Rankings

• MSc Management was listed 13^th in the UK and 63^rd globally. 
• MSc Management was listed 9^th in the UK for Employability and Diversity and 10^th for Thought Leadership. 
• MSc Business Analytics and Decision Sciences was listed 4^th overall for Diversity, 24^th for Thought Leadership and 6^th in the UK for Employability.

The following subject areas are ranked:

• 2nd for Marketing and 1st in the Russell Group
• 4th for Accounting and Finance
• 6th for Business and Management
• 11th for Economics

• Accounting and Finance is 1st in the UK
• Business, Management and Marketing is 6th in the UK.
• Economics is 5th in the UK
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• The University of Leeds is placed joint 93rd highlighting its growing reputation for research and education
• Business and Management studies are ranked in the world top 100, in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2019
• In the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2019, the University of Leeds has been ranked in the 8th in the UK for the employability of its graduates.

Leeds University Business School was placed in the top 10 universities in the UK across all business subject groups:

• 1st for Accounting and Finance
• 6th for Business Studies
• 8th for Economics.

The Business School has been shortlisted in the category, ‘Business School of the Year’ in the THE Awards 2019.

The Economist has listed the MSc Management programme within the UK top five and 36th globally.

Based on the results of student and alumni experiences, we are ranked as one of the top schools in the UK:

• 1st in the UK, 7th overall for opening career opportunities
• 3rd in the UK, 27th overall  for education experience
• 2nd in the UK, 9th overall for the quality of our facilities
• 1st in the UK, 18th overall for alumni effectiveness

• The Business School is a Tier One global business school for our Full-time MBA
• Our Executive MBA is #1 in the UK and 8th globally.

• The University of Leeds is ranked 155th in the world
• Ranked at #40 in the world in the 'Most international universities in the world 2019' league table.

The Executive MBA has been rated:

• 43rd in Europe
• 9th in the UK
• 94th in the world
• Our EMBA programme shows the third highest salary increase globally.

The Business School is number one in the Russell Group for Accounting and Economics according to the National Student Survey (NSS) 2019.
 
For ‘overall satisfaction’ Leeds appears in strong positions in several subject areas:

• #1 in the Russell Group for Accounting
• #1 in the Russell Group for Economics
• #2 in the Russell Group for Finance
• #2 in the Russell Group for Marketing
• Joint #3 in the Russell Group for Management Studies
• Joint #10 in the Russell Group for Business Studies.

• The latest High Fliers report, The Graduate Market in 2019, has ranked Leeds as the 9th most targeted university in the UK by graduate recruiters.

• The University of Leeds has been placed at #2 in the UK and 50th globally in the ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 for Business Administration.

The Full-time MBA has been placed:

• 12th in the UK and 92nd in the world
• 4th in the UK and 11th overall for value for money
• 8th in the UK and 28th overall for career progress
• Alumni surveyed have had a 92% salary increase.

The Leeds Full-time MBA has been ranked in the world’s top 75 MBA programmes according to the Economist Which MBA? Rankings 2018. 

The results also showed that the Full-time MBA is placed: 

• 8th in the world and 4th in the UK for student quality
• 25th in the world and 4th in the UK for personal development/education experience
• 38th in the world and 7th in the UK for student diversity
• 8th in the UK for alumni rating of alumni effectiveness
• 9th in the UK for opening new career opportunities

MSc Accounting and Finance has been placed: 

• 2nd globally for percentage salary increase 
• 6th in the UK for careers progress
• 5th in the UK for the effectiveness of our career services 
• 100% of alumni surveyed were employed within three months of graduating 
• Overall the programme was place 15th in the UK, and 61st globally.

Specifically relating to MSc International Business, the programme entered into the rankings, Leeds is :

• 12th in the UK and 79th globally
• 84% of our surveyed alumni are employed at three months
• 8th in the UK, 34th overall for career progress
• 8th in the UK, 37th overall for our careers services in supporting recruitment

In the supplementary programmes tables, the School’s MSc International Business is 1st in the UK for the seventh year running, and 4th in the world, in the international business category. 

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