Yorkshire business schools make top world 100

LEEDS University Business School (LUBS) has achieved its highest ranking in a respected global MBA table.

LUBS was ranked 48th in the world in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking, a climb of 45 places in one year.

Bradford School of Management was 53rd in the table.

Professor Andrew Lock, dean of Leeds University Business School, said: “This is a terrific achievement for the Business School and underscores the commitment of the staff and the graduates to create a centre of excellence in Leeds.”

The Global MBA survey is carried out among post-graduates who completed an MBA by full-time study three years ago, and also takes into consideration statistics on current full-time MBA participants and the business school as a whole.

The 2008 survey shows that LUBS alumni had a salary increase of 110%, 94% were employed within three months of graduation and the school was ranked fifth for value for money.

LUBS has also been ranked seventh in the world by the Financial Times in the Best for International Business category.