Financial Times: NHH Delivers World-Class Executive Programmes
NHH’s executive education programmes are of international top quality, according to the Financial Times ranking.
Once again, NHH is recognised by the Financial Times for the quality of its education. On Monday, two new rankings were published in the prestigious overview of the world’s best business schools.
On the list of the leading open executive and continuing education programmes (Open Executive Education), NHH/AFF is ranked 66th this year.
‘This confirms that we deliver executive and continuing education programmes of world-class quality,’ says NHH Rector Helge Thorbjørnsen.
The Financial Times rankings include a carefully selected group of business schools. Only around the top 100 institutions worldwide are included.
‘NHH stands out in a highly competitive international landscape alongside the very best business schools in the world,’ the rector notes.
‘Inspiring’
In this ranking, it is the Board Programme, the Solstrand Programme and the Solstrand Programme Accelerate that have been assessed.
AFF CEO Trond Søreide is also pleased.
‘Being measured against the best in the world is inspiring and a sign of high quality. The ranking motivates us to work even harder to strengthen our position,’ says Søreide.
In the ranking, NHH/AFF scores highly in categories such as programme design and achievement of objectives.
‘This is particularly important for us. The overall purpose of these programmes is to increase the value of each individual’s leadership within their organisation,’ he says.
‘In addition, it is encouraging that we score highly on the share of women, which reflects a positive development in Norwegian working life,’ the AFF CEO adds.
CEMS school performs strongly
London Business School tops the list, ahead of HEC Paris. The latter is thus the highest-ranked CEMS school. CEMS is a global alliance of business schools, of which NHH is the only Norwegian member. Stockholm School of Economics performs best among the Nordic business schools with a 19th place.
The other ranking published on Monday identifies the best customised programmes, meaning tailored education programmes for individual companies.
Here, NHH/AFF is ranked 92nd, making it the best in Norway. BI follows immediately behind.
‘I see this as a clear recognition. We are already at a high level, but we continuously work to develop, and this ranking gives us extra energy to take new steps,’ says Tore Hillestad, Managing Director at NHH Executive.
Each year, the Financial Times conducts five sub-rankings. At the end of the year, these are combined into an overall ranking. The five sub-rankings are:
- Global MBA
- Open Executive Education
- Custom Executive Education
- Masters in Management
- Executive MBA