students

The Financial Times (FT) has published its Executive MBA Ranking 2024 today. Frankfurt School has risen to 2nd place in Germany (2023: 4th) and 37th place worldwide (2023: 53rd). The business school was able to improve in the categories ‘Career progress’, ‘Work experience’ and ‘Research’ as well as in the fields of ESG and diversity.

In the important categories ‘Career progress’ and ‘Carbon footprint’, Frankfurt School's Executive MBA (EMBA) is ranked 4th worldwide, making it one of the top universities internationally.

In its annual ranking, the FT lists the world's top 100 EMBA programmes. Among other things, the ranking is based on a comprehensive graduates survey, for example on career development. Other factors include diversity and ESG criteria.

“We are delighted that our EMBA ranks 4th worldwide in the ‘Career progress’ category. We congratulate our alumni and are proud that they are able to use the inspiring momentum of their EMBA to successfully develop their careers.”
Dr Barbara Drexler, Programme Director Executive MBA

"We attach great importance to reflecting the ever-changing needs of the world of work in the design of the EMBA. The many international EMBA students from different industries contribute to the global appeal of the programme and Frankfurt School.”
Professor Adrian Buss, Academic Director Executive MBA

Frankfurt School's Executive MBA is aimed at experienced specialists and managers from all over the world with proven leadership experience who want to deepen their management skills and expand their network across industries and countries. The share of international students is over 60 per cent.

Very good ranking results for Frankfurt School in 2024

The Financial Times EMBA Ranking 2024 is yet another prestigious ranking in which Frankfurt School has shown an outstanding performance this year.

In the latest UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings of the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) – the most prestigious research ranking of business schools worldwide based on publications – Frankfurt School is listed as the best university in Germany for the first time in terms of the number of articles published.

Frankfurt School also performed very well in the QS World University Rankings 2025: The full-time MBA in Germany achieved 1st place (40th worldwide), the Master of Finance 2nd place (45th worldwide), the Master in Management 4th place (45th worldwide) and the Master in Business Analytics 2nd place (top 60 worldwide).

In addition, the latest university ranking of the magazine Wirtschaftswoche ranks Frankfurt School 3rd in Business Administration and 7th in Business Informatics.

In 2024/25, Manager Magazin recognised Frankfurt School as the best university for auditing for the third time in a row.