The Open University Business School (OUBS) is in the top five in the world – and the leading UK institution – in CEO Magazine’s Global Online MBA Rankings.
OUBS is only ranked behind the EU Business School (based in Germany, Spain and Switzerland), SBS Swiss Business School, New Zealand’s University of Otago Business School and Maastricht School of Management in The Netherlands in these prestigious global rankings.
We eclipse other UK institutions such as Bradford School of Business, Aston Business School, University of Exeter, Durham University Business School, and University of Liverpool Management School.
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These rankings confirm the worldwide significance and assurance of our highly-regarded triple accredited MBA. We are very proud to see our MBA internationally recognised as the most established in the online market. Being ranked in the top five in the world is a testament that our supported learning and practice-oriented model, founded on academic excellence and close ties with businesses, continue to be popular with the market, and our graduates are highly sought after by private and public institutions.
Dr Michael Ngoasong
OUBS Director of Masters Programme
CEO Magazine has been showcasing top business schools from around the world since its launch in 2008. The publication launched its annual Global MBA Rankings, profiling MBA, EMBA and Online MBA programmes, in 2012. The rankings examine the nuts and bolts of an MBA such as the quality of the faculty, international diversity, class size, accreditation, faculty to student ratio, cost and much more.
The CEO Magazine Online MBA Rankings 2019 can be viewed on their website.
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