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MBA jobs in finance rebound, as employers look globally for the best MBAs
11th November 2010
As banks return to record profitability, they are also returning to aggressive MBA hiring and are scouring the world for the best MBAs, according to research conducted by QS TopMBA.com
The QS Top MBA Employer Survey received responses from 2,145 employers worldwide, the largest ever MBA employer survey. Over 300 financial services companies completing the survey reported a 22% increase in demand for MBAs in 2010 compared to 2009, with the up-turn not limited to the established financial centres like London and New York, but also extending to Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Mumbai.
The survey also found that although employers still prefer their traditional business school hunting grounds such as Wharton, London Business School and Chicago, they are also reaching out in large numbers as far afield as schools like National University of Singapore, Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad, SDA Bocconi in Italy and IESE and IE Business Schools in Spain.
Kristina Peters, Global Head of Graduate Resourcing at Deutsche Bank says, “For MBAs, we focus on a core group of MBA programmes globally which have historically provided the right mix of high calibre candidates, with academic backgrounds proven to provide the right skills for success in the financial services industry.”
The table below shows the 20 business schools identified most often by employers around the world for producing the best finance specialist MBAs.
| 2010 Rank | 2009 Rank | School Name | Country |
| 1 | 1 | The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | United States |
| 2 | 2 | London Business School | United Kingdom |
| 3 | 5 | The University of Chicago Booth School of Business | United States |
| 4 | 7 | Stern School of Business, New York University (NYU) | United States |
| 5 | 3 | Harvard Business School | United States |
| 6 | 4 | Columbia Business School, Columbia University | United States |
| 7 | 6 | INSEAD - France | France |
| 8 | 8 | The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University | United States |
| 9 | 13 | NUS Business School, National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| 10 | 17 | Stanford University Graduate School of Business | United States |
| 11 | 9 | SDA Bocconi School of Management | Italy |
| 12 | 29 | IESE Business School, University of Navarra | Spain |
| 13 | 10 | Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States |
| 14 | 30 | Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
| 15 | 11 | Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad | India |
| 16 | 12 | HEC MBA Program (Paris) | France |
| 17 | 22 | University of Michigan, Ross School of Business | United States |
| 18 | 14 | IE Business School | Spain |
| 19 | 30 | Cass Business School | United Kingdom |
| 20 | 16 | Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth | United States |
