Recognized Excellence

Across a wide range of criteria, Michigan Executive Education and the Ross School of Business are ranked among the world's elite institutions.

Reputation and Rankings

Business Week, "Special Report on Executive Education,"  (October 2007). Michigan Executive Education has consistently ranked among the top providers for open-enrollment programs from the inception of the Business Week biennial survey.

#4 in the U.S.

#7 Worldwide

Graded "A" for Leadership and Strategy, 2007

Graded "A" for Innovation and Leadership, 2005

The Wall Street Journal, "Guide to the Top Business Schools" (September 2007). The Ross School of Business MBA programs and graduates continue to be favored in this survey of corporate recruiters from large national and multinational firms.

#7 national ranking overall

#1 school for recruiting minorities

The Financial Times, "Special Report on Executive Education," (May 2007). The Financial Times evaluated executive education at business schools around the world across a wide range of quality criteria.

Top Ten in the nation for custom programs

#6 international participants

#7 international locations

#8 for new skills learning

Leadership Excellence, "2009 Top Leadership Development Programs," (September 2009). This ranking evaluated university and business school-based executive education programs on criteria related to leadership development. Michigan has been awarded the #1 ranking since 2005.

#1 executive education programs in North America

#2 Dave Ulrich, Professor of Business Administration, was ranked #2 by Leadership Excellence as one of the best minds in Leadership Development on the Excellence 100 list.

Suntop Media’s "Thinkers 50" biennial ranking of the top 50 Management Thought Leaders Worldwide, November 2007

# 1 C.K. Prahalad, Paul and Ruth McCracken Distinguished University Professor of Strategy, and core faculty in the Michigan Executive Program and faculty for the Global Program Management Development – India.

Alumni at the University of Michigan Business School number over 38,000 in 97 countries, and the University of Michigan has the largest alumni network of any educational institution in the world.