QS Global 200 Business Schools Report 2012 - International ...

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the same way, the European Business School
(EBS), based just outside the German financial
capital of Frankfurt, returned the highest
number of votes of schools in the country. In
Asia, the National University of Singapore
Business School (NUS) returned highest.
Other business schools that have shown big
improvements in how employers value their
MBA graduates’ financial abilities include:
IE Business School;
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore;
IMD;
Indian School of Business;
S P Jain Institute of Management and
Research;
Lancaster University Management School;
S C Johnson Graduate School of Management;
Cox School of Business;
Nanyang Business School.
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Despite many MBA programs reporting an
increase in diversity of working backgrounds
in their class, the financial services industry still
provides the largest amount of candidates to
pursue the qualification across the world. Many
students are looking to further their place in the
industry and have specific goals, so look to an
MBA to help them achieve career progression.
For this reason, many schools offer a large
range of finance-specific courses, both as part of
their core curriculum and as optional electives.
The University of Chicago’s Booth School of
Business is well known for its quantitative and
analytical finance focus, and traditionally places
around 75% of their graduates in finance and
consulting jobs. The opening of their executive
MBA campuses in the financial centres of
London and Singapore has also helped increase
their perception among global financial services
employers.
MBA candidates may also be looking to move
into the financial sector from other industries.
With jobs in the sector in great demand, schools
The financial services industry still provides
the largest amount of candidates to pursue
the qualification across the world
that have established internship links with such
finance firms can particularly help candidates
looking to switch industries. The Wharton
School for example, traditionally places many of
its students in Wall Street firms for internships
at the end of their first year.