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SKEMA climbs in the Financial Times ranking: its Global Executive MBA among the world’s best
The Financial Times has just released its 2025 ranking of the world’s top 100 Executive MBA programmes. For its second appearance in this benchmark ranking, SKEMA Business School’s Global Executive MBA has reached 5th place worldwide, moving up eight spots in a single year.
This strong performance confirms the school’s global strategy and the relevance of a programme designed as a genuine lever for leadership transformation.
A programme aligned with the evolution of leadership
“This result reflects the coherence between the pedagogical vision of the Global Executive MBA and the transformations that organisations are experiencing. The programme trains leaders capable of combining performance and purpose,” says Marine Hadengue, Associate Dean, Global Executive MBA. She highlights a learning experience grounded in the realities of a world shaped by technology and artificial intelligence, where leaders must find their “ethical compass” to combine impact, management, and meaning.
Third worldwide for career progression
Among the five key Financial Times indicators where SKEMA stands out, career progression plays a major role: the programme ranks 3rd in the world for this criterion. The ranking measures both the hierarchical advancement and the growth of the organisations in which graduates work. It reflects the significant career acceleration experienced by many alumni who now hold strategic, high-level positions.
A global and influential alumni network
The programme also stands out for its exceptional alumni satisfaction, achieving an average score of 9.88/10, the highest in the ranking. This reflects the strength of SKEMA’s international alumni network, a global community of influence fostering professional connections and knowledge sharing among leaders from diverse backgrounds.
An international and intercultural experience
With campuses in seven countries, SKEMA offers a truly global Executive MBA, structured around residential weeks across four continents – Europe, the Americas, Asia, and the United States. Participants are immersed in varied economic and technological ecosystems, gaining deep insights into the challenges of digitalisation, artificial intelligence, and ecological transition. The Financial Times ranking also recognises the programme’s ESG dimension, placing it 5th worldwide in the “ESG and Net Zero Teaching” category, underlining SKEMA’s commitment to addressing environmental and societal challenges.
Developing purpose-driven leaders
According to Anke Middelmann, Programme Director, Global EMBA, the strength of the programme lies in the diversity of its participants: “Our participants come from all over the world and from very different professional backgrounds. They share the same ambition – to create sustainable impact. The Global EMBA takes them through a profound journey of personal and leadership development, enabling them to identify their values and purpose.”
This reflective process culminates in the Capstone Project, a genuine laboratory for managerial innovation, where participants design and implement initiatives that generate tangible, positive impact within their organisations and beyond.
Combining performance and sustainability
With this latest recognition, SKEMA Business School confirms its position among the world’s leading institutions for executive education. Its Global Executive MBA stands out as a programme that bridges technology, performance and sustainability, shaping a new generation of responsible and globally minded leaders.
