Imperial College Business School claims the top spot in this year’s ranking climbing above IE Business School and Warwick Business School, who jointly held it in 2023.​

Imperial’s success is built off big increases in several indicators but perhaps most notably in academic reputation where its score went up significantly.​

Australia’s  AGSM @ UNSW Business School holds position in fourth place, with clear water between it and the next Asia-Pacific institution Macquarie Business School in 29th.​

There were 18 debuting institutions this year, with Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) the only institution to debut in the top 20, coming in at seventh.

The top three countries by institutions ranked are United States (53 institutions, 52% of total), United Kingdom (13 institutions, 13%) and Spain (six institutions, 6%). ​