European Business Schools

in no order whatsoever

MANNHEIM BUSINESS SCHOOL GERMANY
Germany’s top business school is housed in a magnificent, red-brick building. With only 180 students at a time, it’s pretty exclusive, too.
WWW.MANNHEIM-BUSINESS-SCHOOL.COM

IE BUSINESS SCHOOL MADRID
Students from more than 73 countries make up the numbers here, and brilliance doesn’t come cheap – a 13-month MBA course costs around €50,000.
WWW.IE.EDU/BUSINESS

LIMAK JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL LINZ
Want an MBA? Get to LIMAK in the Austrian town of Linz. Courses are linked by a Competence Model that integrates knowledge, self- and social competence.
WWW.LIMAK.AT

IMD SWITZERLAND
The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne is a non-profit organisation, whose one-year MBA courses are a worldrenowned speciality.
WWW.IMD.CH

DURHAM BUSINESS SCHOOL DURHAM, UK
This fine seat of academia, founded in 1965, is home to about 2,900 students, all no doubt planning their Dragon’s Den speeches as we write.
WWW.DUR.AC.UK/DBS

ESCP-EAP SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT TURIN
ESCP-EAP aims to “prepare the next ruling class” and has several sites in Europe, including this shiny new base in Turin.
WWW.ESCP-EAP.IT

ESE BUSINESS SCHOOL ROME
Situated right in the historic centre, European School of Economics’ Rome campus is the best place for go-getters with a romantic side.
WWW.ESELONDON.AC.UK

ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL ABERDEEN
In 2007, The Guardian noted that 97% of graduates from Robert Gordon University’s business school were in employment or on a postgraduate course.
WWW.RGU.AC.UK

HEC PARIS
HEC has been sending bright young things out into the big wide world for 125 years now, and its world-leading alumni include members of the present French government.
WWW.HEC.FR

HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
Most students in Finland must join the union by law, so even 45-year-olds can get their eyebrows shaved off!
WWW.HSE.FI