Henley Business School achieved its best-ever ranking results in this year’s Financial Times Executive MBA 2025 ranking, securing world No. 33, a leap forward of 19 places. Henley has also once again reclaimed the No.1 position in the ranking as the best Executive MBA in the Nordics .
In addition to the number 1 regional position, Henley rated particularly highly this year for international course experience, the quality and calibre of its students and faculty diversity.
Top position in the Nordics and highest global result
Henley Business School's Executive MBA has climbed 19 places to reach its highest-ever global ranking, No. 33, on the Financial Times Executive MBA 2025 list, while once again securing the number 1 position in the Nordics for the 3rd consecutive year.
"Henley’s record-high No.33 global ranking is a powerful testament to our commitment to delivering a truly world-class Executive MBA experience, also here in the Nordics.
It reflects not only the strength of our academic degree but also our shared vision to build a global community of change makers engaged in shaping a more sustainable and fair world of business.", says Paula Kilpinen, Managing Director of Henley Business School Nordic.
International course experience
Reflecting the richness of the EMBA-Global experience and being part of a diverse international cohort, Henley held onto the No. 1 position in the Nordics for international course experience and for the international students, achieving the best global position in the former category at No.7.
In collaboration with our international partners in the UK, Nordics, South Africa, and the US, our programmes equip students with a global business perspective.
Graduate career progress and student calibre
Henley’s graduate career progress climbed impressive 11 places to No.21 in Europe and twenty-three places to No.41 in the world – an indicator of the advancement in and the size of organisations graduates transition into post-programme.
Henley's graduates report a 51% increase in salary from the start of the programme to today, which places Henley firmly among the top 40 in Europe for salary growth.
Diversity & Sustainability
Reflecting Henley’s commitment to staff and student diversity, the school has improved across all the student demographic measures, with the most notable ones being the No.1 global position for Women in faculty criteria and the global No.29 position for Women students, an improvement of 8 places from last year.
Henley also retained the top spot in the Nordics and a top 23 global position for the Carbon Footprint measure, demonstrating the business school’s leadership in sustainability and ongoing progress towards achieving net zero carbon emissions.
Here's a list of the other business schools in the region that made it to the top 100 in the ranking:
#33 Henley Business School
#40 Stockholm School of Economics
#59 Copenhagen Business School
#92 Aalto University
"I’m delighted to see that our programme has once again reached No.1 position as the highest ranked Executive MBA in the Nordics. Our global reach and continuous improvements are being recognised in the latest rankings, and our students are connecting, sharing insights, and building networks worldwide like never before.", says Matti Katara, Business Director of Executive MBA at Henley Business School Nordic
View the full results of the Financial Times EMBA Ranking 2025: https://rankings.ft.com/rankings/3005/emba-2025
Our next Executive MBA – Global programme starts in October 2026.
